How many battles were fought between the British and struggling colonists to preserve our freedom from England?
2007-03-04 03:28:56 · 5 answers · asked by Suzanne S 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
That really depends on how one defines "significant". Good word to choose, as significant is the key word for most historians.
Here is a timeline from the National Parks Service, the official arbiter of most things historical for the US government.
http://www.nps.gov/archive/cowp/Timeline.htm
Based on what they have chosen to preserve:
April 19, 1775: The Battles of Lexington and Concord
Minuteman National Park: http://www.nps.gov/mima/
June 17, 1775: Battle of Bunker Hill (fought on Breed's Hill)
http://www.nps.gov/bost/historyculture/bhm.htm
February 27, 1776: Battle of Moores Creek, NC
http://www.nps.gov/mocr/
June 28, 1776: Battle of Sullivans Island SC at Fort Moultrie
http://www.nps.gov/fomo/
August 23, 1777: Battle of Fort Stanwix
http://www.nps.gov/fost/
September 19 - October 17, 1777: Battle of Saratoga
http://www.nps.gov/sara/
February 24, 1779: Battle of Vincennes
George Rogers Clark NHS: http://www.nps.gov/gero/
October 7, 1780: Battle of Kings Mountain SC
http://www.nps.gov/kimo/
January 17, 1781: Battle of Cowpens
http://www.nps.gov/cowp/
March 15, 1781: Battle of Guilford Courthouse
http://www.nps.gov/guco/
May 22 - June 19, 1781: Siege of Ninety Six SC
http://www.nps.gov/nisi/
September 28 - October 17, 1781: Battle of Yorktown
Colonial NHP: http://www.nps.gov/colo/
2007-03-04 04:44:36 · answer #1 · answered by parrotjohn2001 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Battle of Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Long Island, Monmouth Court House are some of the major ones, but there were many.
2007-03-04 03:59:41 · answer #2 · answered by steddy voter 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those are the only significant battles?
2007-03-04 03:30:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
besides the revolutionary war, you have the war of 1812
2007-03-04 03:35:40 · answer #4 · answered by Common Sense 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TOO MANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(ps: i'm no hippie, all battles just so happen to sukk)
2007-03-04 03:32:54 · answer #5 · answered by bla_bla_bla 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋