Noteworthy Battles Flashcards
-10 of French troops killed
-French rebounded Washington and his men at Fort Necessity
-Considered the formal beginning of North American front of 7 years of war
Battle of Jumonville Glen May 27th, 1754
-North American front consisted of French, British, and Native allies
-British suffer defeats at Forts Oswego and William Henry
-British take key french stronghold of Louisbourg, French Canada
Seven Years War 1765/French and Indian War
-A Native American chief forged alliance with Shawnee, Wyandot, Seneca, Cayuga, and Delaware to attack British forts
-Ottawa’s attack on Fort Detroit is considered start of 7 years war
-Pontiac’s allies surrendered to British due to lack of supplies
Pontiac’s war-1763
-General Gage plans to seize Patriot leaders and supplies at Lexington and Concord
-125 British soldiers died because the colonial militia knew the landscape really well when the soldiers tried to escape
Battles of Lexington and Concord
1775
-Henry Knox delivers heavy artillery which was seized from Fort Ticonderoga
-This helped Washington who moved the artillery to Dorchester Heights
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
1776
-Began with a bombardment of British ships
-Patriot leaders learned of British plans to fortify surrounding city, so Colonel William Prescott led 1200 militiamen to occupy Bunker and breed’s hills
-Americans held their fire until British were in close range
-Massive British losses
Battle of Bunker Hill
(1775)
-General Howe leads British forces to attack American strongholds
-Americans were forced to fall back to Brooklyn heights
Battle of Long Island
1776
-Washington plans surprise attack on Hessian forces in New Jersey
-Washington and troops cross Delaware River
-Hessian forces surrender
Battle of Trenton
December 25th 2776
-Continental army returns to Pennsylvania under Washington and defeat the British
-Caused Patriots to gain new momentum
Battle of Assunpink Creek + Battle of Princeton
1776
-British marched triumphantly into Philadelphia which causes Continental Congress to flee
-American defeat under Washington
Battle of Brandywine
-Low point for Continental forces > they question Washington’s leadership capabilities.
-Washington appoints Benedict Arnold as military commander
Valley Forge
Mary Ludwig Hays is known for in this battle traveling back and forth to bring soldiers water which gave her the name “Molly Pitcher”
Battle of Monmouth 1778
-Was part of Britain’s Southern strategy to by Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell
-American General Benjamin Lincoln leads American force of with French soldiers to challenge British
-Occurred in Georgia
Siege of Savannah 1779
-Siege ended with American General Benjamin Lincoln to end with an unconditional surrender
-British seizes over 5,000 prisoners of war and destroys Continental Army of South
Siege of Charleeston
-Defeat of Horatio Gates (commander of southern Continental Congress)
-Pushed Cornwallis to march into North Carolina
Battle of Camden
-surprise victory for the Patriots which boosted their morale
-Patrick Ferguson lead Loyalist militia units
-Patriots fired behind rocks as Loyalists charged down hill with bayonets
Battle of Kings Mountain
-Washington replaces General Horatio Gates with General Nathael Greene as commander of Continental -Army in the southern colonies
-American forces under Brigadier Daniel Morgan deals major blow to British forces (led by Colonel Banastre Tarleton)
Battle of Cowpens
-American General Nathaniel Greene encounters supply derived British
-90 minute battle
-surprisingly, British win but with significant casualties
-“Another such victory would ruin the British Army”
-Cornwallis regroups and resupplies and starts raiding farms in Virginia
Battle of Guilford CourtHouse
-located in Kentucky
-Native Americans and Loyalists ally to defeat American troops
Battle of Blue Licks
-example of a small scale fighting that occured after the battle of Yorktown
-American soldiers led by John Laurens engaged in British foraging party in South Carolina near Charleston
Battle of Combahee River
