What was the most important battle of the Revolutionary War?

Answer 1

I know the victory at Saratoga brings the French in, without the French we might not win the Revolutionary War. However in my opinion the battle of Princeton followed by the battle of Trenton ranks as my most important battle of the Revolutionary War. It was here that George Washington learned how to fight a guerrilla style war. From breed's hill to the battle of White Plains NY, Washington thought his skills and his men could fight as a European Army. They could not and they repeatedly retreated.

With the crossing of the Delaware and the attack on Princeton, Washington showed he could adapt to new tactics. With hitting British supply lines at both towns, the British were forced to withdraw to Philadelphia saving Washington and his men from destruction. Without Washington's leadership the French would have fought the war for their own means. Washington I believe was the only man who could keep the American Army separate and force the French to fight for America first not their own goals as Frenchmen.

As important as Saratoga was in bringing the French in, this country would have to bow down to a French King, if Washington had not learned to change his tactics to save himself and his army in that winter of 1776-1777. Both the French and Washington were essential to an American victory over the British in the Revolutionary War. The Battle of Princeton showed the English this was going to be a differnet kind of war and a long one at that. With Washington's victory he understood, that it was no longer nesccary to defeat the English in a set piece battle but to fight them to a standstill and allow resentment in Parilmant and the loss of money for English merchants to help convince George III this was a futile effot. I do agree with what others have answered about Saratoga but you have to look at Princeton as a turning point also, Washington became a general and learned how to adapt, without him and the French we are still a part of Great Britain.

Answer 2

It was Saratoga, not Yorktown. They call Saratoga the turning point of the Revloution for a good reason. Benjamin Franklin had been in Paris trying to get French support for the Revolutionary cause, and it was the American victory at Saratoga that tipped the scales.

The French, traditional rivals or enemies of the British, were sympathetic to the American rebels mostly because the rebellion tied up British military resources. But the French didn't want to throw good money after bad, and they needed a sign that the American Revolution might succeed before they lent financial and other support.

After Saratoga, the French loosened the purse strings, providing arms and munitions to the colonists, and later redirecting Adm. de Grasse's French Fleet from the Caribbean to the coast of Virginia where the French blockade sealed Cornwallis's fate at Yorktown.

Without French support, ultimate American success would have been a much more questionable proposition.

Answer 3

It's a toss up.
The battle of Yorktown does have prominance because of the capture of General Cornwallis and the surrender of all British forces.
But the battle of Trenton (Washington's suprise attack across the Delaware) convinced foreign powers (like France) to support the revolution.
And the battles of Lexington and Concord (followed by the battle of Bunker Hill) was responsible for two thirds of all loses to the British officers, seriously impedeing the British war effort.

Answer 4

There were many, including: Savannah Charleston Blackstocks Eutaw Springs Yorktown

Answer 5

Well, Yorktown ended it, but Trenton enabled Washington to go on.

Certainly the most interesting is Morgan's conduct of the battle of Cowpens. At least it seems so to me.

Answer 6

Which revolutionary war?

Answer 7

Probably Yorktown because that is where General Cornwallis surrendered to Washington.

Answer 8

the british did not want to fight,each battle they hoped it was the finisher...the first battle led to the second after that it was hope d soon the americans were going to quit..we did not quit..

Answer 9

Trenton...Washington's victory gave the the army, congress, and patriot civilians a huge morale boost, that enabled the fight to continue.

Answer 10

most historians say that it is yorktown because it was the final battle of the war!!but i believe it was the battle for fort ticonderoga!!this foght by the green mountain boys and other frontiersmen which ensured the expansion of the american colonials into the western areas of the continentin contention to british and french interests which could have ultimately dividedboth coasts of north america for centuries!!daniel boone and others like him are who ade this country what it is and he was always BETRAYED,CHEATED,STOLEN FROM AND COZENED OUT OF HIS RIGHTFUL PLACE IN AMERICAN HISTORY BY LAWYERS,SELF APPOINTED JUDGES AND THIEVES DRESS IN THE CLOAKS OF OFFICIALDOM OUT TO CHEAT HIM OUT OF HIS LANDS,PROPERTIES AND CITY AND HOMESTEADS!!TAXING AND THEFT...HOW LITTLE HAS CHANGED!!!DAMN 10 % ER'S AND JOHNNY-COME-LATELY THIEVES AND THEIR NER-THY-WELL CRONIES!!!CARPETBAGGERS ALL!!!