Battles of the Revolution

Question 1

Lexington and Concord

Answer 1

1. April 1, 1775
2. Result of tensions that had built up over a long period
3. Changed the conflict from politics and social unrest to warfare

Question 2

Bunker Hill

Answer 2

1. June 1775

2. Costly British Victory shaped early course of war

Question 3

Quebec

Answer 3

1. December 1775

2. American Victories alone the waterways from Lake Champlain into Canada

Question 4

Charleston

Answer 4

1. June 1776

2. British failure to take major seaport forced the wars focus to be primarily in the north for the next several years

Question 5

Trenton

Answer 5

1. December 1776

2. British defeat

Question 6

Saratoga

Answer 6

1. October 1777

2. Failure of the British Campaign from the north that made the major turning point

Question 7

Rhode Island

Answer 7

1. August 1778
2. Failed American Camapign
3. Stopped American military momentum gained from Saratoga and the recovery of Philly
4. Showed that France could not bring about a speedy end to the war

Question 8

Kings Mountain

Answer 8

1. October 1780
2. Annihilation of loyalist militia on the South Carolina frontier
3. Forced British to revise their southern strategy and demonstrated that their overextended forces could be defeated in detail

Question 9

Cowpens

Answer 9

1. January 1781
2. Sudden defeat of a substantial British force
3. Stopped British offensive momentum in the south
4. Renewed the spirits of American forces
5. Initiating the campaign that brought the war to the end

Question 10

Yorktown

Answer 10

1. October 1781
2. Ended in the surrender of a substantial British army
3. Zenith of French-American cooperation