Surrender of lord cornwallis canvas john laurens 1820

Revolutionary War Battles

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  • The Battle of Lexington & Concord

    American Victory
    - the victory went to the colonies
    - 200 British casualties

  • Fort Ticonderoga

    American Victory
    - led by Benedict Arnold
    - overtake of the British Fort Ticonderoga by the American Army

  • 2nd Continental Congress

    American Meeting
    - named George Washington the General of the Continental Army
    - Congress sends the Olive Branch Petition to the King

  • The Battle of Breeds & Bunker Hill

    British Victory
    - the british had General William Howe
    - 6 months later, the british were forced out
    - Henry Knox

  • The War in the North

    British and American Stalemate
    - stalemate: means that both sides are stuck
    - British controlled many major cities
    - the colonists used raids and hit and run tactics

  • Common Sense by Thomas Paine

    American
    - written by Thomas Paine
    - explains how independence is inevitable
    - the colonies need a republican government

  • Declaration of Independence

    American
    - written by Thomas Jefferson
    - lists the colonial grievances

  • British Plan

    British are at the Advantage
    - washington is forced to retreat
    - british takes over New York

  • The Battle of Trenton

    American Victory
    - attack on Christmas night
    - across the delaware river
    - mercenies were the german hessians
    - Baron von Stuben was a german general that washington asked to train the continental army

  • The Battle of Saratoga

    American Victory
    - the french mercenaries joined them

  • The Battle of Monmouth

    American Victory
    - the Spaniards join
    - the British head back to New York

  • Fords Mansion

    American
    - the American army spend the winter there
    - in morristown
    - few miles away from Jockey Hollows