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First Battle of Ticonderoga

First Battle of Ticonderoga. Location: Lake Champlain, New York Date: 1775 Victor: A Leaders: A – Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold Other Information: Fort taken without single shot; cannons taken to Boston. Bunker Hill. Location: Boston Date: 1775 Victor: B Leaders: A – Israel Putnam

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First Battle of Ticonderoga

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  1. First Battle of Ticonderoga Location: Lake Champlain, New York Date: 1775 Victor: A Leaders: A – Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold Other Information: Fort taken without single shot; cannons taken to Boston

  2. Bunker Hill Location: Boston Date: 1775 Victor: B Leaders: A – Israel Putnam B – William Howe Other Information: First major battle of the Revolution

  3. Quebec Location: St. Lawrence River, Canada Date: 1775 Victor: B Leaders: A - Richard Montgomery, Benedict Arnold B – Guy Carleton Other Information: First and only attempt to invade Canada during the war

  4. First Battle of Charleston Location: South Carolina Date: 1776 Victor: A Leaders: A – William Moultrie B – Henry Clinton Other Information: Fort Sullivan saved by Palmetto logs; renamed Ft. Moultrie after American leader

  5. Dorchester Heights Location: Boston Date: 1776 Victor: A Leaders: A – George Washington B – William Howe Other Information: Washington’s first battle as commander; forces British to evacuate from Boston for rest of the war

  6. New York City Location: Brooklyn, Harlem, Ft. Washington, and Ft. Lee Date: 1776 Victor: B Leaders: A – George Washington B – William Howe Other Information: Washington’s army is almost destroyed; forced to flee to Pennsylvania

  7. Trenton Location: Delaware River, Western New Jersey Date: 1776 Victor: A Leaders: A – George Washington B – Col. Rall (Hessian) Other Information: Daring Washington attack began on Christmas night; important moral victory for Americans

  8. Princeton Location: New Jersey Date: 1777 Victor: A Leaders: A – George Washington B – Charles Cornwallis Other Information: Washington wins again and escapes Cornwallis’s trap after victory at Trenton

  9. 2nd Battle of Ticonderoga Location: Lake Champlain, New York Date: 1777 Victor: B Leaders: A – Arthur St. Clair B – John Burgoyne Other Information: British win back fort as they move south to Saratoga

  10. Oriskany Location: Mohawk Valley, New York Date: 1777 Victor: B Leaders: A – Nicholas Herkimer and Ben Arnold B – Barry St. Leger Other Information: British prevented from meeting Burgoyne at Saratoga; Arnold arrives with reinforcements

  11. Brandywine Location: Near Philadelphia Date: 1777 Victor: B Leaders: A – George Washington B – William Howe Other Information: Washington’s attempt to prevent the capture of Philadelphia fails

  12. Germantown Location: Near Philadelphia Date: 1777 Victor: B Leaders: A – George Washington B – William Howe Other Information: Unsuccessful attempt by Washington to recapture Philadelphia from the British

  13. Valley Forge Location: Near Philadelphia Date: Winter 1777-78 Leaders: A – George Washington Other Information: Washington’s resting spot during winter of 1777-78; troops trained by Baron von Steuben; army came out of Valley Forge more disciplined and self-confident

  14. Bennington Location: Vermont Date: 1777 Victor: A Leaders: A – John Stark B – John Burgoyne Other Information: British fail to capture much needed supplies

  15. Saratoga Location: Hudson River Valley, NY Date: 1777 Victor: A Leaders: A – Horatio Gates B – John Burgoyne Other Information: Turning point of the war. Stops British plan from splitting the colonies and brings France into the war on America’s side

  16. Monmouth Location: New Jersey Date: 1778 Victor: A Leaders: A – George Washington B – Henry Clinton Other Information: Victory forces British out of New Jersey and Pennsylvania – no more fighting in these colonies

  17. Women and the War Mary Ludwig Hayes: Nickname “Molly Pitcher”; earned her nickname as she carried pitchers of water to men fighting at Monmouth Margaret Corbin: Nickname “Captain Molly”; manned a cannon when her husband was killed at Ft. Washington

  18. Cahokia, Kaskaskia, and Vincennes Location: Indiana, Illinois, along Mississippi River Date: 1778 Victor: A Leaders: A – George Rogers Clark B – Henry Hamilton Other Information: British defeated in Northwest Territory; they were weak there

  19. John Paul Jones Location: British Isles Date: 1779 Victor: A Leaders: A – Jones (Bonhomme Richard) B – Richard Pearson (Serapis) Other Information: Jones known as “Father of the American Navy”; buried at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD

  20. 2nd Battle of Charleston Location: South Carolina Date: 1780 Victor: B Leaders: A – Benjamin Lincoln B – Charles Cornwallis, Henry Clinton Other Information: Greatest single loss of life for Americans during the war

  21. Camden Location: Central South Carolina Date: 1780 Victor: B Leaders: A – Horatio Gates B – Charles Cornwallis Other Information: Severe American loss; Gates shows he is a coward; German officer Baron de Kalb killed

  22. King’s Mountain Location: Northern South Carolina Date: 1780 Victor: A Leaders: A – Isaac Shelby, Nathanael Greene B – Patrick Ferguson, Charles Cornwallis Other Information: Turns the tide of the war in favor of the Americans

  23. Cowpens Location: Northern South Carolina Date: 1781 Victor: A Leaders: A – Daniel Morgan, Nathanael Greene B – Banastre Tarleton, Charles Cornwallis Other Information: After defeating Tarleton Morgan rejoins Greene with Cornwallis in pursuit

  24. Guilford Courthouse Location: Central North Carolina Date: 1781 Victor: B Leaders: A – Nathanael Greene B – Charles Cornwallis Other Information: British victory but Cornwallis suffered such heavy losses he was forced to retreat into Virginia

  25. Virginia Capes (Battle of the Chesapeake) Location: Cape Henry, Cape Charles, VA – Chesapeake Bay Date: 1781 Victor: F Leaders: A – Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse B – Rear Admiral Thomas Graves Other Information: French naval win prevents British from getting much needed supplies to Cornwallis at Yorktown

  26. Yorktown Location: Virginia Date: 1781 Victor: A Leaders: A – George Washington B – Charles Cornwallis Other Information: Last major battle of the war; British surrender brings war to a close

  27. Treaty of Paris (1783) Terms: 1. Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States 2. Set new national boundaries: a. North – Great Lakes b. West – Mississippi River c. South – 31° north latitude 3. Americans granted fishing rights off coast of Newfoundland 4. Property lost by loyalists during the war would be returned

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