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Battle of Lexington and Concord
Commanding Officers/Militia (Massachusetts Bay): John Parker, James Barrett, John Buttrick, John Robinson, William Heath, Joseph Warren, and Isaac Davis Commanding Officers/Militia (Great Britain): Francis Smith, John Pitcairn, and Hugh Percy. Strategic Importance: First battle -
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Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
Commanding Officers/Militia (Colonists): Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold, Green Mountain Boys, militia of the Connecticut Colony, and militia of the Province of Massachusetts Bay Commanding Officers/Militia (Great Britain): William Delaplace Strategic Importance: Impeded communication between northern and southern units of the British Army, and gave the Continental Army a staging ground for the invasion of Quebec later in 1775. -
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Battle of Bunker/Breed's Hill
Commanding Officers/Militia (United Colonies): William Prescott, Israel Putnam, Joseph Warren, and John Stark Commanding Officers/Militia (Great Britain): William Howe, Thomas Gage, Sir Robert Pigot, James Abercrombie, Henry Clinton, Samuel Graves, and John Pitcairn Strategic Importance: Control of the Charlestown Peninsula -
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Battle of Trenton/Princeton (NJ Campaign)
Commanding Officers/Militia (U.S.): George Washington and Nathaniel Greene; George Washington, Hugh Mercer, and Alexander Hamilton Commanding Officers/Militia (Hesse-Kassel): Johann Rall Commanding Officers/Militia (Great Britain): Charles Mawhood and Charles Cornwallis Strategic Importance: Boosted morale and more men began to enlist in the army. -
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Battle of Saratoga (Bemis Heights, the 2nd Battle)
Commanding Officers/Militia (U.S. and Canadian auxiliaries): Horatio Gates, Benedict Arnold, Benjamin Lincoln, Enoch Poor, Ebenezer Learned, Daniel Morgan, and James Livingston Commanding Officers/Militia (GB, Quebec, Loyalists, Hessians, and Brunswick): John Burgoyne, Simon Fraser, and Baron Riedesel Strategic Importance: Turning point; American force increasing and Spain and France join the fight against Great Britain. -
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Siege of Charleston
Commanding Officers/Militia (U.S. and France): Benjamin Lincoln, William Moultrie, James Hogun, William Woodford, Abraham Whipple, and Louis Duportail Commanding Officers/Militia (GB, Loyalists, and Hessians): Sir Henry Clinton, Lord Cornwallis, Alexander Leslie, and Mariot Arbuthnot Strategic Importance: The largest surrender and over 2,000 prisoners of war captured; large decrease of the American army in the south. -
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Battle of King's Mountain
Commanding Officers/Militia (Patriots): James Johnston, William Campbell, John Sevier, Frederick Hambright, Joseph McDowell, Benjamin Cleveland, James Williams, Isaac Shelby, Joseph Winston, and William Chronicle Commanding Officers/Militia (Loyalists): Patrick Ferguson and Abraham DePeyster Strategic Importance: The battle was a pivotal moment in the Southern campaign. Victory of the Patriots greatly raised their morale. Cornwallis was forced to abandon his plan to invade North Carolina. -
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Battle of Yorktown
CO/M: (U.S., Canadian auxiliaries, and France): George Washington, Benjamin Lincoln, Henry Knox, Alexander Hamilton, Marquis de Lafayette, Baron von Steuben, Thomas Nelson, Moses Hazen, Comte de Rochambeau, Comte d'Aboville, Marquis de Choisy, and Comte de Grasse CO/M: (GB, Loyalists, Hessians, and Ansbach): Lord Cornwallis, Charles O'Hara, Banastre Tarleton, Robert Abercromby, Thomas Dundas, Thomas Symonds, Matthew Fuchs, and August Voight Strategic Importance: Treaty of Paris signed.