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Battle of lexington and Concord
British authorities attempted to seize a colonist arms cache and they were met by "minutemen" in front of the cache and it is unknown as to who shot the first shot in the battle but it is known as the shot heard around the world. the minutemen pushed the british back and won the battle -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The british were blockaded into boston by the colonist militia. so the british decided to attack bunker hill to make it safe to leave and get better positioning. The colonists held off 2 attacks but the final attack is where the colonists fell. It is debated who won the battle but it is completely agreed that the colonists put up a massive fight for what there resources and men were -
Battle of long island
The british army pushed into long island and was apart of a large campaign to take control of the very important new york city which this british victory allowed so the british took control of new york city. if the colonists force had been captured then it would have been huge and most likely led to a loss in the war -
Battle of Trenton and Princeton
Washington and his force crossed the delaware four times during this battle. Washington captured the fort at trenton and washington united his forces and later used it to take other forts surrounding also this success was used as a motivator for the colonists force. -
Battle of Saratoga
the british forces of 7000 and the colonist force of 9000 battled it out at saratoga till that night and resulted in the colonists win. winning raised colonists spirits because they just beat the best british forces. also winning at saratoga would assure great positioning later on and it was a very important place to position. -
Battle of Vincennes
The siege of Vincennes occured after the colonist army had made a 180 mile trip and after a smart and well thought approach the colonists succeed with amazing results leaving the british not knowing they were under attack until after the colonists had fired -
Battle of Bohome Richard VS. Serapis
john paul johnes commanded bonhome richard and launched an attack on the british commanded serapis,after being severely damaged the colonists pulled through and still won the battle. this battle was one of the first american wins at sea and gave americans hope -
Battle of Charlestown
The british army pushed into Charlestown from the south on a push to take major cities in the southern part of the colonies. The british army over took the american militia and forced the militia to withdrawal in panic and confusion -
Battle of Guilford Courthouse
1,900 British army vs The colonist militia of 4,400 resulted in a colonist win. This battle was one of the later battles on land and was a deciding factor on the war. -
Battle of Yorktown
Yorktown was a very decisive battle in the revolutionary war. great britain had a force of around 8,980 and the colonists had a force of 20,600 resulted in a colonists win, this was the last major battle of the war before neotian began and the colonists assured there victory
