The Revolutionary War

Part I1775 – 1778

Cody Frampton (A2)

Table of Contents• The Year 1775

– Battle of Lexington & Concord (April – 1775)– Battle of Bunker Hill (June – 1775)

• The Year 1776)

– The Declaration of Independence (July – 1776) – Battle of Trenton (December – 1776)

• The Year 1777– Battle of Princeton (January – 1777)– Battle of Brandywine (September – 1777)– Other miscellaneous battles

• The Year 1778– Winter at Valley Forge

The Year – 1775

Battle of Lexington & Concord

Location & Dates• Massachusetts

– Lexington – Concord– Lincoln– Arlington (Menotomy)– Cambridge

• April 18 & 19, 1775

What Occurred• British send troops to

capture guns and ammo in Concord

• British plan to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington

• Midnight ride of Paul Revere, William Dawes & Dr. Samuel Prescott

Battle of Lexington & Concord

Notable – Colonists• Paul Revere• William Dawes• Dr. Samuel Prescott• John Hancock• Samuel Adams• Joseph Warren• The Minutemen

Notable – British• General Thomas Gage• Lt Colonel Francis Smith• Brigadier General Hugh Percy

The Battle of Bunker Hill

Location & Dates• Massachusetts

– Charlestown – Mostly on and around

Breed’s Hill.• June 17, 1775

What Occurred• Colonial leaders were informed

that British troop were going to occupy the unoccupied hills surrounding Boston

• The British mounted an attack the next day, the first two assaults were fails, suffering significant losses, but on the third attack they succeeded with flanking them on the left and right.

The Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill

Notable – Colonists• Israel Putnam • William Prescott• Joseph Warren• John Stark

Notable – British• William Howe• Sir Robert Pigot• James Abercrombie • John Pitcairn• Henry Clinton

The Year of 1776

Declaration of Independence People who signed the Declaration of Independence • Delaware : George Read, Thomas McKean, Caesar Rodney• Pennsylvania: George Clymer, Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, James Smith,

George Taylor, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Ross, James Wilson.• Massachusetts: John Adams John Hancock, Elbridge Gerry, Samuel Adams Robert

Treat Paine.• New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett, Matthew Thornton, William Whipple.• Rhode Island: Stephen Hopkins William Ellery• New York: Lewis Morris, Francis Lewis, Philip Livingston, William Floyd• Georgia: Button Gwinnett, George Walton, Lyman Hall• Virginia: Richard Henry Lee, Carter Braxton Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Nelson. Jr., Francis

Lightfoot Lee, Benjamin Harrison, George Wythe • North Carolina: William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn• South Carolina: Edward Rutledge, Thomas Lynch. Jr., Arthur Middleton, Thomas Heyward. Jr.• New Jersey: Abraham Clark Francis Hopkinson John Witherspoon, John Hart Richard

Stockton• Connecticut: Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Roger Sherman, Oliver Wolcott.• Maryland: Charles Carroll, Thomas Stone, Samuel Chase, William Paca.

The Battle of Trenton

Location & Dates• Trenton, New Jersey

• December 25-26

What Occurred• On the night of December 25, George

Washington and 2,400 American soldiers crossed the Delaware river just north of Trenton New Jersey, when Washington’s men landed on the other side, they marched 9 miles to southern New Jersey.

• Washington caught the Hessians off guard, after a brief battle, two thirds of the 1,500 man garrison was captured. Only a few escaped.

The Battle of Trenton

Notable – Americans• George Washington• Nathanael Greene

Notable – Hessians • Johann Rall

The Year of 1777

The Battle of Princeton

Location & Dates• Princeton New Jersey • January 3

What Occurred• On January 2, George Washington

held of a British attack, He then circled around the British army and flanked them.

• George learned that General Hugh Mercer clashes with two regiment of the British, and needed reinforcements, so Washington gathered up some men and sent them to help, Hugh’s men were in retreat, which caused the minute men to retreat, But Washington rode up and rallied the continental forces to victory!

The Battle of Princeton

Notable – Colonists• Israel Putnam • William Prescott• Joseph Warren• John Stark

Notable – British• William Howe• Sir Robert Pigot• James Abercrombie • John Pitcairn• Henry Clinton

The Battle of Brandywine Creek

Location & Dates• Pennsylvania– Chadds Ford Township– Delaware county

• September 11, 1777

What occurred • Washington’s men set up

behind General Howe’s men and was getting ready to attack, but Howe took the bulk of his army and took them around the Brandywine river, due to poor scouting, Howe’s men went almost undetected and flanked Washington and his men

The Battle of Brandywine Creek

Notable – Colonists• George Washington• Nathanael Greene• Francis Nash• Peter Muhlenberg• Anthony Wayne

Notable – British• William Howe• Charles Cornwallis• Wilhelm von Knyphausen• James Agnew• William Medows

The winter at Valley Forge

The winter at Valley Forge was one of the turning points in the war.

• Washington’s forces became trained soldiers under the direction of Drill Master Friedrich von Steuben, a Prussian Commander. Von Steuben spoke no English and was brought to America by Benjamin Franklin.

• It was the six month camp site for George Washington, going from December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778, no battles were fought.

Thank You

The End

Cody Frampton A-2