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Name: Kristy Coker School: FPHS
2.06 Battles of the Revolutionary War
Total Points: 40
Part 1: Battles Chart
Complete the following chart.
Battles Location & Date
Leaders
(on both sides)
Significance and
Outcome
Bunker
Hill
Boston,
Massachusetts
June 17, 1775
British Redcoats
were led by Generals
Gage and Howe
Colonists: George
Washington, William
Prescott
Although the
colonials lost the
Battle of Bunker Hill,
their spirit and
determination to
defeat the British
was even stronger.
Trenton Trenton, New Jersey
December 26, 1776
German: Colonel
Johann Rall
Colonist: George
Washington,
Nathaniel Greene,
Horatio Gates
The Battle of Trenton
was a decisive
victory for
Washington and
lifted the morale of
the Patriots.
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Saratoga Saratoga County,
New York
September 19 -
October 7, 1777
British: John
Burgoyne and
William Howe
Colonists were led by
George Washington,
and Horatio Gates
The Battle of
Saratoga. was a
turning point in the
war for the
Americans because it
boosted colonial
morale, prevented