“Battles of the American Revolution”

Battles of Concord & Lexington (MA)

Apr 9, 1775

These were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The Colonists won this battles.

Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (NY)

May 10, 1775

Served as a morale booster and provided key artillery for the Continental Army in that first year of war.
The Colonists were victorious.

Battle of Bunker Hill (MA)

Jun 17, 1775

Bloodiest battle of the war
- 1,000 Redcoat & 450 colonial casualties.
- MORE colonists turn against the king.
The British won this battle.

Battle of Long Island (NY)

Aug 27, 1776

Also known as the Battle of Brooklyn. The first major battle of the war since the American declaration of independence on July 4. The British defeated the Colonists.

Battles of Trenton & Princeton (NJ)

Dec 26, 1776

Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. Won by the Colonists.

Battle of Brandywine Creek (PA)

Sep 11, 1777

It cost the Americans more than 1,100 men killed or captured while the British lost approximately 600 men killed or injured.British victory.

Battle of Saratoga (NY)

Sep 19, 1777

A decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. British General John Burgoyne led a large invasion army southward from Canada in the Champlain Valley, hoping to meet a similar British force marching northward from New York City and another British force marching eastward from Lake Ontario; the southern and western forces never arrived, and Burgoyne was surrounded by American forces in upstate New York. American Victory.

Battle of Charlestown (SC)

Mar 29, 1780

The British gained control of South and the Americans lost many soldiers due to the surrender. Capture of the city and its harbor gave them a vital base from which to conduct operations in their attempt to rally the support of American Loyalists. British Victory.

Battle of Cowpens (SC)

Jan 17, 1781

Cowpens was the most decisive American victory of the War for Independence. It gave a major boost to Patriot morale, inflicted casualties that the British could not replace. Victory for the Colonists.

Yorktown / Surrender (VA)

Sep 28, 1781

Also known as The Siege of Yorktown. Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown effectively ended the Revolutionary War. Lacking the financial resources to raise a new army, the British government appealed to the Americans for peace. American victory.