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Lexington and Concord
-1775-1783
-Francis Smith was the commanding officer
-British was trying to secure an arm raid -
Fort Ticonderoga
-May 10, 1775 to July 5, 1775
-British General Abercrombie was the commanding officer
-It was the first American victory in the Revolutionary War and it gave the American militray artillery for future battles -
Bunker (Breed's) Hill
-June 17, 1775
-General William Hove was commander
-British capture Charlestone peninsula -
Trenton/Princetone (NJ Campaign)
-January 3, 1777
-George Washington and Chalres Mawhood were commanders of the Birtish and Americans
-British gain conrol over New York and the Americans lose New Jersey -
Saratoga (Bemis Heights, the second battle)
-October 7, 1777
-Horatio Gates and John Burgoyne were commanders
-To divide the southern colonies and the Americans took some of the Britsh defense -
Siege of Charleston
-March 29 1780 to May 12, 1780
-Sir Henry Clinton and Benjamin Lincoln were commanders
-The British took over the city of Charleston -
King's Mountain
-October 7, 1780
-James Johnston and Patrick Ferguson were the main commanders
-The Brtish were to get more loyalist to protect Lord Cornwallis' Estate -
Yorktown
-September 28, 1781 to October 19, 1781
-George Washington and Charles Cornwallis were the commanders
-End of British land operations in America and the beginning of negotiations leading to the Treaty of Paris