American American Revolution Revolution Battles and Events 1775-1781
May 21, 2015
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?