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"Manufactured History": Re-Fighting the Battle of Point Pleasant, 1997 article about the historical debate over whether the Battle of Point Pleasant should be considered a battle of the American Revolutionary War. "The Battle Song of the Great Kanawha", online exhibit from the Blue Ridge Institute about a ballad which recounted the battle.
On December 15, 1774, patriots led by John Sullivan again raided the fort, this time seizing numerous cannons, later used in the pivotal Battle of Bunker Hill. The incident is significant as one of the first overt acts of the American Revolutionary War [1] and the only battle to take place in the state of New Hampshire. [2]
American victory: Also called the Battle of Bemis Heights. British under Burgoyne driven back and forced to surrender 10 days later; American victory demonstrates to France that the Americans can win; Franco-American treaty follows in 1778. Battle of Red Bank: October 22, 1777: New Jersey: American victory Battle of Gloucester: November 25 ...
Lord Dunmore's War, also known as Dunmore's War, was a brief conflict in fall 1774 between the British Colony of Virginia and the Shawnee and Mingo in the trans-Appalachian region of the colony south of the Ohio River. Broadly, the war included events between May and October 1774.
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was an armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.
The American Revolution (1765–1783) was an ideological and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies in what was then British America. The revolution ultimately culminated in the American Revolutionary War, which began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord, on April 19, 1775.
Winston Churchill called the six-week battle "the greatest American battle of the war." Here are some historical images of the Battle of the Bulge. Pictures: 80th anniversary of the Battle of the ...
The Journals of Each Provincial Congress of Massachusetts in 1774 and 1775. Dutton and Wentworth, Printers to the state. OCLC 1571226. Raphael, Ray (2002). The First American Revolution: Before Lexington and Concord. New York: The New Press. ISBN 978-1-56584-815-3. OCLC 47623909. Richmond, Robert P. (1971). Powder Alarm 1774. Princeton, NJ ...