Road to Revolution

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord
    War begins to kick off in the American Revolution and war tensions build between the colonies and the British. The importance is that the colonist were against Sir William Howe, and the drubber America.
  • Battle of Long Island

    Battle of Long Island
    The colonists against Sir William and drove the American army back and were poised to finish the war off. Also it was the first major battle between them and gave the British control of New York city.
  • Battle of Trenton and Princeton

    Battle of Trenton and Princeton
    A fight that occurred as a sneak attack at night that general washington led to make the British retreat back to New York.The significance of the conflict was that the Hessian army was crushed in Washington's raid across the Delaware River and the Americans were at very high doubt by the easy defeat of the British Hessian forces.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga
    It was a crucial defeat defeat in the Revolution for Britain and was a boost of confidence. This was important because it was the turning point in the waras the British surrendered to the America Militia and there army.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    A battle on June 1777 and the British win over Bunker hill due to the inexperience and the confidence boost. The importance of this is that the British took over Bunker hill because the colonist ran out of gunpowder and the colonist killed a lot of the British.
  • Battle of Vincennes

    Battle of Vincennes
    The battle was over the capture of fort sackville. The American militia won the battle and took back fort sackville. The importance of this is because they got a vast region of between the great lakes and the ohio river.
  • The Battle of Bohomme Richard vs. Serapis

    The Battle of Bohomme Richard vs. Serapis
    The battle of Bohomme was a hard fought engagement against the British ran by John Paul off the eastern coast of England. This was important because John Paul Jones won over the East coast with a naval victory.
  • Battle of Charleston

    Battle of Charleston
    The Americans suffer the worst defeat of the revolutions with unconditional surrender of mayor general Benjamin Lincoln. The importance of this that The British gained the control of the south and the Americas lost many soldiers.
  • Battle of Guilford Courthouse

    Battle of Guilford Courthouse
    The British soldiers under Cornwallis went on the offensive against 4,000 continental army soldiers. The importance is that the British one but the soldiers killed a lot of redcoats.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown
    The battle was the last battle before independence and was the biggest battle as there was 9,000 troops with a navy of the French to block them in.The significance of the conflict was that Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington as French and American forces trapped the British at Yorktown.