The Revolutionary War
Part I1775 – 1778
Cody Frampton (A2)
Table of Contents
• The Year 1775– Battle of Lexington & Concord (April – 1775)
– Battle of Bunker Hill (June – 1775)
• The Year 1776)
– The Declaration of Independence (July – 1776)
– Battle of Trenton (December – 1776)
• The Year 1777– Battle of Princeton (January – 1777)
– Battle of Brandywine (September – 1777)
– Other miscellaneous battles• The Year 1778
– Winter at Valley Forge
The Year – 1775
Battle of Lexington & Concord
Location & Dates• Massachusetts
– Lexington – Concord– Lincoln– Arlington (Menotomy)– Cambridge
• April 18 & 19, 1775
What Occurred• British send troops to
capture guns and ammo in Concord
• British plan to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington
• Midnight ride of Paul Revere, William Dawes & Dr. Samuel Prescott
Battle of Lexington & Concord
Notable – Colonists• Paul Revere• William Dawes• Dr. Samuel Prescott• John Hancock• Samuel Adams• Joseph Warren• The Minutemen
Notable – British• General Thomas Gage• Lt Colonel Francis Smith• Brigadier General Hugh Percy
The Battle of Bunker Hill
Location & Dates• Massachusetts
– Charlestown – Mostly on and around
Breed’s Hill.
• June 17, 1775
What Occurred• Colonial leaders were informed
that British troop were going to occupy the unoccupied hills surrounding Boston
• The British mounted an attack the next day, the first two assaults were fails, suffering significant losses, but on the third attack they succeeded with flanking them on the left and right.
The Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill
Notable – Colonists• Israel Putnam • William Prescott• Joseph Warren• John Stark
Notable – British• William Howe• Sir Robert Pigot• James Abercrombie • John Pitcairn• Henry Clinton
The Year of 1776
Declaration of Independence People who signed the Declaration of Independence • Delaware : George Read, Thomas McKean, Caesar Rodney• Pennsylvania: George Clymer, Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, James Smith,
George Taylor, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Ross, James Wilson.• Massachusetts: John Adams John Hancock, Elbridge Gerry, Samuel Adams Robert
Treat Paine.• New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett, Matthew Thornton, William Whipple.• Rhode Island: Stephen Hopkins William Ellery• New York: Lewis Morris, Francis Lewis, Philip Livingston, William Floyd• Georgia: Button Gwinnett, George Walton, Lyman Hall• Virginia: Richard Henry Lee, Carter Braxton Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Nelson. Jr., Francis
Lightfoot Lee, Benjamin Harrison, George Wythe • North Carolina: William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn• South Carolina: Edward Rutledge, Thomas Lynch. Jr., Arthur Middleton, Thomas Heyward. Jr.• New Jersey: Abraham Clark Francis Hopkinson John Witherspoon, John Hart Richard
Stockton• Connecticut: Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Roger Sherman, Oliver Wolcott.• Maryland: Charles Carroll, Thomas Stone, Samuel Chase, William Paca.
The Battle of Trenton
Location & Dates• Trenton, New Jersey
• December 25-26
What Occurred• On the night of December 25, George
Washington and 2,400 American soldiers crossed the Delaware river just north of Trenton New Jersey, when Washington’s men landed on the other side, they marched 9 miles to southern New Jersey.
• Washington caught the Hessians off guard, after a brief battle, two thirds of the 1,500 man garrison was captured. Only a few escaped.
The Battle of Trenton
Notable – Americans• George Washington• Nathanael Greene
Notable – Hessians • Johann Rall
The Year of 1777
The Battle of Princeton
Location & Dates• Princeton New Jersey • January 3
What Occurred• On January 2, George Washington
held of a British attack, He then circled around the British army and flanked them.
• George learned that General Hugh Mercer clashes with two regiment of the British, and needed reinforcements, so Washington gathered up some men and sent them to help, Hugh’s men were in retreat, which caused the minute men to retreat, But Washington rode up and rallied the continental forces to victory!
The Battle of Princeton
Notable – Colonists• Israel Putnam • William Prescott• Joseph Warren• John Stark
Notable – British• William Howe• Sir Robert Pigot• James Abercrombie • John Pitcairn• Henry Clinton
The Battle of Brandywine Creek
Location & Dates• Pennsylvania– Chadds Ford Township– Delaware county
• September 11, 1777
What occurred • Washington’s men set up
behind General Howe’s men and was getting ready to attack, but Howe took the bulk of his army and took them around the Brandywine river, due to poor scouting, Howe’s men went almost undetected and flanked Washington and his men
The Battle of Brandywine Creek
Notable – Colonists• George Washington• Nathanael Greene• Francis Nash• Peter Muhlenberg• Anthony Wayne
Notable – British• William Howe• Charles Cornwallis• Wilhelm von Knyphausen• James Agnew• William Medows
The winter at Valley Forge
The winter at Valley Forge was one of the turning points in the war.
• Washington’s forces became trained soldiers under the direction of Drill Master Friedrich von Steuben, a Prussian Commander. Von Steuben spoke no English and was brought to America by Benjamin Franklin.
• It was the six month camp site for George Washington, going from December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778, no battles were fought.
Thank You
The End
Cody Frampton A-2