Revolutionary War Battles

April 1775; Started the Revolutionary War; "shot heard 'round the world" would be the symbolic beginning of democratic revolutions across the Western world

• Bunker Hill

• Lexington and Concord

• Fort Ticonderoga

• Moore's Creek

May 1775; First major victory for the Americans; ammunition was sent to aid those laying siege to Boston

• Bunker Hill

• Lexington and Concord

• Fort Ticonderoga

• Moore's Creek

June 1775; Moral victory for the Americans, though they failed tactically to take the heights around Boston

• Bunker Hill

• Lexington and Concord

• Fort Ticonderoga

• Moore's Creek

February 1776; Victory here ended British authority in North Carolina and provided an important boost to Patriot morale early in the war

• Bunker Hill

• Lexington and Concord

• Fort Ticonderoga

• Moore's Creek

April 1775-March 1776; After about a year of this, British troops were driven from the Boston area

• Boston Siege

• Long Island/Brooklyn Heights

• Trenton

• Princeton

August 1776; Defeat here would have forced Washington to surrender his entire force and would have therefore ended the war early; Washington, with providential aid, was able to run away and live to fight another day

• Boston Siege

• Long Island/Brooklyn Heights

• Trenton

• Princeton

December 1776; Here, Washington showed guts and resolve when, as he was being chased from NYC, he stopped running, crossed the Delaware, and defeated the British

• Boston Siege

• Long Island/Brooklyn Heights

• Trenton

• Princeton

January 1777; Here, Washington continued gaining momentum that he had won at Trenton and helped gain control of much of New Jersey when he defeated a mostly Hessian regiment

• Boston Siege

• Long Island/Brooklyn Heights

• Trenton

• Princeton

September 1778; major turning point; victory here halted the initial British strategy of cutting New England off from the rest of the colonies; it also brought France and Spain in on the American's side

• Brandywine and Germantown

• Valley Forge

• Saratoga

• Monmouth

June 1778; a tactical draw, but a moral victory for the Americans; after the winter at Valley Forge, this battle demonstrated that American troops could stand up to British regulars; this battle saw the occasion for the beginning of the Molly Pitcher legend

• Brandywine and Germantown

• Valley Forge

• Saratoga

• Monmouth