American Revolution Battles

1. Battle of Trenton

• George Washington formed secret attack on Hessians
• Christmas Evening
• First American Victory

2. Battle of Saratoga

• Greatest victory for American Forces
• British Surrendered
• Benedict Arnold ignored orders and pushed into battle
• Benedict Arnold known as best trader- set secrets over to British

3. Valley Forge

• December 1777- Washington troops at military camp in freezing cold
• Friedrich Wilhelm von Stueben- Prussian- Makes troops a military man

5. Guerilla Warfare- Sneak attacks and ambushes

• Francis Marion-Launched guerilla warfare against loyalists
• Daniel Morgan- used guerilla tactics to fight British and Indian guides
• British thought wasn't gentlemen like

6. Battle of Yorktown

• 1781- George Washington thought finished the war and ambushed the British with the French

7. Treaty of Paris

• September 3, 1783- Treaty between British and Americans signed
• Marked end of American Revolutionary War
• British believed they should have right of land in America because they helped colonists