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Rev War Battles
- 1. Revolutionary War Battles The Road to Victory
- 2. Battle of Bunker Hill • Outside Boston; June 17th, 1775 • “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.” • Colonists ran out of gunpowder and forced to retreat • Colonists successfully held ground vs. British • BRITISH WIN
- 3. Battle of Bunker Hill BIG IDEA??? • We lost more battles than we won.
- 6. Battle of Trenton • December 25th, 1776 (Christmas) • Surprise attack vs. Hessians in Trenton ▪ Hessians = German mercenaries fighting for the British • Washington crossed icy Delaware River with troops ▪ few supplies, no shoes, but ready to fight • COLONIAL WIN (in less than 1 hour)
- 7. Battle of Trenton BIG IDEA??? • Certain key victories kept the Americans going.
- 8. Crossing the Delaware River
- 9. Battle of Brandywine Creek • Outside Philadelphia; September 11, 1777 • General Howe attacks on the way to Albany, NY ▪ Colonial army defeated ▪ Lets soldiers escape instead of crushing forces • Afterwards British capture Philadelphia • BRITISH WIN
- 10. Battle of Brandywine Creek BIG IDEA??? •We lost more battles than we won.
- 11. Battle of Brandywine Creek
- 12. Battle of Saratoga • Outside Albany, NY; October 17th, 1777 • British try to corner Colonial army at Albany • British badly outnumbered and whole army captured • COLONIAL WIN • Convinced French to join the war on America’s side • Boosts Colonial morale
- 13. Battle of Saratoga BIG IDEA??? •The war was almost lost in New York.
- 14. Aerial View of Saratoga Battlefields
- 15. War at Sea: Bonhomme Richard v. Serapis • September 23, 1779 • British Navy best in the world • U.S. Navy ship Bonhomme Richard ▪ Captain = John Paul Jones ▪ Never surrenders: “I have not yet begun to fight!” • Defeats British warship Serapis • Greatest naval defeat of the war • COLONISTS WIN
- 16. War at Sea: Bonhomme Richard v. Serapis BIG IDEA??? • Certain key victories kept the Americans going.
- 17. Bonhomme Richard v. Serapis Reconstruction of Bonhomme Richard Model of Serapis
- 18. Battle of Yorktown • Southeastern Virginia; October 19th, 1781 • Combined French and Colonial power corner British army • Held British under siege and wore down their defenses • General Cornwallis surrenders to Washington --> war is over! • AMERICA WINS INDEPENDENCE!
- 19. Battle of Yorktown BIG IDEA??? • We won due to French help.