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Battle of Lexington & Concord
The winner of this battle was the Americans. The battles were between British soldiers, who wanted to take away the colonists weapons and arrested John Hancock and Samuel Adams on the way to Concord and American colonists on April 19, 1775. They fought in towns outside Boston Massachusetts. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy. -
Battle of Long Island
The winner of this battle was the British. This battle is also referred to as the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, 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. -
Battle of Long Island
The winner of this battle was the British. This battle is also referred to as the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, 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. -
Battle of Trenton & Princeton
The winner of this battle was British forces under General William Howe had been driving the Continental Army south out of New York. In mid-December, Washington led his army south across the Delaware River. They camped on the Pennsylvania side, short of food, ammunition, and supplies. -
Battle of Saratoga
The winner of this battle was the Sep.19 the British and Oct. 7 the Americans. Fought eighteen days apart in the fall of 1777, the two Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution. On September 19th, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold. -
Battle of Vincennes
The winner of this battle was the Americans. The Siege of Fort Vincennes was a Revolutionary War frontier battle fought in present-day Vincennes, Indiana won by a militia led by American commander George Rogers Clark over a British garrison led by Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton. -
Battle of Bonhomme vs. Serapis
The winner of this battle was Bonhomme Richard. The Bonhomme Richard won this battle. During the American Revolution the U.S. ship Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, wins a hard-fought engagement against the British ships of war Serapis and Countess of Scarborough, off the eastern coast of England. -
Battle of Charleston
The winner of this battle was the British. 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 Herny Clinton and his army of 10,000 at Charleston, South Carolina. -
Battle of Guildford Courthouse
The winner of this battle was the British. Was an important battle of the Revolutionary War. Although the British won the battle and forced the Americans to retreat, lost bunches of soldiers. -
Battle of Yorktown
The winner of this battle was the Americans. The British laid down their arms and surrendered. The British army was decimated and the American Revolutionary war was virtually over. In 1780 the French government had sent over a strong army under Rochambeau.
