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Lexington and concord
Marked the start of the conflict of Great Britain verse the 13 colonies of America -
Fort Ticonderoga
New England militia surprise attacked the British fort and sieged it -
Bunker (Breed’s)Hill
Win for the British but the colonists had few deaths and even though the British won it was more of a win for the colonies in proving they can fight -
Trenton/Princeton (NJ Campaign)
Continental army verse the Hessians at Trenton was a huge win for washinging and boosted moral of the continental army -
Saratoga (Bemis heights, the second battle)
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Siege of Charleston
British following their fail of the northern strategy focused on the southern colonies in a major battle -
Kings mountain
Battle between the loyalist and the patriots resulting in a decisive victory for the patriots -
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Yorktown
The continental army and the French army verse British in the last major on land battle resulted in the surrender of Cornwallis prompting the British government to negotiate and end to the conflict
