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Battle of Cowpen
The victory provided an important morale boost, and later that year, in November, the Americans would defeat the British at Yorktown, Virginia, the last major Revolutionary War battle. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British won the battle and took control of Boston, but at a terrible cost. Almost 100 British commissioned officers lie dead or wounded. The British commanders know that they can not afford another victory. -
Battle of Long Island
The American army was defeated in Long Island, and Washintgon bore the loss of more than 300 troops killed, 700 wounded and nearly 1000 captured, Sullivan and Stirling were captured by the British. The defeat meant that the British captured New York City and the surrounding areas while Washington was forced to retreat to New Jersey and eventually to Pennsylvania. -
Battle of Trenton
The surprise victory at Trenton was important to the American cause for several reasons. For the first time, Washinton's forces had defeated a regular army in the field American losses were extremely light, only two soldiers died and those apparently from exposure, not enemy fire. -
Battle of Princeton
The battled raged forward and eventually the British lines began to break and fall back. Then they ran, the Americans pursued them, chasing them well beyond the relm of Princeton, and also bounding them well into the night. Washington finally called them the day of the victory and oredered his troops back to Princeton -
Battle of Brandywine
British and Patriot forces would continue to encounter each other for the next several days, albeit these skrimishes were lower scale. The Americans would eventually give uopin Philadelphia, allowing an easy capture for the British forces on September 23, 1777 -
Battle of Camden
The Battle of Camden in south Carolina 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 on the mornig of August 16,1780. -
Yorktown
Yorktown was a turning point in the American Revolution because it was a resolution. It ended in victory for the American colonists. On October 19, 1781, the British laid down their arms and surrendered. The British army was decimated and the American Revolutionary war was ended
