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Battles of Lexington and Concord
American Commanders:
John Parker
James Barrett
John Buttrick
John Robinson
William Heath
Joseph Warren
Isaac Davis British Commanders:
Francis Smith
John Pitcairn
Hugh Percy Americans pushed back Brits to Boston, British destroyed supplies in Concord. -
Fort Ticonderoga
Americans:
Ethan Allen
Benedict Arnold British:
William Delaplace military supplies siezed from the fort -
Bunker(Breed’s) Hill
Americans:
William Prescott
Israel Putnam
Joseph Warren
John Stark British:
William Howe
Thomas Gage
Sir Robert Pigot
James Abercrombie
Henry Clinton
Samuel Graves
John Pitcairn strategic importance: control of boston harbor, pyhrric victory for british, proved colonists had a substantial army and a chance to win the war -
Battle of Trenton/Princeton (NJ Canpaign)
Americans:
George Washington
Nathanael Greene British:
Johann Rall strategic importance: pivotal victory for colonists, almost entire British force captured with minimal colonial casualties -
Battle of Saratoga (Bemis Heights)
Americans:
Horatio Gates
Benedict Arnold
Benjamin Lincoln
Enoch Poor
Ebenezer Learned
Daniel Morgan
James Livingston British:
John Burgoyne
Simon Fraser
Baron Riedesel strategic importance: turning point that convinved foreign powers to provide aid to the colonial war effort -
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Siege of Charleston
Americans:
Benjamin Lincoln
William Moultrie
James Hogun
William Woodford
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Abraham Whipple
Louis Duportail (French) British:
Sir Henry Clinton
Lord Cornwallis
Alexander Leslie
Mariot Arbuthnot strategic importance: largest American surrender at that time, left no substantial colonial army in the south -
Battle of King’s Mountain
Americans:
William Campbell
James Johnston
John Sevier
Frederick Hambright
Joseph McDowell
Benjamin Cleveland
James Williams
Isaac Shelby
Joseph Winston
William Chronicle British loyalists:
Patrick Ferguson
Abraham DePeyster strategic importance: largest all American battle, increased Patriot morale, forced British to cease invasion of North Carolina -
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Siege of Yorktown
Americans:
George Washington
Benjamin Lincoln
Henry Knox
Alexander Hamilton
Marquis de Lafayette
Baron von Steuben
Thomas Nelson
Moses Hazen
Comte de Rochambeau (French)
Comte d'Aboville (French)
Marquis de Choisy (French)
Comte de Grasse (French) British:
Lord Cornwallis
Charles O'Hara
Banastre Tarleton
Robert Abercromby
Thomas Dundas
Thomas Symonds
Matthew Fuchs
August Voight strategic importance: led to the end of major land operations in America and peace treaty
