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Revolutionary War Battles Index
- Prelude to War - Bunker Hill
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Before Congress met again the situation had changed. On the morning of April 19, 1775, shots had been exchanged by colonials and British soldiers, men had been killed, and a revolution had begun. On the very day (May 10, 1775) that the Second Continental Congress met, Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys, together with a force under Benedict Arnold, took Fort Ticonderoga from the British, and two days later Seth Warner captured Crown Point. Boston was under British siege, and before that siege was climaxed by the costly British victory usually called the battle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775) the Congress had chosen (June 15, 1775) George Washington as commander in chief of the Continental Armed Forces.
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| The Battle of Lexington and Concord |
April 19, 1775 |
| "The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga" |
May 11, 1775 |
| "The Battle of Breed's Hill" |
June 16, 1775 |
| "The Battle of Bunker Hill" |
June 17, 1775 |
| "The Battle of Long Island" |
June 28, 1775 |
| "The Battle of Great Bridge" |
December 9, 1775 |
| "The Battle of Quebec" |
December 31, 1775 |
| "The Siege of Boston" |
July 1775 March 1776 |
| "Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge" |
February 27, 1776 |
| "The Battle for New York" |
July-August 1776 |
| "The Battle of Valcour Bay" |
October 11, 1776 |
| "Washingtons Retreat through New Jersey" |
1776 |
| "The Battle of Trenton" |
December 26, 1776 |
| "The Battle of Princeton" |
January 3, 1777 |
| "The Battle of Brandywine" |
September 10, 1777 |
| "The Battle of Oriskany" |
August 6, 1777 |
| "The Battle of Bennington" |
August 16, 1777 |
| "The Battle of Saratoga" |
September 19, 1777 |
| "The Battle of Germantown" |
September 22, 1777 |
| "The Burgoyne Surrender" |
October 16th 1777 |
| "Valley Forge" |
The Winter of 1777-1778 |
| "The Battle of Monmouth" |
June 28, 1778 |
| "The Battle of Vincennes" |
February 23, 1779 |
| "The Battle of Stony Point" |
July 15, 1779 |
| "The Battle of Savannah" |
July 22, 1779 |
| "Bonne Homme Richard vs. Serapis" |
September 23, 1779 |
| "The Siege of Charleston" |
1779-1780 |
| "The Battle of Camden" |
August 16, 1780 |
| "The Treason of Benedict Arnold" |
September 21, 1780 |
| "The Battle of King's Mountain" |
October 7, 1780 |
| "The Battle of Cowpens" |
January 17, 1781 |
| "The Battle of Guilford Court House" |
March 15, 1781 |
| "The Battle of Eutaw Springs" |
September 8, 1781 |
| "The Battle of Yorktown" |
October 6-19, 1781 |
| "Southern Campaign" |
1778-1781 |
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