The Battles Of The Revolution

The Battle of Long Island Severely out numbered Washington

fought a short battle and lost 1400 men The British numbered 34,000 soldiers and

10,000 sailors The Americans numbered about 20,000 with no

navy or sailors Washington then began a series of retreats

until he ended up in PA.

The Battle of Trenton On Christmas night 1776 Washington and his

troops cross the Delaware river They move towards Trenton arriving at 8 am The Americans attack, 60 minutes later the

Hessians are captured or dead Turning Point; American enlistments were due

to expire soon and the Americans needed a lift and got one. The 1st victory in the war.

It improves morale, and increases enlistments

The Battle of Princeton

Cornwallis finally caught up with Washington outside of Trenton

Cornwallis saw the fires of Washington “At last we have run down the old fox and we will bag

him in the morning”

But Washington slipped away and defeated a British force moving towards Princeton

He then wintered in Morristown New Jersey

The Battle of Saratoga Burgoyne was to meet St. Leger and General

Howe at Albany New York St Leger stopped by Benedict Arnold Howe ordered to Philadelphia and stays Burgoyne recaptured Ticonderoga 1000 British dead or captured at Bennington

Vermont Green Mt. boys hurry to fight the British, the

Americans surround Burgoyne and he surrenders

*This victory convinces the French to join the Americans and support them against the British

*Major turning point

Valley Forge 3rd Turning Point The conditions were awful at Valley Forge

“there comes a bowl of beef soup full of burnt leaves and dirt”

No blankets or shoes for the soldiers The colonists send supplies and people to help the

soldiers at Valley Forge Baron Von Steuben arrives and instructs and drills

the army to fight with greater skill By the spring the army was in good shape and spirit

Southern Leaders Generals Greene and Morgan were good

leaders Greene knew the landscape and made

Cornwallis’s troops chase him Morgan won the Battle of Cowpens using a 2

line strategy to lure the British into attacking. Francis Marion (the swamp fox) hid by day

and moved by night to effectively use guerilla tactics to attack the enemy

The Battle of Yorktown

Cornwallis leads the British forces in the south and faces Lafayette Lafayette made small raids against the

British because he lacked a large army His role was to keep an eye on Cornwallis

and harass him when he had the chance Cornwallis was ordered back to NY

He made a mistake and stayed in Virginia

Yorktown Continued Instead he moves to Yorktown to re-supply

his army Washington gets the news and rushes to

Virginia with the French General Rochambeau.

They join Lafayette and trap Cornwallis To his surprise the British navy is not there

but the French navy is. The French cut off all support and Cornwallis

is forced to surrender

The British Surrender The French and American troops

numbered 16,000 the British 8,000 After 3 weeks of bombardment on

October 19, 1781 the British surrender

The Treaty of Paris

In 1782 peace talks begin In 1783 the Treaty of Paris is

signed and the American Revolution is over