| Event
|
Date |
Location |
Significance |
| Lexington-Concord |
April 1775 |
Massachusetts |
First armed conflict. Propaganda victory for U.S. Casualties: U.S.:95.
British: 270 |
| Ft. Ticonderoga |
May 1775 |
Lake Champlain |
Ethan Allen captured fort and cannon later used in defense of Boston |
| Breed's Hill (Bunker Hill) |
June 1775 |
Boston |
1/6 of all British officers killed in war die here. Only battle in
long siege of Boston |
| Invasion of Quebec |
Winter 1775-76 |
Maine/Canada |
Gens. Arnold and Montgomery failed in invasion attempt of Canada |
| Dorchester Heights |
March 1776 |
Boston |
British forced to evacuate New England |
| Declaration of Independence |
July 1776 |
Philadelphia |
2nd Continental Congress issues formal declaration of separation from
British |
| Long Island |
August 1776 |
New York |
U.S. forces forced to retreat to Manhattan, then New Jersey |
| Trenton |
December 1776 |
New Jersey |
Hessian army crushed in Washington's raid across the Delaware River.
Casualties: U.S. :4, British: 900 |
| Princeton |
January 1777 |
New Jersey |
U.S. recovers New Jersey from British in 10 days. British retreat to
New New York, where they remain for the war. |
Brandywine Creek
Germantown |
September 1777
October 1777 |
Pennsylvania |
British seize Philadelphia after these victories |
| Saratoga |
October 17, 1777 |
Upstate New York |
Turning point of war. Convinced French of U.S. strength. Burgoyne
surrenders 5800 men. |
| Monmouth |
June 1778 |
New Jersey |
U.S. army almost captured British but cowardice allowed British forces
to escape |
| Savannah |
December 1778 |
Georgia |
Beginning of British push in the South |
| Vincennes |
February 1779 |
Western territories |
Clark captures British forts which proved important in negotiations
with British after the war |
| Charleston |
December 1779 |
South Carolina |
British gain control of South with victory here |
| King's Mountain |
October 1780 |
South Carolina |
Bloody victory for U.S. |
| Yorktown |
October 19, 1781 |
Virginia |
Cornwallis surrenders to Washington as French and American forces trap
British on peninsula. |
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