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Battle of Lexington And Concord
Location: Boston, MA
Cambatants: British Troops vs. MA Militia
Victory: The British suffered extensive loss. The Americans considered the contest an encouraging start to the war. Significance:
This battle was the 1st encounter in the American Revolution -
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Siege of Ft. Ticonderoga
Location: Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain, NY
Combatants: British, Hessians and Brunswickers against the American Colonists
Victory: Americans withdrew leaving Ticonderoga to the British Significance:
Due to harsh weather conditions General Guy Carleton withdrew, having little supplies and only a few miles away from Fort Tinconderoga. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Location: Charlestown PN
Combatants: British Troops vs. American Continental Army
Victory: British Significance:
British drove the Americans from the Charlestown peninsula it was at the time considered to be an American defeat.
Wake up call to the British, who were indisipline, and disorganized. -
Battle of Quebec
Location: Quebec, Canada
Cambatants: American Troops vs. British recruits and Canadian volunteers.
Victory: The British Significance:
Drove off the American attack and ended the threat to the British control of Canada.
The pupose was for the Americans to go to Canada and bring back allies -
Battle of Long Island
Location: NY, U.S
Combatants: British Continental Army vs. American Continental Army
Victory:The British drove the Americans from Brooklyn and forced them to evacuate New York. Significance:
This Battle was a major victory for the British and defeat for the Americans under General George Washington. It was the start of a successful British campaign that gave the British control. It was also the first Battle to be faught under that Decleration of Independence -
Battle of Ft. Washington
Location: NY, U.S
Combatants: British & German Troops vs. American Continental Army
Victory: British & German Troops Significance:
Significance;
British victory that gained the surrender of the entire garrison of Fort Washington near the north end of Manhattan Island. It was a decisive British victory that gained the surrender of the entire garrison of Fort Washington near the north end of Manhattan Island. -
Battle of Trentor
Location:Trenton, NJ on the Delaware River
Cambatants: Americans against Hessians and British troops
Victory: Washington and his American Troops Significance:
This Battle greatly boosted the Colonials self-esteem, and caused huge numbers of reenlistments, for the next battle in the American Revolution -
Battle of Princeton
Location: Princeton, NJ
Combatants: British & Hessian vs. Americans
Victory: Americans Significance:
British defeat rose confidence in the Americans, and this was also the last major action of Washington's winter New Jersey campaign. -
Battle of Brandywine
Location: W. Philadelphia, PN
Cambatants: British and Hessian troops against the American Continental Army
Victory: British And Hessian Significanc:
British captured the city of Philadelphia until 1778 -
Battle of Saratoga
Location: Hudson River, NY
Combatants: British & German Troops vs. The Americans
Victory: The Americans Significance:
Surrender of British General John Burgoyne, france herd of his surrender, and then became allies with the Americans. Having France as an ally, this battle soon became into a world conflict. -
Battle of Charleston
Location:Charleston, SC
Combatants: Great Britain vs. American & French
Victory: Great Britian Sinificance:
British began to shift their strategic focus towards the American Southern Colonies -
Battle of King's Mountain
Location: SC, U.S
Combatants: Tory or loyalist Americans against Whig or patriot American Revolutionaries.
Victory: American Revolutionaries Significance:
The battle was huge in the Southern campaign. The surprising victory over the American Loyalist militia came after a string of rebel defeats at the hands of Lord Cornwallis, and greatly raised the Patriots' name. -
Battle of Cowpen
Location: SC, Border of NC
Combatants: Americans against the British and loyalist Americans
Victory: The Americans Significance:
It was a turning point in the reconquest of South Carolina from the British. -
Battle of Yorktown
Location: Virginia, U.S
Combatants: Americans and French against the British
Victory: American And French Significance:
General Cornwallis Surrenders!! Last Major Battle of the American Revolution
