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Lexington and Concord
Result American victory, British destroy cannon and supplies in Concord, drives British back to Boston,
Commanding officers for America include John Parker, James Barrett, John Buttrick, John Robinson, William Heath, Joseph Warren, Issac Davis commanding officers for Great Britain Francis Smith, John Pitcairn, Hugh Percy First military enagagments of the Revolutionary War -
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Fort Ticonderoga
Result Riconderoga and Crown Point captured by New England
Commanding Officers Ethan Allen Benedict Arnold Britian - William Delaplace Importance- impeded communication between north and south units of British army -
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Bunker ( Breed's) Hill
Result British captured Charlestown Peninsula
Commanding officers 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
Importance it showed the inexperienced militia were able to stand up to recular army troops in battle -
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Trenton/ Princeton (NJ Campaign)
Results- American Victory
Commanding officers - America -George Washington Nathanael Greene
British- John Rall
Importance- The victories reasserted American control of much of New Jersey and greatly improved the morale and unity of the colonial army and militias. -
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Saratoga (Bemis Heights, the second battle)
Results - American victory
Commanding officers- United States- Horatio Gates, Benedict Arnold, Benjamin Lincoln, Enoch Poor, Ebenezer Learned, Daniel Morgan, James Livingston
British- John Burgoyne, Simon Fraser, Baron Reidesel
Importance- France officially recognized the cause of American independence and began to assisting the rebels -
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Siege of Charleston
Result - British victory
Commanding officers/ militia America- Benjamin Lincoln, William Moultrie, Jame Hogun, william Woodford, Abraham Whipple France- Louis Dupoetail
British - Sir Henry Clinton, Lord Cornwallis, Alexander Leslie ,Mariot Arbuthnot
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King's Mountain
Result- Patriot victory
Commanders American - Shelby, Campbell, McDowell, Sevier, Williams, Lacey, Cleveland, Hambright and Winston.
British -Patrick Ferguson
Importance- this victory raised morale and forced Cornwallis to abandon his plan to invade North Carolina -
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Yorktown
Result - American and French victory
Cammanding officers American - George Washington French - Comte de Rochambeau
British- Lieutenabt General Charles Cornwallis
Importance- last major battle in American Revolutionary War start of peace negotiations