1. The American Revolution
Battles

2. Fort Ticonderoga, NY 1775 Patriots needed weapons
earlier captured British fort
dragged 59 cannons, pounds of lead to Boston (300 miles)

3. Bunker Hill, MA June 16, 1775 Patriots built fort on hill
British stormed it 3 times
Patriots ran out of gunpowder
British took the hill
1000 British casualties
500 Patriot casualties

4. Dorchester Heights, MA March 4, 1776
Patriots placed cannons on hills
aimed at British ships in Boston Harbor
British left Boston
fled to Canada
over 100 ships
9,000 soldiers
1100 Loyalists

5. New York City, NY August 27, 1776 2 days of fighting
British lost 377 men
Patriots lost 1407
British took the city
Americans were inexperienced
British let Patriots retreat

6. Trenton, NJ Dec. 25, 1776 Patriots crossed Delaware River snowstorm
caught Hessian mercenaries (British side) by surprise
Patriots took 868 POWs
no Patriots died
boost to American morale

7. Saratoga, NY Oct. 17, 1777
British want to divide Patriots by taking NY
General Burgoyne led British & Indians from Canada to NY
slowed by trees, rivers
met by rebels who outnumbered them
British surrendered
boost to American morale
after France & Spain became allies

8. Valley Forge, PA end of 1777 to start of 1778
Americans camped there for winter
short of food, clothing, shoes, blankets
farmers sold food to British (not Patriots) for gold
von Steuben from Prussia trained them
Lafayette from France brought clothing

9. Monmouth, NJ June 28, 1778 British left Philadelphia & retreated to NY
Americans chased them across NJ
battle
Washington rallied his men
British crossed Hudson River to NYC
British failed to capture any northern state

10. Battles in the South 1780 British invaded the south
Americans used guerrilla warfare…quick hit-and- run raids
chased British to exhaustion
British retreated to Yorktown, VA

11. Yorktown, VA Oct. 6-19, 1781
16,000 Americans & French trapped British by land
8000 British waited to be rescued
29 French warships closed off Chesapeake Bay
British surrendered
last big battle of war

12. Treaty of Paris 1783 peace treaty (agreement) between U.S. and Britain
Britain recognized U.S. as independent nation
Britain gave up land between Atlantic and Mississippi
U.S. agreed to return property to Loyalists

13. Results of the American Revolution
Americans won their independence
25,000 Americans died
- 6,200 in battle
- 10,000 from diseases
- 8,500 as prisoners
inspired struggle for independence in other places
- France
- Latin America