American RevolutionAmerican Revolution

Battles and Events

1775-1781

Fort TiconderogaMay 1775

Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen with the Green Mountain Boys – surprise attack took fort and artillery (French & Indian War)

Dorchester HeightsMarch 17, 1776

Col. Henry Knox

Battle of New York (Oct. 1776)

British evacuated Boston to Canada

Decide to re-enter in NY (Staten Island)

Americans overwhelmed and must escape

British elect not to follow, (cost them a big victory)

Americans- Washington British- William Howe

Battles of Trenton and Princeton(Dec 1776-Jan 1777)

Americans chased into Penn. by Gen. Cornwallis (Crossing the Delaware picture)

Americans surprise Hessians (German mercenaries) @ Trenton on X-Mas

Americans leave fires burning to distract British, Americans outflank them at Princeton .

“Gentleman Johnny’s Plan”

British Gen. Burgoyne’s 3-pronged attack to take New England– Burgoyne south from

Canada– Howe north from New

York– St. Ledger east along

Mohawk valley

Three meet at Albany and cut off New England

                   

                          

Battle of Saratoga(Sept 1777)

“Turning Point in the War” Burgoyne’s plan is a failure

– Burgoyne and St. Ledger were behind schedule (too slow) – Thanks to Ethan Allen & GMB

– Howe won’t show up – He loves Philadelphia

Continentals led by Gen Horatio Gates defeat Burgoyne at Saratoga

Convinced French to Support Americans and come to our aid in the war (FRANKLIN, MA)

Philadelphia(1777-1778)

Sept 1777- Americans defeated @ Brandywine (C.C. must flee to Baltimore)

Paoli Massacre Oct 1777- Americans,

reinforced by French defeat British at Germantown

Valley Forge

Valley Forge- Americans camp in Penn. Low point for Americans (no supplies or food)

With help of (Friedrich von Steuben and Marquis de Lafayette) American’s new trained army able to hold off and force retreated in Monmouth, NJ

10,000 men enter camp 2,000 die Valley Forge

War in the South(1779-1781)

British Gen.’s Clinton and Cornwallis turn focus to the south

1780-Greatest British victory of war (Charlestown S.C.)

Yorktown

French & Continentals combine forces

1781- British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia

Who Else Helped?

Women

Sarah Franklin Bache

Margaret Corbin

Mary Ludwig Hayes McCauly African Americans Financers

Robert Morris

Treaty of Paris

John Jay, John Adams,

Ben Franklin

Results?