battles of the revolutionary war
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Battles of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR. -Winter of 1777 at Valley Forge was the low point for the Continental Army -France joins the fight on the side of the Americans. They provide military training and naval support - Barron Von Steuben -Spain also helps the Americans. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Battles of theREVOLUTIONARY WAR
DATE BATTLE NAME(LOCATION)
AMERICAN LEADER
BRITISH LEADER
WHOWON?
SIGNIFICANCE
April1775
Lexington and Concord, Mass.
Captain John Parker
General Gage Americans First two battles of the War“shot heard around the world”
DATE BATTLE NAME(LOCATION)
AMERICAN LEADER
BRITISH LEADER
WHOWON?
SIGNIFICANCE
June1775
Battle of Bunker Hill,
Mass.
Colonel William Prescott
General William Howe
British “Don’t shoot till you see the whites of their eyes” Signaled a
different type of war- American army proves it can
fight
DATE BATTLE NAME(LOCATION)
AMERICAN LEADER
BRITISH LEADER
WHOWON?
SIGNIFICANCE
Feb 1776
Battle of Moores Creek
Bridge, NC
Richard CaswellAnd
Alexander Lillington
Josiah Martin
Patriots “Lexington and Concord of the South”
*prevented British gaining control of South
DATE BATTLE NAME(LOCATION)
AMERICAN LEADER
BRITISH LEADER
WHOWON?
SIGNIFICANCE
Dec 26
1776
Battle of Trenton, NJ
George Washington
Colonel John Rall
Americans “Washington crossing the Delaware”
***Turning Point in War for Americans***
DATE BATTLE NAME(LOCATION)
AMERICAN LEADER
BRITISH LEADER
WHOWON?
SIGNIFICANCE
Fall1777
Battle of Saratoga, NY
General Horatio Gates and
Benedict Arnold
General Burgoyne
Americans Series of Battles that signaled the beginning of the end for the
British. Burgoyne surrendered.
DATE BATTLE NAME(LOCATION)
AMERICAN LEADER
BRITISH LEADER
WHOWON?
SIGNIFICANCE
1779 Charles Town, SC General Horatio Gates
General Clinton and Lord Charles Cornwallis
British British refocus efforts to take over Southern and Middle Colonies
DATE BATTLE NAME(LOCATION)
AMERICAN LEADER
BRITISH LEADER
WHOWON?
SIGNIFICANCE
June 1780
Ramsour’s Mill, NC
Partisans in NC(patriot
followers)
Loyalists in NC
Patriots typical of the small battles taking place in the Carolinas
without much leadership
Oct1780
Kings Mountain,
NC/SC
Over-Mountain-Men
Patrick Ferguson
Patriots Stopped the invasion of North Carolina and Cornwallis
retreats to SC
DATE BATTLE NAME
(LOCATION)
AMERICAN LEADER
BRITISH LEADER
WHOWON?
SIGNIFICANCE
March 1781
Battle of Guilford
Courthouse Greensboro,
NC
Nathaniel Greene
Cornwallis British & Loyalists (but lost
¼ of troops)
Cornwallis greatly weakened and retreated to Wilmington. This emboldened Nathaniel
Greene who led Patriot in the re-taking of the South
DATE BATTLE NAME
(LOCATION)
AMERICAN LEADER
BRITISH LEADER
WHOWON?
SIGNIFICANCE
Oct.1781
Yorktown, Va George Washington
General Cornwallis
Americans Last Major Battle of the War. Cornwallis surrendered after a
French naval blockade and Washington’s forces overran him.
Sept 2, 1783 – TREATY OF PARIS – war is over AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE!!!
-Winter of 1777 at Valley Forge was the low point for the Continental Army-France joins the fight on the side of the Americans. They provide military training and naval support
- Barron Von Steuben-Spain also helps the Americans
Reasons for American VICTORY: 1. Motivation (life, property,
independence)2. Knowledge of land – homefield
advantage and guerilla warfare3. Foreign Aid (France/Spain)4. British fought war from across the ocean5. Better LeadershipNext big obstacle for American: Setting up a new government all 13 colonies will agree to….