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American Revolution War Battles - Coggle Diagram
American Revolution War Battles
Lexington & Concord
April 9, 1775
General thomas Gage
Patriots storing gunpower and cannons
Soldiers - at night/surprise
Paul Revere and William Dawes
alert the minutemen
A shot was fired
they started shooting
The Brithish marched on to Concord
Minutemen gathered in Concord
Fighting broke out
The minutemen forced the British to retreat back to Boston
250 were wounded or killed
Militias gathered in Boston
Bunker Hill
June 16, 1775
Militia leaders built a fort
They could fire cannons to British soldiers
Difficult for soldiers to attack them
Militia built a fort on Breed's Hill instead
British attacted 3 times
Patriots ran out of gunpowder
British captured the fort
Trenton
December 25, 1776
George Washington attack an enemy camp
Soldiers - German mercenaries
Delware River
1 000 prisoners
Patriots Victorious
Saratoga
September 19, 1777
British attack from Canada
Americans stopped the British
2 battles
Americans won
General Burgoyne - 5 000 - surrender
Benjamin Franklin - help
France knew Americans could win
France - money, soldiers, navy
Apain - Netherlands - Russia joined the fight
Valley Forge
Winter, 1777
Continental Army stood there
Little food, no place to sleep - died
Washington got the soldiers what they needed
Spring - more food, uniforms
Soldiers trained with Baron von Steuben
Yorktown
October 9, 1781
General Cornwalls led British there
George Washington marched to Virginia
Americans - French fired cannons
Cornwalls was trapped
British army surrendered
Last battle