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Key Battles

of the

Revolutionary War

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Battle of Lexington and Concord

Location: Lexington and Concord, towns outside of Boston

Date: April 19, 1775Key Leaders: John Barker (in charge of minutemen)

Key Facts: * Happened because the British were trying to catch

troublemakers in Lexington and destroy supplies in Concord

* The first shots of the Revolution were fired there

* Patriots won the battle

* As a result of this battle, George Washington was chosen as the Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary War

Battle of Lexington and Concord School House Rock

Map/Timeline

Battle of Lexington and Concord Rap

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"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes."

Colonel William Prescott

What do you think Colonel Prescott meant?

Make a quick sketch of your thoughts.

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Location: Bunker Hill/Breed's Hill

Date: June 17, 1775

Key Leaders: General Warren, General Ward

Key Facts:* Taught Americans a lot

* Even though the Patriots had to surrender because they ran

out of gunpowder, they learned just how powerful they

were because they killed many men in the British army

* Soon after this, British left to go to New York, hoping to find

loyalists there

Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill)

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Too Late to Apologize

Too Late to Apologize

by Emilia Grant (adapted from the original by OneRepublic)

Halfway across the globe

And we're standing on new ground

Screaming 'cross the waves

You can't hear a sound

There's no fair trials, no trade, no liberties

No tea

We've colonized America; we won't stand for tyranny,

Oh king

And it's too late to apologize

It's too late

I said it's too late to apologize

It's too late

We've paid your foolish tax, read the acts

And they just won't do

We want to make it clear, we believe this much is true

All men were created with certain

Unalienable rights

Among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit

Of happiness

And it's too late to apologize

It's too late

I said It's too late to apologize

It's too late

It's too late to apologize

It's too late

I said it's too late apologize

It's too late

I said it's too late to apologize, yeah

It's too late

I said it's too late to apologize, yeah

Halfway across the globe

And we're standing on new ground

See Declaration of Independence SB document

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Location: Saratoga, NYDate: September 19, 1777 - October 7, 1777Key Leaders: Daniel Morgan, Benedict Arnold, Benjamin Lincoln

Key Facts: * THE turning point of the war for the Patriots (Patriots

won)

* American forces defeated the British in their attempt

to split the colonies at the Hudson River

* Since the French saw how well prepared the Patriots

were, they agreed to enter into an alliance with them --

which gave Americans French money and the French Navy

Battle of Saratoga

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Siege of Charleston

Location: port of Charleston, SCDate: 1779-1780Key Leaders: Governor Rutledge, General Charles Lee,

General Clinton(British)

Key Facts: * The British came to SC thinking they would find more loyalists.

* The port of Charleston was under siege by the British

for many days.

* The British used a blockade of the harbor to cut off supplies until the Patriots had to give up to the British.

* Patriots fought both British soldiers and Loyalists using hit and run tactics.

OUTCOME: The Patriots surrendered to the British.

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Battle of CowpensLocation: Cowpens, SC

Date: January 1781

Key Leaders: General Daniel Morgan

General Cornwallis

Key Facts: * Showed the cooperation of the regular Continental Army and

the irregular partisan forces

* The partisans led the attack and then fled the field, tricking the

British into thinking that the Americans were retreating

* Instead the partisans tricked the British into range of the regular American army

* The British lost and retreated towards Virginia

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Battle of Yorktown

Location: Yorktown, VirginiaDate: Battle began in 1781 , 1783- Treaty of Paris ended the American

RevolutionKey Leaders: George Washington

Key Facts:* The final battle of the war.

* The French Navy assisted George Washington and his army by blockading the harbor - this prevented British ships from entering the harbor

and the British that were in Virginia from escaping.

* The British were surrounded and defeated by American and French forces.