MAJOR EVENTS OF

LEXINGTON-CONCORD

• Occurred on April 19, 1775
• The American commander at the battle was captain John Parker
• British soldiers were sent to Lexington to capture Sam Adams and John Hancock
• British soldiers were also sent to Concord to seize gunpowder

BUNKER HILL

• Occurred on June 17, 1775
• The American commanders were general Isreal Putnam and colonel William Prescott
• The British commander decided to attack full on with a frontal assault
• The attacked failed and the Americans killed and wounded lots, and the remaining troops retreated
• They then tried again later and failed agian
• On the third try they succeeded, but at a great cost of 1045 dead or wounded out of 2300

LONG ISLAND

• Occurred on August 27, 1776
• The American commander was General George Washington
• The battle of Long Island was a defeat on the hands of General George Washington
• His defeat could have lead to the defeat of his entire army
• But he managed to escape and continued to fight
• General William Howe was the British commander in charge of the attack

TRENTON

• Occurred on December 26, 1776
• The American commander was General George Washington
• George Washington lead his to attack and wound 92, killed 22, captured 918, and 400 escaped
• While the Americans suffered a loss of 2(froze to death), and 5 wounded

PRINCETON

• Occurred on January 3, 1777
• American commander was general George Washington
• George Washington marched his men to Princeton and broke through general Hugh Mercer's lines
• Also on that day, lord Cornwallis had awoken to find that his opponent had disappeared

Brandywine

• Occurred on September 11, 1777
• The American commander was General George Washington
• The British commander(general sir William Howe and general Charles Cornwallis) had split their 18,000 troops into two groups to attack the Americans
• The British almost surrounded them, and the Americans retreated with 1100 killed or wounded; the British had survived with only 600 killed or wounded

SARATOGA

• Occurred on September 19, 1777
• The American commander was General Horatio Gates
• The British tried to capture the Hudson River, but failed
• 5,895 British and hessian troops surrendered
• They all surrendered by October 17, 1777
• General John Burgoyne was in charge of the British troops and was forced to surrender

VALLEY FORGE

• Occurred between December 19, 1777- June 18, 1778
• The American commander was General George Washington
• Baron Von Steuben helped train Washington's army
• This was not necessarily a battle against the British, but a battle for survival
• Washington's army had to spend winter here, and many people died a result of low supplies such as food and medicine

WEST POINT

• Occurred on July 16, 1779
• Benedict Arnold became a trailer to the American army, and helped the British plan their attack on West Point
• He ended up getting caught and had to flee and as a result the attack at West Point failed

SIEGE OF SAVANNAH

• Occurred on September 16, 1779
• The American commander was General Benjamin Lincoln
• The Americans and the French attacked the city, and failed miserably after trying to get them to surrender
• There were more than 700 allied deaths total

SEIGE OF CHARLESTON

• Occurred on March 29, 1780
• American commander was General Benjamin Lincoln
• General Benjamin Lincoln surrendered more than 3,000 men to the British

KINGS MOUNTAIN

• Occurred on October 7, 1780
• The Americans attacked surrounding the British at the top of the mountain, and killed some of them and the Americans suffered a loss of 28 killed and 60 wounded
• The British had 157 killed, 163 wounded, and 698 captured

COWPENS

• Occurred on January 17, 1781
• The British troops were very well trained will the American troops were not, and as a result of British underestimating the Americans, lost the battle
• More than 800 British troops were killed, wounded, or captured; while the Americans suffered a loss of 100

YORKTOWN

• Occurred on September28, 1781
• The American commanders were General George Washington and General Rochambaeu
• Washington ordered Marquis de Lafayette to take 5,000 men and block lord Cornwallis's escape route from Yorktown
• Admiral de Grasse chose Chesapeake bay for his base to help attack Yorktown and block Yorktown by sea
• Washington had surround Cornwallis and bombarded them with cannon fire day and night until their surrender on October 17, 1781; this surrender was also ended the American fight for independence
• General Rochambeau came up with the idea of combining his forces the general George Washington's forces to surround Cornwallis