The men who lost America were also the men who saved Canada, India, Gibraltar, and the British Caribbean. The political leadership of the North government can be credited with the victory at the Saintes in 1782; the same year, Admiral Howe raised the Spanish siege of Gibraltar which had been heroically defended by a garrison of German mercenaries and British troops. In contrast to the British navy in the Chesapeake Bay, Howe was able to shield his transports and supply vessels behind his warships to enable them to relieve the garrison. This climactic end to the three-year siege was one of the most celebrated wartime subjects of artists like John Singleton Copley. The final voyages of Captain James Cook to Australia and New Zealand took place during the American Revolution, and the convicts formerly transported to America became the first settlers of Australia.
Battles
Battle | Location | End Date Sort descending |
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Battle of Lexington and Concord | Massachusetts | 19-Apr-1775 |
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga | New York | 10-May-1775 |
Battle of Bunker Hill | Massachusetts | 17-Jun-1775 |
Battle of Quebec | Quebec, Canada | 31-Dec-1775 |
Fortification of Dorchester Heights | Massachusetts | 04-Mar-1776 |
Battle of Long Island | New York | 27-Aug-1776 |
Battle of Harlem Heights | New York | 16-Sep-1776 |
Battle of Valcour Island | New York | 11-Oct-1776 |
Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge | North Carolina | 27-Oct-1776 |
Battle of White Plains | New York | 28-Oct-1776 |
Battle of Fort Washington | New York | 16-Nov-1776 |
Battle of Trenton | New Jersey | 26-Dec-1776 |
Battle of Princeton | New Jersey | 03-Jan-1777 |
Siege of Fort Ticonderoga | New York | 06-Jul-1777 |
Battle of Oriskany | New York | 06-Aug-1777 |
Battle of Bennington | New York | 16-Aug-1777 |
Battle of Brandywine | Pennsylvania | 11-Sep-1777 |
Battle of Germantown | Pennsylvania | 04-Oct-1777 |
Battle of Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton | New York | 06-Oct-1777 |
Battles of Saratoga | New York | 07-Oct-1777 |
Battle of Red Bank (Fort Mercer) | New Jersey | 22-Oct-1777 |
Siege of Mud Island Fort (Fort Mifflin) | Pennsylvania | 15-Nov-1777 |
Battle of Rhode Island | Rhode Island | 08-Feb-1778 |
Battle of Monmouth | New Jersey | 28-Jun-1778 |
Battle of Savannah | Georgia | 29-Dec-1778 |
Battle of Stony Point | New York | 15-Jul-1779 |
Siege of Savannah | Georgia | 20-Oct-1779 |
Siege of Charleston | South Carolina | 12-May-1780 |
Battle of Waxhaws | South Carolina | 29-May-1780 |
Battle of Camden | South Carolina | 16-Aug-1780 |
Battle of Kings Mountain | South Carolina | 07-Oct-1780 |
Battle of Guilford Courthouse | North Carolina | 15-Mar-1781 |
Battle of Chesapeake Capes | Virginia — Chesapeake Bay | 05-Sep-1781 |
Battle of Groton Heights | Connecticut | 06-Sep-1781 |
Battle of Eutaw Springs | South Carolina | 08-Sep-1781 |
Siege of Yorktown | Virginia | 19-Oct-1781 |
Battle of Cowpens | South Carolina | 07-Nov-1781 |
The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire (2013)