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Lexington and Concord
Lexington Green, Massachusetts, Colonial Retreat -
Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga, New York, American Victory -
Bunker Hill
British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. -
Battle of Quebec
The battle was the first major defeat of the war for the Americans, and it came with heavy losses. -
Battle of Long Island
Was the first major battle of the American Revolutionary War to take place after the United States declared its independence on July 4, 1776. -
Battle of Trenton
Washington led the main body of the Continental Army against Hessian soldiers garrisoned at Trenton. After a brief battle, nearly the entire Hessian force was captured, with negligible losses to the Americans. -
Battle of Princeton
George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek in Trenton. That night, he evacuated his position, circled around General Lord Cornwallis' army, and went to attack the British garrison at Princeton. -
Battle of Brandywine Creek
Was fought between the American army of General George Washington and the British army of General Sir William Howe -
Battle of Saratoga
His surrender to American forces at the Battle of Saratoga marked a turning point in the Revolutionary War. British and Hessian troops surrendered their arms. -
Battle of Monmouth
The British, Sir Henry Clinton, the new British commander, retreated from Philadelphia to New York. As Sir Henry Clinton led the British army across the Jerseys, George Washington decided to attack. -
Battle of Savvanah
The year before, the city of Savannah, Georgia, had been captured by a British expeditionary corps under Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Campbell. -
Winter in Vicennes
War frontier battle fought in present-day Clark decided that he needed to launch a surprise winter attack on Vincennes before Hamilton could recapture the Illinois country in the spring. -
Battle of Charleston
Americans suffer their worst defeat of the revolution on this day in 1780, with the unconditional surrender of Major General Benjamin Lincoln to British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton and his army of 10,000 at Charleston, South Carolina. -
Battle of Camden
Was a lopsided victory for the British during the American Revolutionary War. Despite the proliferation of dysentery among his men, Continental General Horatio Gates chose to engage British General Charles Cornwallis's force. -
Battle of King's Mountain
Where the Patriot militia defeated the Loyalist militia commanded by British Major Patrick Ferguson of the 71st Foot. -
Battle of Cowpens
American troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan routed British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton. -
Guilford Courthouse
American and British forces clashed for several hours near Guilford Courthouse. The battle was the culmination of several months of hard campaigning by the armies of Nathanael Greene and Charles Cornwallis. -
Battle of Yorktown
Was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army.