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Battles of the American Revolution

Battles of the American Revolution. Lexington and Concord. April 19, 1775 – Massachusetts A: Captain Isaac Davis B: General Thomas Gage (planner of the attack) American Victory Extra Info: “Shot Heard Round the World”. Bunker Hill. June 1775 – Massachusetts

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Battles of the American Revolution

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  1. Battles of the American Revolution

  2. Lexington and Concord • April 19, 1775 – Massachusetts • A: Captain Isaac Davis • B: General Thomas Gage (planner of the attack) • American Victory • Extra Info: • “Shot Heard Round the World”

  3. Bunker Hill • June 1775 – Massachusetts • A: William Prescott, Dr. Warren • B: Major John Pitcairn • British Victory • Extra Info: • Colonists ran out of ammunition • “Don’t shoot until you see the white’s of their eyes!” • Dr. Joseph Warren dies

  4. Ticonderoga and Crown Point • May1775 – New York • A: Ethan Allen & Benedict Arnold • American Victory • Extra Info: • Green Mountain Boys • Nobody was killed • Took British artillery

  5. Montreal • November 1775 – Canada • A: Richard Montgomery • American Victory • Extra Info:

  6. Quebec • December 1775 – Canada • A: Richard Montgomery & Benedict Arnold • British Victory • Extra Info: • Montgomery was killed and Arnold was wounded

  7. Long Island and White Plains • October 1776 – New York • A: George Washington • B: William Howe • British Victory • Extra Info: • Howe could have won war • Nathan Hale captured

  8. Trenton and Princeton • Dec1776 & Jan 1777 – New Jersey • A: George Washington • American Victory • Extra Info: • Washington crosses the Delaware River on Christmas night to surprise the Hessians in Trenton

  9. Oriskany • Aug 1777 – New York • B: Barry St. Leger • American Victory • Extra Info: • Defeated on his way to Albany, NY

  10. Brandywine and Germantown • Sept & Oct 1777 – Pennsylvania • A: George Washington • B: William Howe • British Victory • Extra Info:

  11. Saratoga • Oct 1777 – New York • A: Horatio Gates • B: John Burgoyne • American Victory • Extra Info: • Led to Treaty of Alliance with France (turning point of the war) • Benedict Arnold became a traitor after this battle • Washington spent the winter at Valley Forge

  12. Kaskaskia & Vincennes • July 1778 & Feb 1779– Illinois and Indiana • A: George Rogers Clark • American Victory • Extra Info:

  13. Bonhomme Richard vs. Serapis • Sept 1779 – Atlantic Ocean • A: John Paul Jones • American Victory • Extra Info: • “I have not yet begun to fight!” JPJ

  14. Savannah, Charleston, Camden, Wilmington • Dec 1778-Feb 1781– Southern US • A: Nathanael Greene • B: Charles Cornwallis • British Victory • Extra Info:

  15. King’s Mtn, Cowpens, Guilford Courthouse • Oct 1780-March 1781– Southern US • A: Nathanael Greene • B: Charles Cornwallis • American Victory • Extra Info:

  16. Yorktown • Oct 1781– Virginia • A: George Washington, Marquis de Laffayette & Francois de Grasse • B: Charles Cornwallis • American Victory • Extra Info: • de Grasse blocked Cornwallis from receiving supplies • End of the war

  17. Vocabulary • Hessians- German soldiers hire by the British • Mercenaries- Hired soldiers • Privateers- Privately owned ships used for war • Treaty of Alliance- France agrees to help the Americans • Treaty of Paris- Ends the American Revolutionary War

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