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- Battle of Monmouth (June of 1778) …
- Battle of King’s Mountain (October of 1780) …
- Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (May of 1775) …
- Battle of Cowpens (January of 1781) …
- Battle of Saratoga (October of 1777) …
- Battle of Bunker Hill (June of 1775) …
- Battle of Fort Washington (November of 1776)
September 11, 1777 — The Battle of Brandywine, Pa. October 4, 1777 — The Battle of Germantown, Pa. October 7, 1777 — The Battle of Saratoga, N.Y. June 28, 1778 — The Battle of Monmouth, N.J.
Battle of Bunker Hill First major battle of the American Revolution, fought in Charlestown (now part of Boston) during the Siege of Boston.
| Battle | Date | Colony/State |
|---|---|---|
| Storming of Fort William and Mary* | December 14, 1774 | New Hampshire |
| Battles of Lexington and Concord | April 19, 1775 | Massachusetts |
| Siege of Boston | April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776 | Massachusetts |
| Gunpowder Incident* | April 20, 1775 | Virginia |
| Date | August 6, 1777 |
|---|---|
| Result | Indecisive American relief force blocked British offensive eventually repulsed |
Around 5,000 British soldiers who deserted the army remained in the American colonies after the war.
Battle of Yorktown It was there in 1781 that a combined French and American army led by George Washington defeated and captured General Cornwallis and his army. This defeat was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War and forced Great Britain to decide to come to the negotiating table.
- Lexington and Concord, April 1775. …
- Bunker Hill, June 1775. …
- Quebec, December 1775. …
- Charleston, June 1776. …
- Trenton, December 1776. …
- Saratoga, October 1777. …
- Rhode Island, August 1778. …
- Kings Mountain, October 1780.
A Stunning Defeat In October 1781, the war virtually came to an end when General Cornwallis was surrounded and forced to surrender the British position at Yorktown, Virginia. Two years later, the Treaty of Paris made it official: America was independent.
After French assistance helped the Continental Army force the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781, the Americans had effectively won their independence, though fighting would not formally end until 1783.
In the UK and some other countries, it’s called the American War of Independence.
WEINTRAUB: Britain lost the war because General Washington had two other generals on his side. One was `General Demography,’ population. The population was burgeoning. And the other general that Washington had on his side was `General Atlantic,’ that is Atlantic Ocean.
British America comprised the colonial territories of the British Empire in the Americas from 1607 to 1783.
In the first eighteen months of armed conflict with the British (the conflict would not become a “war for independence” until July 4, 1776), Washington had begun to create an army and forced the British army in Boston to evacuate that city in March 1776.
How did the British turn the war in their favor? … He led militias and troops in battles that led to the start of the war. C. He led the British to early victories at Fort Ticonderoga and Quebec.