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American victory Battle of Green Spring: July 6, 1781: Virginia: British victory Naval battle of Louisbourg: July 21, 1781: Nova Scotia: Franco-American victory Battle of Dogger Bank: August 5, 1781: North Sea: British victory Battle of Piqua: August 8, 1781 Ohio American victory Invasion of Minorca: August 19, 1781 – February 5, 1782 ...
The battle was strategically decisive, [1] in that it prevented the Royal Navy from reinforcing or evacuating the besieged forces of Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia. The French were able to achieve control of the sea lanes against the British and provided the Franco-American army with siege artillery and French ...
Samuel Whittemore Jr. (July 27, 1696 – February 2, 1793) [1] [2] was an American farmer and soldier. He was 78 years old [3] when he became the oldest known colonial combatant in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). [4]
The Grand Union flag flown by P. Sherman during the siege of Boston [6] A 1775 map of the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the siege of Boston. Before 1775, the British imposed taxes and import duties on the American colonies, to which the Americans objected since they lacked British Parliamentary representation.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first major military campaign of the American Revolutionary War, resulting in an American victory and outpouring of militia support for the anti-British cause. [9] The battles were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord ...
The Battles of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7, 1777) marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. British General John Burgoyne led an invasion army of 7,200–8,000 men southward from Canada in the Champlain Valley, hoping to meet a similar ...
Following the British defeat at Saratoga in 1777, and the Battle of Monmouth in 1778, the French entered the American Revolutionary War in June 1778, followed by the Spanish in June 1779. With the war at a stalemate in the north, the British decided to renew their " southern strategy " to win back their rebellious North American colonies.
This category contains historical naval battles fought as part of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). Please see the category guidelines for more information. All these battles involved Great Britain so they are all included directly in this category; the battles also variously involved the United States, France and Spain.