Battles of the American Revolutionary War

The war in brief

The American Revolutionary War (1775 to 1783) was fought between Britain and the thirteen colonies that became the United States. Bunker Hill showed that colonial militia could stand against British regulars, at a heavy price to the attackers. Washington's night crossing of the Delaware and victory at Trenton saved the cause after a year of defeats. Saratoga, where a whole British army surrendered, brought France into the war, which turned a rebellion into a global conflict. Monmouth proved that the reformed Continental Army could fight in the open, Cowpens showed what a well-handled double envelopment could do, and Yorktown, with a French fleet blocking the sea, ended the war in all but name.