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  • Battle of Lexington & Concord

    Battle of Lexington & Concord
    First Revolutionary Battle at Lexington and Concord. In April 1775, when British troops are sent to confiscate colonial weapons, they run into an untrained and angry militia. This ragtag army defeats 700 British soldiers and the surprise victory bolsters their confidence for the war ahead.American Won.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in the battle.British defeated the american.The battle provide them with important good confidence boost for american.British Won.
  • Battle of long island

    Battle of long island
    The Battle of Long Island is also referred to as the Battle of Brooklyn Heights and took place on Tuesday, August 27, 1776 at Long Island, New York. The very day of the evacuation of British forces following the Siege of Boston on March 17, 1776, George Washington ordered 5 regiments of the Colonial Army to New York.It important because it enabled the British to capture the strategically crucial port and city of New York.British Won.
  • Battle of Trenton & Princeton

    Battle of Trenton & Princeton
    In the Battle of Trenton (December 26) Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. After a week later he returned to Trenton to lure British forces south, then executed a daring night march to capture Princeton.It important because it effect of these early American victories in the battles of Trenton and Princeton was marked.They put new life into the American cause and renewed confidence in Washington as commander of the Revolutionary Army.American won.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga
    On September 19th, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold.The Battle of Saratoga, comprising two significant battles during September and October of 1777, was a crucial victory for the Patriots during the American Revolution and is considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War.American won.
  • Battle of Vincenness

    Battle of Vincenness
    The Battle of Vincennes, or Siege of Fort Sackville, was a small but significant action of the frontier. After a daring wintertime march a small American force was able to force the British to surrender the fort. The capture of Fort Sackville, renamed Patrick Henry, helped secure the frontier for the Americans.American Won.
  • Battle of Bonhomme Vs. Serapis

    Battle of Bonhomme Vs. Serapis
    During American Revolution the U.S ship Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jone, win a hard fought engagement against he British ship wars Serapis and countess of Scarborough , off the eastern coast of England.Jone win against newer and more heavily armed Serapis even he have not chance against it.This victory Jone was hailed as a hero and recogition in the united states as somewhat belated.American Won.
  • Battle of Charleston

    Battle of Charleston
    Americans suffer their worst defeat of the revolution on this day in 1780, with the unconditional surrender of Major General Benjamin Lincoln to British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton and his army of 10,000 at Charleston, South Carolina.The Battle of Charleston was one of the major battles which took place toward the end of the American Revolutionary War, after the British began to shift their strategic focus to the American Southern Colonies.Birtish won.
  • Battle of Guilford Courthouse

    Battle of Guilford Courthouse
    British troops under Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805) scored a tactical victory at Guilford Courthouse over American forces under Major General Nathanael Greene (1742-86), the British suffered significant troop losses during the battle.American Won.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown
    General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War.The american win independence from Britain and the last battle of Revolutionary war.American Won.