1. Battle Map: American Revolution
You will need two colors to complete these notes. I will be using Blue for the Continental Army (Americans), Red for British Army (England). *

2. Continental Army (Americans):
Soldiers poorly trained / volunteers
Low on money and supplies
General George Washington
British Army (England):
Powerful army and navy
Native Americans help them
German mercenaries
General Cornwallis leads army *

3. April 1775: Lexington and Concord
First Battle of the War: British troops go to get weapons and arrest colonial leaders. Paul Revere warns minutemen. After shots fired, British march back to Boston under fire from minutemen and suffer casualties. *

4. June 1775: Bunker Hill
British and minutemen battle it out in Boston. Americans take Breed’s Hill and British attack. British win, but many die. Hope for victory is restored in the colonies *

5. August 1776: New York
Continental Army is defeated; Washington must retreat to Philadelphia *

6. Dec. 1776: Trenton and Princeton
Americans are losing hope; low on supplies during a cold winter. Washington crosses the Delaware River on Christmas Eve to surprise German mercenaries and wins two major victories. *

7. Oct. 1777: Saratoga
Turning Point of the War. Local militia and Continental Army force the surrender of the British. France decides it will help the U.S. in the war. Turning point of the war. *

8. May 1780: Charleston and Savannah
British under General Cornwallis take the 2 Southern cities. *

9. Oct. 1781: Yorktown
Last Battle of the War. Washington attacked from the West and French ships attacked from the Atlantic, forcing a British surrender. *