American Revolution battles

Question 1

Battle of Bunker Hill/Breed’s Hill

Answer 1

took British 3 attempts, but they won (though at a great cost!)

Question 2

Battle of Lexington & Concord

Answer 2

British were marching to Concord but met Minutemen on Lexington Green, colonists attacked hard as the British retreated to Boston

Question 3

Which battle is associated with the saying, “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes?”

Answer 3

Battle of Bunker Hill/Breed’s Hill

Question 4

Battle of New York

Answer 4

British wanted NY as a base for taking Massachusetts, but Burgoyne got there too slowly so the colonists were ready for him

Question 5

Battle of Trenton

Answer 5

George Washington crossed the Delaware on Christmas and surprised the Hessians, capturing many and losing none

Question 6

Battle of Princeton

Answer 6

GW left his fires burning and surprised the British (& won)

Question 7

Battle of Saratoga

Answer 7

showed that the colonists could win, so France and Spain joined up as allies

Question 8

Battle of Yorktown

Answer 8

last battle of the war, GW and the French surrounded the British general Cornwallis until he surrendered