Major Battles of the Revolutionary War

Lexington and Concord

April 19, 1775 Massachusetts, "The Shot Heard Round the World"- The first battle of the Revolution in which British general Thomas Gage went after the stockpiled weapons of the colonists in Concord, Massachusetts.

Yorktown

October 19, 1781 Yorktown, Virginia, 1781; last battle of the revolution; Benedict Arnold, Cornwallis and Washington; colonists won because British were surrounded and they surrended, A siege in Yorktown Virginia were 7,000 British troops awaiting resupply from the British Navy were sieged by the French Navy and American ground troops led by George W. The British were forced to surrender. This caused great commotion in Britain and many thought it was over for Britain. It was considered the victory battle of the war.

Saratoga

October 7, 1777 Saratoga County, New York, A battle that took place in New York where the Continental Army defeated the British. It proved to be the turning point of the war. This battle ultimately had France to openly support the colonies with military forces in addition to the supplies and money already being sent.

Valley Forge

..., Place where Washington's army spent the winter of 1777-1778, a 4th of troops died here from disease and malnutriton, Steuben comes and trains troops

The battle of Trenton

December 26, 1776 Trenton, New Jersey, Christmas 1776. Washington led 2,400 men in small rowboats across the ice-choked Delaware river. by the next morning the men had marched 9 miles to the objection. Americans were rallied by another astonishing victory.

Cowpens

January 17, 1781 Chesnee, South Carolina, Battle in South Carolina where where General Greene and American riflemen were able to defeat General Cornwallis

Bunker Hill

June 16, 1775 Charlestown, Massachusetts, (June 17, 1775) Site of a battle early in the Revolutionary War. This battle contested control of two hills (Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill) overlooking Boston Harbor. The British captured the hills after the Americans ran-out of ammunition. "Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes!" Battle implied that Americans could fight the British if they had sufficient supplies. , (n) A battle that took place on the strategic point of Breed's Hill. British victory on account of the depletion of American supplies. yet gave them confidence- It pushed Americans towards a final decision for war

The battle Charleston

June 1776 Charleston, South Carolina, Which battle represented the worst American defeat of the Revolutionary War