Date

Date	Location	Battle/Event	Winner	Summary
April 1775	Outside Boston	Lexington & Concord		Warned by Paul Revere, American militiamen fought 800 British troops on April 19th, 1775. The battle broke out at Concord. 73 British soldiers were killed and over 200 were wounded. The Americans lost 49 soldiers and suffered 39 wounded.
May 1775	Southern tip of Lake Champlain	Capture of Fort Ticonderoga		American forces under Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen captured the British fort of Ticonderoga. The fort was captured without firing a shot. The capture was the first offensive action by the colonists, and the cannons captured there were invaluable.
June 1775	Outside Boston	Battle of Bunker Hill		The Americans occupied Bunker Hill overlooking Boston on the evening of June 16th. The British, commanded by General Gage, had no choice but to attack the Americans. On the afternoon of the 17th, Gage's forces attacked. In a hard fought battle, the American forces under William Prescott were forced to withdraw. While the British won, they suffered heavy losses.
Sept. 1775	Boston	Siege of Boston		After Bunker Hill the British remained in Boston, surrounded by a growing number of American soldiers. Finally, after the Americans who were now commanded by General Washington occupied Dorchester Heights, the British were forced to withdraw from Boston.
Nov. 1775	Quebec, Canada	March on Canada		Arnold set off with an American force to capture Quebec. It was not until December 31 that Arnold's troops were ready to attack. The attack failed and the Americans retreated after suffering heavy losses.
Aug. 1776	New York	Battle of Long Island		In 1776, the British set out to beat the colonies. They began by recapturing New York. First, they drove Washington off Long Island; then, from lower Harlem. After this defeat, Washington retreated to White Plains, where for the first time, he was able to hold off the British forces. The British, then again, outsmarted Washington. Washington was forced to retreat to New Jersey.
Dec. 1776	New Jersey	Battle of Trenton		On December 26th, Washington's Army crossed the Delaware and surprised the British at Trenton. The attack was made by 2,400 troops under Washington on the Hessians. Washington's troops surprised and defeated the British forces. The American victory was the first of the war, and helped to restore American morale.
Jan. 1777	New Jersey	Battle of Princeton		Howe sent troops south to take on Washington in Trenton. The American troops sidestepped the British forces in Trenton, instead battling them in Princeton. The Battle of Princeton fought on Jan 3, 1777 was won by the Americans at the last moment, forcing the British to withdraw to New Brunswick.
July 1777		British Plan of Attack	X	Burgoyne’s plan called for Howe to march on Albany from New York City. King George III, however, wanted to capture Philadelphia first. The plan will prove to be a failure.
July 1777	Penn.	Battle of Brandywine		At the end of August, General Howe brought his army south by sea, threatening Philadelphia. On September 10th, Howe's forces attacked the American troops blocking his way to Philadelphia at Brandywine. In a day long battle, the British crushed the American forces. The Americans, however, were able to retreat.
July 1777	Penn.	Battle of Germantown		After Howe had took Philadelphia, Washington attacked British at Germantown. The Americans planned an attack. The morning was foggy, and American coordination broke down. As a result, the attack failed, and the American troops were forced to withdraw.
Aug. 1777	Vermont	Battle of Bennington		The British suffered a major defeat when New England militia men ambushed a large force of British soldiers attempting to forage for supplies. The British force was almost wiped out, losing 207 dead and 700 captured.
Oct. 1777	Northern New York	Battle of Saratoga “The Turning Point”		Burgoyne had no option but to move on to Albany. The American army, however, was blocking his way at Bemis Heights. After two attempts to break through American defenses, they withdrew to Saratoga, where they were surrounded by American troops. The British surrendered on October 13, 1777. One quarter of the British forces in North America thus surrendered, and, while many battles were yet to be fought, American independence was assured & foreign nations gave their support to the Patriots (France, the Netherlands, & Spain).
1777-1778	Penn.	Winter at Valley Forge	X	With the British Army secure in Philadelphia, the American army settled into winter quarters at Valley Forge. It was a winter of hardship and suffering for the troops. It was also a winter of training, in which the American troops were taught how to be professional soldiers.
Feb. 1779	Ohio River Valley	Battle of Vincennes		George Rogers Clark led a small group of soldiers through the Ohio River Valley to Vincennes, where his troops spread out to appear larger in number. The British surrendered without firing a shot.
Feb. 1779	North Carolina	Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge		Patriot defeat of Loyalist army in North Carolina is known as the “Lexington & Concord of the South.
1778-1780	Georgia & S.Carolina	Battles of Savannah, Charleston, & Camden		British victories in Georgia & South Carolina caused Washington to write: “I have almost ceased to hope.”
Sept. 1779	Near Britain	Battle of the North Sea		The greatest single ship duel of the Revolution was between the Bonne Homme Richard commanded by John Paul Jones and the HMS Serapis. The Serapis was a 50 gun ship that outgunned the Bonne Homme Richard which was barely sea worthy. When the captain of the Serapis hailed the Bonne Homme Richard and demanded surrender, John Paul Jones answered:" I have not begun to fight." Jones’s men went on to capture the Serapis.
Oct. 1780	North Carolina	Battle of King’s Mountain		American militia forces attacked a force of British in North Carolina at King's Mountain. The patriots killed or captured all the English troops
Jan. 1781	South Carolina	Battle of Cowpens		American General Morgan defeated British forces under the command of Colonel Tarleton. Morgan's troops used clever tactics and captured all of the British soldiers.
March 1781	North Carolina	Battle of Guilford Courthouse		American forces under General Greene attacked British forces commanded by General Cornwallis at Guilford Court House. The British forces won, but British losses forced Cornwallis to retreat. It was one of the bloodiest battles of the war.
Oct. 1781	Virginia	Victory at Yorktown		General Cornwallis arrived in Petersburg in May of 1781. After receiving conflicting instructions, Cornwallis went to Yorktown and began preparing a naval base there. General Washington moved south and, together with French ground and naval forces, surrounded the British army, forcing its surrender and ending the war.