Battle of Lexington & Concord :The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War 1775 - 1783.
Concord is a village twenty miles northwest of Boston, and was the objective of a British expedition in 1775 that opened the War of Independence with the Battle of Lexington and Concord. British troops were sent to Concord to capture John Hancock and Samuel Adams, but both men had been warned about the British attack. On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. Paul Revere and other riders sounded the alarm, and colonial militiamen began mobilizing to intercept the Redcoat column.
Years of tension between Colonial Americans and the British government erupted into bloodshed at the Battle of Lexington, which ignited America's war for independence. On April 15, 1776, British officials ordered General Thomas Gage, Massachusetts' military governor, to destroy stockpiles of weaponry and supplies at Concord and arrest John Hancock and Samuel Adams, who were currently at Lexington.
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Battle of Saratoga :The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the Revolutionary War. British general John Burgoyne earned his nickname " Gentleman Johnny " for because he liked to throw parties between battles. His surrender to American forces at the Battle of Saratoga is what made this battle the turning point in the Revolutionary War.
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Battle of winter at valley forge :During the winter of 1777 to 1778, Washington camped with his troops at Valley Forge, nearly twenty miles north of Philadelphia. Images of bloody footprints in the snow, soldiers huddled around lonely campfires, and Washington on his knees, praying that his army might survive often come to mind when people hear the words "Valley Forge."
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battle of yorktown :September 28th, 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War.
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