key battles of the american revolution

lexington and concord

april 1775 in Massachusetts; first armed conflict. propaganda victory for the colonie

Casualties: colonials 95. redcoats 273.

battle of fort ticonderoga

May 1775 at Lake Champlain; Ethan Allen captured fort and cannon later used in defense of Boston

Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed’s Hill)

June 1775 in Boston; only battle in long siege of Boston. 1 in 6 of all British officers killed in the American Revolution died here

Invasion of Quebec

Winter 1775-76 in Maine/Canada; generals Benedict Arnold and Richard Montgomery failed in attempt to invade Canada

Dorchester Heights

March 1776 in Boston; British forced to evacuate New England

Long Island

August 1776 in New York; Continental Army forced to retreat to Manhattan and then New Jersey

Trenton

December 1776 in New Jersey; Hessian mercenaries crushed in Washington’s raid across the Delaware River. Casualties: colonial 4. hessians 900

Princeton

January 1777 in New Jersey; continental army recaptured New Jersey from the British in 10 days. British retreat to New York where they remain for the duration of the war’s

Brandywine Creek and Germantown

September 1777-Oct 1777 in Pennsylvania; british seized Philadelphia after these victories

Saratoga

October 17, 1777 in New York; Burgoyne surrenders 5800 men. Turning point of the american revolution. convinced French to assist colonies

Battle of Monmouth

June 1778 in New Jersey; continental army almost captured the British, but cowardice allowed the british forces to escape

Savannah

December 1778 in Geogia; beginning of the british push into the southern colonies

Vincennes

February 1779 in the Western Territories; George Rogers Clark captured British forts, which proved important negotiations with british after the war

Charleston

December 1779 in South Carolina; british gained control of the southern colonies with the victories here. the largest defeat of continental army

King’s Mountain

october 1780 in South Carolina; bloody victory for continental army

Yorktown

october 18, 1781 Virginia; cornwallis surrendered to GW as French and American forces trapped the British on peninsula