Guerra de Independência dos Estados Unidos
- Período
- abril de 1775 – setembro de 1783
- Lados
- Patriotas e França vs Grã-Bretanha
- Batalhas
- 114
A Guerra de Independência dos Estados Unidos, Guerra Revolucionária Americana, Guerra Americana da Independência, Guerra da Revolução Americana, ou simplesmente Guerra Revolucionária nos Estados Unidos, foi um conflito armado entre o Reino da Grã-Bretanha e as Treze Colônias na América do Norte, que haviam declarado sua independência como os Estados Unidos da América. Logo após a Guerra dos Sete Anos, começou a crescer nas colônias britânicas na América um sentimento de descontentamento com a metrópole, baseado em diferenças filosóficas e políticas exacerbadas com o azedamento dos laços entre a Coroa e os povos da colônia. Após a introdução da Lei do selo de 1765, os Patriotas protestaram contra a ideia de "tributação sem representatividade" e iniciaram boicotes contra os ingleses; um grupo conhecido como "Filhos da Liberdade" acabou destruindo um carregamento de chá no ancoradouro de Boston. O governo britânico respondeu fechando os portos da cidade e passou medidas punitivas contra Massachusetts. Os colonos, por sua vez, instituíram as "Resoluções de Suffolk", estabelecendo um governo paralelo para tentar tirar dos ingleses o controle das áreas fora da cidade de Boston. Representantes das colônias americanas estabeleceram então o Congresso Continental para coordenar os esforços de resistência e estabelecer comitês e convenções para efetivamente tomar o poder.
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Batalhas 114
abril de 1775
Batalhas de Lexington e Concord
As Batalhas de Lexington e Concord foram os primeiros confrontos da Guerra da Independência dos Estados Unidos da América. As batalhas tiveram lugar a 19 de abril de 1775, no Condado de Middlesex (Massachusetts), Província da Baía de Massachusetts, nas cidades de Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy e Cambridge, perto de Boston. As batalhas marcaram o início das lutas armadas no Reino da Grã-Bretanha e as suas Treze Colónias no continente norte-americano.
abril de 1775 – março de 1776
Cerco de Boston
O Cerco de Boston consistiu na fase de abertura da Guerra da Independência dos Estados Unidos da América, na qual a milícia da Nova Inglaterra - que mais tarde faria parte do Exército Continental — cercou a cidade de Boston, para bloquear qualquer movimento da guarnição do Exército Britânico. Depois de onze meses de cerco, os colonos americanos, liderados por George Washington, forçaram os britânicos a retirar por mar.
maio de 1775
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
The capture of Fort Ticonderoga occurred during the American Revolutionary War on May 10, 1775, when a small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold surprised and captured the fort's small British garrison. The cannons and other armaments at Fort Ticonderoga were later transported to Boston by Colonel Henry Knox in the noble train of artillery and used to fortify Dorchester Heights and break the standoff at the siege of Boston.
maio de 1775
Batalha de Chelsea Creek
A Batalha de Chelsea Creek foi o segundo confronto militar da Campanha de Boston durante a Guerra da Independência dos Estados Unidos da América. Também é conhecida como a Batalha da Ilha Noddle, Batalha da Ilha Hog e Batalha do Estuário de Chelsea. O confronto teve lugar entre 27 e 28 de Maio de 1775, em Chelsea Creek, salinas, lodaçais e ilhas de Boston Harbor, a nordeste da península de Boston. Muitas destas áreas foram-se unindo com o continente pelo ganho da terra ao mar e fazem, actualmente, parte de East Boston, Chelsea, Winthrop e Revere.
maio de 1775
Battle off Fairhaven
The Battle off Fairhaven was the first naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War. It took place on May 14, 1775, in Buzzards Bay off Fairhaven, Massachusetts and resulted in Patriot militia retrieving two vessels that had been captured by HMS Falcon. The patriots also captured the 13 man crew of the Royal Navy, the first naval prisoners of the war.
junho de 1775
Batalha de Bunker Hill
A Batalha de Bunker Hill foi um confronto militar que ocorreu em 17 de junho de 1775 entre milícias dos Estados Unidos do movimento pró-independência contra soldados do Exército Britânico, durante o Cerco de Boston que se desenrolou no começo da Guerra Revolucionária Americana. A batalha ganhou este nome devido a uma de suas fases ter sido travada na colina de Bunker, sendo um dos objetivos de conquista estratégico de ambos os lados durante o combate. Às vezes o confronto é chamado de "Batalha de Breed's Hill".
junho de 1775
Batalha de Machias
A Batalha de Machias foi o primeiro combate naval da Guerra da Independência dos Estados Unidos da América. Teve lugar entre 11 e 12 de Junho de 1775, no porto de Machias, actual zona leste do Maine, e teve como resultado a captura de uma escuna britânica pela milícia dos patriotas.
agosto de 1775
Battle of Gloucester (1775)
The Battle of Gloucester was a skirmish fought early in the American Revolutionary War at Gloucester, Massachusetts on August 8 or 9, 1775. Royal Navy Captain John Linzee, commanding the sloop-of-war HMS Falcon, spotted two schooners that were returning from the West Indies. After capturing one schooner, Linzee chased the second one into Gloucester Harbor, where it was grounded. The townspeople called out their militia, captured British seamen sent to seize the grounded schooner, and recovered the captured ship as well.
setembro de 1775 – novembro de 1775
Cerco do Forte St. Jean
O cerco do Forte St. Jean foi conduzido pelo Brigadeiro General americano Richard Montgomery na cidade e forte de Saint-Jean, na província britânica de Quebec, durante a Guerra Revolucionária Americana. O cerco durou de 17 de setembro a 3 de novembro de 1775.
setembro de 1775
Battle of Longue-Pointe
The Battle of Longue-Pointe was an attempt by Ethan Allen and a small force of American and Quebec militia to capture Montreal from British forces on September 25, 1775, early in the American Revolutionary War. Allen, who had been instructed only to raise militia forces among the local inhabitants, had long had thoughts of taking the lightly defended city. When he reached the southern shore of the St. Lawrence River with about 110 men, he seized the opportunity to try. Major John Brown, whom Allen claimed was supposed to provide additional forces, did not appear as they had planned, isolating Allen and his men on the north side of the river.
outubro de 1775
Burning of Falmouth
The Burning of Falmouth was an attack by a fleet of Royal Navy vessels on the town of Falmouth, Massachusetts. The fleet was commanded by Captain Henry Mowat. The attack began with a naval bombardment which included incendiary shot, followed by a landing party meant to complete the town's destruction. The attack was the only major event in what was supposed to be a campaign of retaliation against ports that supported Patriot activities in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.
novembro de 1775
Battle of Kemp's Landing
The Battle of Kemp's Landing, also known as the Skirmish of Kempsville, was a skirmish in the American Revolutionary War that occurred on November 15, 1775. Militia companies from Princess Anne County in the Province of Virginia assembled at Kemp's Landing to counter British troops under the command of Virginia's last colonial governor, John Murray, Lord Dunmore, that had landed at nearby Great Bridge. Dunmore was investigating rumors of Patriot troop arrivals from North Carolina that turned out to be false; he instead moved against the Princess Anne militia, defeating their attempt at an ambush and routing them.
dezembro de 1775
Batalha de Quebec
A Batalha de Quebec foi um confronto militar travado em 31 de dezembro de 1775, entre as forças militares das Treze Colônias e os defensores britânico-canadianos da cidade do Quebec no início da Guerra da Independência dos Estados Unidos. A batalha foi a primeira grande derrota do conflito para o americanos, e veio com grandes perdas. O general Richard Montgomery foi morto, Benedict Arnold e Daniel Morgan foram feridos e mais de 400 homens foram feitos prisioneiros. A guarnição da cidade, formados por canadianos e ingleses, eram liderados por general Guy Carleton, sofreu um número pequeno de baixas.
dezembro de 1775
Batalha da Grande Ponte
A Batalha da Grande Ponte foi travada em 9 de dezembro de 1775, na área da Great Bridge, Virgínia, no início da Guerra Revolucionária Americana. A vitória das forças coloniais da milícia da Virgínia levou à saída do governador real John Murray, 4º Conde de Dunmore e quaisquer vestígios remanescentes do poder britânico sobre a Colônia da Virgínia durante os primeiros dias do conflito.
fevereiro de 1776
Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge was a minor conflict of the American Revolutionary War fought near Wilmington, North Carolina, on February 27, 1776. The victory of the North Carolina Provincial Congress' militia force over British governor Josiah Martin's and Tristan Worsley's reinforcements at Moore's was a turning point in the war; American independence was declared less than five months later.
março de 1776
Fortificação de Dorchester Heights
A Fortificação de Dorchester Heights foi uma acção decisiva no início da Guerra da Independência dos Estados Unidos que contribuiu para o fim do Cerco de Boston e a retirada das tropas britânicas da cidade.
março de 1776
Battle of Saint-Pierre
The Battle of Saint-Pierre was a military confrontation on March 25, 1776, near the Quebec village of Saint-Pierre, east of Lévis. This confrontation, which occurred during the Continental Army's siege of Quebec following its defeat at the Battle of Quebec, was between forces that were both largely composed of Canadian militia, including individuals on both sides of the conflict that had been recruited in the same communities. The Patriot forces routed the Loyalist forces, killing at least 3 and capturing more than 30.
março de 1776
Battle of the Rice Boats
The Battle of the Rice Boats, also called the Battle of Yamacraw Bluff, was a land and naval battle of the American Revolutionary War that took place in and around the Savannah River on the border between the Province of Georgia and the Province of South Carolina on March 2 and 3, 1776. The battle pitted the Patriot militia from Georgia and South Carolina against a small fleet of the Royal Navy.
abril de 1776
Battle of Block Island
The Battle of Block Island was a naval skirmish which took place in the waters off Rhode Island during the American Revolutionary War. A Continental Navy squadron under the command of Commodore Esek Hopkins was returning from a successful raid on Nassau when it encountered HMS Glasgow, post ship of the Royal Navy under Captain Tyringham Howe.
maio de 1776
Battle of the Cedars
The Battle of the Cedars was a series of military confrontations in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War that occurred during the Continental Army's invasion of Quebec, which began in September 1775. These skirmishes, which involved limited combat, occurred in May 1776 at and around the Cedars, 45 km (28 mi) west of Montreal, Quebec. American troops were opposed by a small British Army detachment leading a larger force of Haudenosaunee warriors and Canadian Militia.
junho de 1776
Batalha de Trois-Rivières
A Batalha de Trois-Rivières foi travada em 8 de junho de 1776, durante a Guerra Revolucionária Americana. Um exército britânico sob o comando do governador de Quebec, Guy Carleton, derrotou uma tentativa de unidades do Exército Continental sob o comando do general de brigada William Thompson de impedir um avanço britânico no vale do rio São Lourenço. A batalha ocorreu como parte da invasão de Quebec pelos colonos americanos, que havia começado em setembro de 1775 com o objetivo de remover a província do domínio britânico.
junho de 1776
Battle of Sullivan's Island
The Battle of Sullivan's Island or the Battle of Fort Sullivan was fought on June 28, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War. It took place near Charleston, South Carolina, during the first British attempt to capture the city from American forces. It is also sometimes referred to as the first siege of Charleston, owing to a more successful British siege in 1780.
junho de 1776
Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet
The Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet was an important, early naval victory for the Continental Navy and the future "Father of the American Navy", Captain John Barry. It was the first privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War.
agosto de 1776
Batalha de Long Island
A Batalha de Long Island, também conhecida como a Batalha do Brooklyn, foi travada em 27 de agosto de 1776, sendo a primeira grande batalha na Guerra Revolucionária Americana, na sequência da Declaração de Independência dos Estados Unidos, a maior batalha de todo o conflito e a primeira batalha em que o exército dos Estados Unidos se envolveu, tendo declarado-se uma nação única no mês anterior ao conflito.
setembro de 1776
Batalha de Harlem Heights
A Batalha de Harlem Heights foi um dos combates da campanha de Nova Iorque e Nova Jérsia da Guerra da Independência dos Estados Unidos da América. O confronto teve lugar no local da actual Morningside Heights e a oeste de Harlem, próximo de Manhattan em Nova Iorque, no dia 16 de Setembro de 1776.
setembro de 1776
Landing at Kip's Bay
The landing at Kip's Bay was a British amphibious landing carried out on September 15, 1776 during the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It occurred on the East River shore of Manhattan north of what then constituted New York City.
outubro de 1776
Battle of Valcour Island
The Battle of Valcour Island, also known as the Battle of Valcour Bay, was a naval engagement that took place on October 11, 1776, on Lake Champlain. The main action took place in Valcour Bay, a narrow strait between the New York mainland and Valcour Island. The battle is generally regarded as one of the first naval battles of the American Revolutionary War, and one of the first fought by the Continental Navy. Most of the ships in the American fleet under the command of Benedict Arnold were captured or destroyed by a British force under the overall direction of General Guy Carleton. However, the American defense of Lake Champlain stalled British plans to reach the upper Hudson River valley.
outubro de 1776
Batalha de White Plains
A Batalha de White Plains ocorreu durante a campanha de Nova York e Nova Jersey da Guerra Revolucionária Americana em 28 de outubro de 1776, perto de White Plains, Nova York. Após a retirada do Exército Continental de George Washington para o norte da cidade de Nova York, o general britânico William Howe desembarcou tropas no condado de Westchester, com a intenção de cortar a rota de fuga de Washington. Alertado para esse movimento, Washington recuou ainda mais, estabelecendo uma posição na vila de White Plains, mas não conseguindo estabelecer um controle firme sobre o terreno elevado local. As tropas de Howe expulsaram as tropas de Washington de uma colina perto da aldeia; após essa perda, Washington ordenou que os americanos recuassem mais para o norte.
outubro de 1776
Battle of Pell's Point
This combat engagement fought, is variously known in American, British, and Hessian sources as the Battle of Pelham, Battle of Pelham Manor, Battle of Pell's Neck, Battle of Rodman's Neck, Battle of Pell's Point, or by other geographically related names. This day-long action was fought by American, British and Hessian troops during the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War. The conflict took place in an area of the Manor of Pelham, covering what is now part of Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx, New York City, and culminating in what today are the communities of Pelham Manor, Pelham and New Rochelle in Westchester County, New York.
novembro de 1776
Batalha de Forte Washington
A Batalha de Forte Washington teve lugar em Nova Iorque no dia 16 de Novembro de 1776, durante a Guerra da Independência dos Estados Unidos da América, entre os Estados Unidos e a Grã-Bretanha. O resultado foi uma vitória decisiva britânica, com toda a guarnição de Forte Washington, perto da região norte da ilha de Manhattan, a render-se.
novembro de 1776
Battle of Fort Cumberland (1776)
The Battle of Fort Cumberland was an attempt by a small number of militia commanded by Jonathan Eddy to bring the American Revolutionary War to Nova Scotia in late 1776. With minimal logistical support from Massachusetts and four to five hundred volunteer militia and Natives, Eddy attempted to besiege and storm Fort Cumberland in central Nova Scotia in November 1776.
dezembro de 1776
Batalha de Trenton
A Batalha de Trenton aconteceu em 26 de dezembro de 1776, durante a Guerra da Independência dos Estados Unidos, depois que o General George Washington cruzou o rio Delaware com suas tropas ao norte de Trenton, Nova Jérsei. A difícil travessia sob um clima ameno permitiu que Washington liderasse um grande ataque surpresa com o Exército Continental contra os soldados de Hesse em Trenton. Após a curta batalha, quase todo o exército hessiano foi capturado, com perdas insignificantes para os americanos. Essa batalha aumentou consideravelmente o moral dos soldados do Exército Continental norte-americano e atraiu mais recrutas e adeptos para a causa.
dezembro de 1776
George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River
George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, on the night of December 25–26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, was the first move in a complex and surprise military maneuver organized by George Washington, the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, which culminated in their attack on Hessian forces garrisoned at Trenton. Washington and his troops successfully attacked the Hessian forces in the Battle of Trenton on the morning of December 26, 1776.
dezembro de 1776
Battle of Iron Works Hill
The Battle of Iron Works Hill, also known as the Battle of Mount Holly, was a series of minor skirmishes that took place on December 22 and 23, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War. The fighting took place in Mount Holly, New Jersey, between an American force mostly composed of colonial militia under Colonel Samuel Griffin and a force of 2,000 Hessians and British regulars under Carl von Donop.
janeiro de 1777
Batalha de Princeton
A Batalha de Princeton foi uma batalha em que as forças do exército revolucionário americano comandados pelo General George Washington derrotaram as tropas inglesas perto de Princeton, Nova Jérsei.
janeiro de 1777
Segunda Batalha de Trenton
A Segunda Batalha de Trenton, também conhecida como Batalha de Assunpink Creek, foi uma batalha travada entre as forças dos Estados Unidos e do Reino da Inglaterra que aconteceu em Trenton, Nova Jérsei em 2 de janeiro de 1777, durante a Guerra Revolucionária Americana e resultou em uma decisiva vitória americana.
janeiro de 1777
Battle of Millstone
The Battle of Millstone, also known as the Battle of Van Nest's Mill, was a skirmish that occurred near the mill of Abraham Van Neste in Weston, New Jersey on January 20, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War. A British foraging party was flanked and driven off by forces composed mostly of New Jersey militia, depriving the British of their wagons and supplies.
abril de 1777
Battle of Bound Brook
The Battle of Bound Brook was a surprise attack by British and Hessian forces on a Continental Army outpost in Bound Brook, New Jersey, during the American Revolutionary War. The British defeated the garrison, whose troops were either captured or fled. U.S. commander Major General Benjamin Lincoln left quickly, abandoning papers and personal effects.
abril de 1777
Battle of Ridgefield
The Battle of Ridgefield was a series of American Revolutionary War skirmishes in Danbury, Connecticut and Ridgefield, Connecticut, including Tryon's Raid on Danbury and the Battle of Compo Hill.
junho de 1777
Battle of Short Hills
The Battle of the Short Hills was a conflict between a Continental Army force commanded by Brigadier General William Alexander, and an opposing British force commanded by Lieutenant General William Howe. The battle took place on June 26, 1777, at Scotch Plains and Edison, New Jersey, during the American Revolutionary War.
julho de 1777
Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777)
The siege of Fort Ticonderoga occurred between 2 July and 6 July 1777 at Fort Ticonderoga, near the southern end of Lake Champlain in the state of New York. Lieutenant General John Burgoyne's 8,000-man army occupied high ground above the fort, and nearly surrounded the defenses. These movements precipitated the occupying Continental Army, an under-strength force of 3,000 under the command of General Arthur St. Clair, to withdraw from Ticonderoga and the surrounding defenses. Some gunfire was exchanged, and there were some casualties, but there was no formal siege and no pitched battle. Burgoyne's army occupied Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence, the extensive fortifications on the Vermont side of the lake, without opposition on 6 July. Advance units pursued the retreating Americans.
julho de 1777
Battle of Hubbardton
The Battle of Hubbardton was an engagement in the Saratoga campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought in the village of Hubbardton, Vermont. Vermont was then a disputed territory sometimes called the New Hampshire Grants, claimed by New York, New Hampshire, and the newly organized, not yet recognized, but de facto independent government of Vermont. On the morning of July 7, 1777, British forces, under General Simon Fraser, caught up with the American rear guard of the forces retreating after the withdrawal from Fort Ticonderoga. It was the only battle in Vermont during the revolution.
julho de 1777
Battle of Fort Anne
The Battle of Fort Anne, fought on July 8, 1777, was an engagement between Continental Army forces in retreat from Fort Ticonderoga and forward elements of John Burgoyne's much larger British army that had driven them from Ticonderoga, early in the Saratoga campaign of the American Revolutionary War.
agosto de 1777
Batalha de Bennington
A Batalha de Bennington foi um confronto militar travado durante a Guerra de Independência dos Estados Unidos que aconteceu em 16 de agosto de 1777, em Walloomsac, Nova Iorque, a cerca de 16 km da cidade de Bennington, Vermont, como parte da campanha de Saratoga. Uma força de 2 000 rebeldes americanos, vindos de New Hampshire e Massachusetts, liderados pelo general John Stark, reforçado por milicianos sob comando do coronel Seth Warner, decisivamente derrotou um destacamento do exército do comandante inglês John Burgoyne. Este destacamento era liderado pelo tenente-coronel Friedrich Baum.
agosto de 1777
Battle of Oriskany
The Battle of Oriskany was a major engagement of the Saratoga campaign during the American Revolutionary War. On August 6, 1777, an American column of Tryon County militia and Oneidas marching to relieve the siege of Fort Stanwix was ambushed by a contingent of Britain's Indigenous allies and Loyalists. It was one of the few battles of the war in which most non-Indigenous participants were settlers born in the Thirteen Colonies. The Americans suffered heavy casualties during the battle.
agosto de 1777
Battle of Staten Island
The Battle of Staten Island was a failed raid by Continental Army troops under Major General John Sullivan against British forces on Staten Island on August 22, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War. After British Lieutenant General William Howe sailed with most of his army from New York City in July, Sullivan recognized that the British position on Staten Island was vulnerable, and planned an attack. He carried it out in spite of commanding general George Washington's request that Sullivan reinforce the main army with his troops as soon as possible to support Washington's planned Colonial assault on British-held Philadelphia.
agosto de 1777
Siege of Fort Stanwix
The siege of Fort Stanwix began on August 2, 1777, and ended on August 22, 1777. Fort Stanwix, at the western end of the Mohawk River Valley, was a primary defense point for the Continental Army against the British and Indigenous forces aligned against them during the American Revolutionary War. The fort was occupied by Continental Army forces from New York and Massachusetts under the command of Colonel Peter Gansevoort. The besieging force was composed of British regulars, Loyalist soldiers, Hessians, and Indigenous warriors, under the command of Brigadier General Barry St. Leger. St. Leger's expedition was a diversion in support of Lieutenant General John Burgoyne's campaign to take control of the Hudson River Valley to the east.
agosto de 1777
Battle of Machias (1777)
The Battle of Machias was an amphibious assault on the town of Machias in the Massachusetts District of Maine by British forces during the American Revolutionary War. Local militia aided by Indian allies successfully prevented British troops from landing. The raid, led by Commodore Sir George Collier, was executed in an attempt to head off a planned second assault on Fort Cumberland, which had been besieged in November 1776. The British forces landed below Machias, seized a ship, and raided a storehouse.
setembro de 1777 – outubro de 1777
Batalha de Saratoga
As Batalhas de Saratoga, chamada também de A Batalha de Saratoga foi o confronto que decidiu o destino do exército do General britânico John Burgoyne durante a Guerra Revolucionária Americana e também é reconhecida como o momento em que o conflito começou a virar em favor dos Estados Unidos. As duas grandes batalhas foram travadas com oito dias de diferença no mesmo terreno, a 14 km de Saratoga, Nova Iorque. A campanha de Burgoyne, cujo objetivo era dividir a região da Nova Inglaterra, começou bem mas acabou mudando devido a problemas logísticos depois de uma vitória tática conquistada sobre o Exército Continental sob o comando General americano Horatio Gates em 19 de setembro na Batalha da Fazenda Freeman, mas à um custo bem alto. Suas conquistas foram apagadas quando ele atacou novamente os americanos em 7 de outubro na Batalha de Bemis Heights e os estadunidenses acabaram por capturar boa parte do exército inglês. Burgoyne foi então forçado a se retirar e suas forças acabaram se rendendo a um exército americano numericamente bem superior em Saratoga, o que o levou também a se render, formalmente, em 17 de outubro. A notícia da rendição de Burgoyne acabou por convencer em definitivo o governo da França a se aliar na guerra aos americanos. A participação francesa transformou a guerra em um conflito "global". Essa batalha também atraiu a Espanha para a causa americana.
setembro de 1777
Batalha de Brandywine
A Batalha de Brandywine, também conhecida como Batalha de Brandywine Creek, foi uma batalha que fez parte da campanha para conquistar a cidade de Filadélfia durante a Guerra da Independência dos Estados Unidos e aconteceu em 11 de setembro de 1777. A luta ocorreu perto de Chadds Ford na Pensilvânia no rio Brandywine. O resultado da batalha, que foi uma importante vitória tática dos ingleses, deixou a Filadélfia, a então capital do país, praticamente indefesa. Os britânicos capturaram a cidade em 26 de setembro, ocupando-a militarmente até junho de 1778.
setembro de 1777
Battle of Paoli
The Battle of Paoli was fought on September 20, 1777, near present-day Malvern, Pennsylvania as part of the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. Following the Continental Army's retreat due to the Battle of Brandywine and the aborted Battle of the Clouds, General George Washington left a force of 1,500 regulars and 1,000 militia behind under Brigadier General Anthony Wayne to monitor and resist advancing British forces as they prepared to attack the American capital of Philadelphia.
setembro de 1777
Battle of Cooch's Bridge
The Battle of Cooch's Bridge, also known as the Battle of Iron Hill, was fought on September 3, 1777, between the Continental Army and American militia and primarily German soldiers serving alongside the British Army during the American Revolutionary War. It was the only significant military action during the war on the soil of Delaware, and it took place about a week before the major Battle of Brandywine. Some traditions claim this as the first battle which saw the U.S. flag.
setembro de 1777 – novembro de 1777
Siege of Fort Mifflin
The siege of Fort Mifflin or the siege of Mud Island Fort, which took place from September 26 to November 16, 1777, saw British land batteries commanded by Captain John Montresor and a British naval squadron under Vice Admiral Lord Richard Howe attempt to capture an American fort in the Delaware River that was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Smith. The operation finally succeeded after Smith was wounded. His successor, Major Simeon Thayer, subsequently evacuated the fort on the night of November 15, enabling British troops to occupy the place the following morning.
outubro de 1777
Batalha de Germantown
A Batalha de Germantown foi um grande confronto na campanha de Filadélfia da Guerra Revolucionária Americana. Foi travada em 4 de Outubro de 1777, em Germantown, Pensilvânia, entre o exército britânico liderado por Sir William Howe e o exército continental americano, com o 2º regimento canadense, liderado por George Washington.
outubro de 1777
Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery
The Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery was fought in the Hudson Highlands of the Hudson River valley on 6 October 1777, during the American Revolutionary War. British troops under General Sir Henry Clinton captured Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery and dismantled the first iteration of the Hudson River Chains.
outubro de 1777
Battle of Red Bank
The Battle of Red Bank, also known as the Battle of Fort Mercer, was fought on October 22, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War. A force of 1,200 Hessian troops was sent to take Fort Mercer on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River just south of Philadelphia, but was defeated by a smaller force of Continental Army troops.
novembro de 1777
Battle of Gloucester (1777)
The Battle of Gloucester was a skirmish fought between November 25, 1777 and the early morning of November 26, 1777, during the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was the first battlefield command for the Marquis de Lafayette.
dezembro de 1777
Battle of White Marsh
The Battle of White Marsh or Battle of Edge Hill was a battle of the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought December 5–8, 1777, in the area surrounding Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania. The battle, which took the form of a series of skirmish actions, was the last major engagement of 1777 between British and American forces.
maio de 1778
Battle of Cobleskill
The Battle of Cobleskill was an American Revolutionary War raid on the frontier settlement of Cobleskill, New York on May 30, 1778. The battle took place in what is now the hamlet of Warnerville, New York, near the modern Cobleskill-Richmondville High School. The raid marked the beginning of a phase in which Loyalists and Haudenosaunee, encouraged and supplied by British authorities in the Province of Quebec, attacked and destroyed numerous villages on what was then the western frontier of New York and Pennsylvania.
maio de 1778
Mount Hope Bay raids
The Mount Hope Bay raids were a series of military raids conducted by British troops during the American Revolutionary War against communities on the shores of Mount Hope Bay on May 25 and 31, 1778. The towns of Bristol and Warren, Rhode Island were significantly damaged, and Freetown, Massachusetts was also attacked, although its militia resisted British attacks more successfully. The British destroyed military defenses in the area, including supplies that had been cached by the Continental Army in anticipation of an assault on British-occupied Newport, Rhode Island. Homes as well as municipal and religious buildings were also destroyed in the raids.
maio de 1778
Battle of Barren Hill
The Battle of Barren Hill was a minor engagement during the American Revolution. On May 20, 1778, a British Army force attempted to encircle a smaller Continental Army force then under the command of Marquis de Lafayette. The maneuver failed, and the Continental Army escaped the trap but the British took the field.
maio de 1778
Battle of Crooked Billet
The Battle of Crooked Billet was a battle in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought on May 1, 1778 near the Crooked Billet Tavern in Moreland Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. In the skirmish action, British forces under the command of Major John Graves Simcoe launched a surprise attack against Brigadier General John Lacey and three regiments of Pennsylvania militia, who were caught sleeping. The British inflicted significant damage, and Lacey and his forces were forced to retreat into neighboring Warminster, Bucks County.
junho de 1778
Batalha de Monmouth
A Batalha de Monmouth também conhecida como a Batalha de Monmouth Court House, foi travada perto de Monmouth Court House, no atual Freehold Borough, Nova Jersey, em 28 de junho de 1778, durante a Guerra Revolucionária Americana. Ele opôs o Exército Continental, comandado pelo general George Washington, contra o Exército Britânico na América do Norte, comandado pelo general Sir Henry Clinton.
junho de 1778
Battle of Alligator Creek Bridge
The Battle of Alligator Bridge took place on June 30, 1778, and was the only major engagement in an unsuccessful campaign to conquer British East Florida during the American Revolutionary War. A detachment of Georgia militiamen under the command of General James Screven chased Thomas Brown's Loyalist company into a large position of British regulars established by British Major Mark Prevost and were turned back.
julho de 1778
Battle of Wyoming
The Battle of Wyoming was a military engagement during the American Revolutionary War between Patriot militia and a force of Loyalist soldiers and Iroquois warriors. The battle took place in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania on July 3, 1778, in what is now Luzerne County. The result was an overwhelming defeat for the Patriots. The battle is often referred to as the Wyoming Massacre because of the roughly 300 Patriot casualties, many of whom were killed by the Iroquois as they fled the battlefield or after they had been taken prisoner.
agosto de 1778
Batalha de Rhode Island
A Batalha de Rhode Island ocorreu em 29 de agosto de 1778. O Exército Continental e as forças da milícia sob o comando do general John Sullivan estavam sitiando as forças britânicas em Newport, Rhode Island, que está situada na Ilha Aquidneck, mas finalmente abandonaram suas cerco e estavam se retirando para a parte norte da ilha. As forças britânicas, em seguida, sortidas, apoiadas por navios da Marinha Real recém-chegadas, atacaram os americanos em retirada. A batalha terminou de forma inconclusiva, mas as forças continentais se retiraram para o continente e deixaram a ilha de Aquidneck nas mãos dos britânicos.
setembro de 1778
Siege of Boonesborough
The siege of Boonesborough was a military engagement which took place in September 1778 during the American Revolutionary War. On September 7, Shawnee chief Blackfish, who was allied to the British, led an attack on the Kentucky settlement of Boonesborough. Months before the battle, Blackfish had captured and adopted Daniel Boone, the founder of Boonesborough. Boone escaped the Shawnees in time to lead the defense of the settlement. Blackfish's siege was unsuccessful and was lifted after eleven days. Boone was then court-martialed by fellow officers who suspected him of harboring Loyalist sympathies. He was acquitted, but soon left the settlement.
outubro de 1778
Affair at Little Egg Harbor
The Affair at Little Egg Harbor took place on October 15, 1778, in South Jersey during the American Revolutionary War. American Loyalists commanded by Patrick Ferguson surprised an outpost of Patriot Kazimierz Pułaski‘s Legion at night, killing 45 and capturing five. The raid took place about one week after the Battle of Chestnut Neck, a British raid aimed at suppressing privateers who used the area as a base to harass and seize British ships and their cargoes.
novembro de 1778
Cherry Valley massacre
The Cherry Valley massacre was an attack by British and Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) forces on a fort and the town of Cherry Valley in central New York on November 11, 1778, during the American Revolutionary War. It has been described as one of the most horrific frontier massacres of the war. A mixed force of Loyalists, British soldiers, Senecas, and Mohawks descended on Cherry Valley, whose defenders, despite warnings, were unprepared for the attack. During the raid, the Seneca in particular targeted non-combatants, and reports state that 30 such individuals were killed, in addition to a number of armed defenders.
fevereiro de 1779
Battle of Beaufort
The Battle of Beaufort, also known as the Battle of Port Royal Island, was fought on February 3, 1779, near Beaufort, South Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War. The battle took place not long after British forces consolidated control around Savannah, Georgia, which they had captured in December 1778.
fevereiro de 1779
Battle of Kettle Creek
The Battle of Kettle Creek was the first major victory for Patriots in the back country of Georgia during the American Revolutionary War that took place on February 14, 1779. It was fought in Wilkes County about eleven miles (18 km) from present-day Washington, Georgia. A militia force of Patriots defeated and scattered a Loyalist militia force that was on its way to British-controlled Augusta. Several Loyalist prisoners were subsequently hanged.
fevereiro de 1779
Siege of Fort Vincennes
The siege of Fort Sackville, also known as the siege of Fort Vincennes or the Battle of Vincennes, was an American Revolutionary War frontier battle fought in present-day Vincennes, Indiana. In February 1779, an American militia led by Lieutenant Colonel George Rogers Clark defeated the British garrison of Fort Sackville commanded by Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton. Clark surprised the fort after a gruelling march from Kaskaskia, and following the execution of four Odawa captives, forced Hamilton's surrender.
março de 1779
Battle of Brier Creek
The Battle of Brier Creek was fought on March 3, 1779, near Brier Creek in eastern Georgia as part of the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War. A British force of 900 regulars and militia under Lieutenant-colonel Jacques Marcus Prevost defeated an American force of 1,100 regulars and militia under Brigadier General John Ashe and Colonel Samuel Elbert. In a lopsided battle the Americans suffered at least 150 killed and a further 227 captured, among them Elbert, while the British sustained only 16 casualties. The battle boosted Loyalist cause in the region while severely damaging Patriot morale.
junho de 1779
Battle of Stono Ferry
The Battle of Stono Ferry was an American Revolutionary War battle, fought on June 20, 1779, near Charleston, South Carolina. The rear guard from a British expedition retreating from an aborted attempt to take Charleston held off an assault by militia forces under American General Benjamin Lincoln.
julho de 1779
Batalha de Stony Point
A Batalha de Stony Point ocorreu em 16 de julho de 1779, durante a Guerra Revolucionária Americana. Em um ataque noturno bem planejado e executado, um grupo seleto altamente treinado de tropas do Exército Continental de George Washington sob o comando do Brigadeiro General "Mad Anthony" Wayne derrotou as tropas britânicas em um ataque rápido e ousado em seu posto avançado em Stony Point, Nova York, aproximadamente 30 milhas ao norte da cidade de Nova York.
julho de 1779
Battle of Minisink
The Battle of Minisink took place during the American Revolutionary War at Minisink Ford, New York, on July 22, 1779. It was the only major skirmish of the Revolutionary War fought in the upper Delaware River valley. The battle was a decisive Haudenosaunee and Loyalist victory, as the Patriot militia was hastily assembled, ill-equipped and inexperienced.
agosto de 1779
Expedição Penobscot
A Expedição Penobscot foi uma armada naval norte-americana de 44 navios durante a Guerra Revolucionária montada pelo Congresso Provincial da Província da Baía de Massachusetts. A flotilha de 19 navios de guerra e 25 navios de apoio partiu de Boston em 19 de julho de 1779, para a baía de Penobscot, no distrito de Maine, transportando uma força expedicionária de mais de 1 000 fuzileiros navais coloniais americanos e milicianos. Também estava incluído um destacamento de artilharia de 100 homens sob o comando do tenente-coronel Paul Revere.
agosto de 1779
Batalha de Newtown
A Batalha de Newtown, foi a única grande batalha da Expedição Sullivan, uma ofensiva armada liderada pelo general John Sullivan sob ordens do Congresso Continental, para pôr fim à ameaça dos iroqueses que haviam ficado ao lado dos britânicos na Independência dos Estados Unidos da América.
agosto de 1779
Battle of Paulus Hook
The Battle of Paulus Hook was fought on August 19, 1779, between Continental Army and British forces in the American Revolutionary War. The Patriots were led by Major Light Horse Harry Lee, and launched a nighttime raid on the British-controlled fort in what is today downtown Jersey City. They surprised the British, taking 158 prisoners, and withdrew with the approach of daylight. Despite retaining the fort and its cannons, the British lost much of their control over New Jersey. Lee was rewarded by the Second Continental Congress with a gold medal, the only non-general to receive such an award during the war.
setembro de 1779 – outubro de 1779
Siege of Savannah (1779)
The siege of Savannah or the second battle of Savannah was an encounter of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) in 1779. The year before, the city of Savannah, Georgia, had been captured by a British expeditionary corps under Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Campbell. The siege itself consisted of a joint Franco-American attempt to retake Savannah, from September 16 to October 18, 1779.
setembro de 1779
Battle of Baton Rouge (1779)
The Battle of Baton Rouge was a brief siege during the Anglo-Spanish War that was decided on September 21, 1779. Fort New Richmond was the second British outpost to fall to Spanish arms during Bernardo de Gálvez's march into West Florida.
setembro de 1779
Battle of Lake Pontchartrain
The Battle of Lake Pontchartrain was a single-ship action on September 10, 1779, part of the Anglo-Spanish War. It was fought between the British sloop-of-war HMS West Florida and the Continental Navy schooner USS Morris in the waters of Lake Pontchartrain, then in the British province of West Florida.
setembro de 1779
Capture of Fort Bute
The capture of Fort Bute, also known as the Battle of Manchac Post, signalled the opening of Spanish intervention in the American Revolutionary War on the side of France and the United States. Mustering an ad hoc army of Spanish regulars, Acadian militia, and native levies under Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent, Bernardo de Gálvez, the Governor of Spanish Louisiana stormed and captured the small British frontier post on Bayou Manchac on September 7, 1779.
março de 1780 – maio de 1780
Cerco de Charleston
O Cerco de Charleston foi um grande embate e uma importante vitória britânica na Guerra de Independência dos Estados Unidos, travada nos arredores de Charles Town, a capital da Carolina do Sul, entre 29 de março e 12 de maio de 1780. Os britânicos, após o colapso de sua estratégia norte no final de 1777 e sua retirada da Filadélfia em 1778, deslocaram seu foco para as Colônias do Sul. Após aproximadamente seis semanas de cerco, o Major General Benjamin Lincoln, comandante da guarnição de Charleston, rendeu suas forças aos britânicos. Foi uma das piores derrotas americanas da guerra.
março de 1780
Battle of Fort Charlotte
The Battle of Fort Charlotte, also known as the siege of Fort Charlotte, was a two-week siege conducted by Spanish general Bernardo de Gálvez against the British fortifications guarding the port of Mobile, during the Anglo-Spanish War of 1779-1783. Fort Charlotte was the last remaining British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans, Louisiana. Its fall drove the British from the western reaches of West Florida and reduced the British military presence in West Florida to its capital, Pensacola.
maio de 1780
Batalha de Waxhaws
A Batalha de Waxhaws foi um confronto militar que ocorreu em 29 de maio de 1780, durante a Guerra de Independência dos Estados Unidos, entre uma força Patriota liderada por Abraham Buford e uma força britânica liderada pelo Tenente-Coronel Banastre Tarleton, próximo a Lancaster, Carolina do Sul. Os homens de Buford consistiam em soldados do Exército Continental, enquanto a força de Tarleton era majoritariamente composta por tropas legalistas. Após as duas forças avistarem uma à outra, Buford rejeitou uma oferta de termos de rendição, e a cavalaria de Tarleton carregou. Um número desconhecido de homens de Buford então tentou se render ao mesmo tempo em que o cavalo de Tarleton foi baleado, prendendo-o debaixo do animal. Um número desconhecido de legalistas, enfurecidos por essa aparente perfídia, continuou seu ataque, matando vários patriotas até que a ordem foi restaurada.
maio de 1780
Battle of St. Louis
The Battle of St. Louis, also known as the Attack on St. Louis and the Battle of Fort San Carlos, was fought on May 26, 1780, between British-allied Indians and defenders of the Franco-Spanish village of St. Louis, Louisiana during the American Revolutionary War. The garrison, a motley assortment of regulars and militiamen led by Upper Louisiana's lieutenant governor, Captain Fernando de Leyba, suffered a small number of casualties.
junho de 1780
Battle of Springfield
The Battle of Springfield was fought during the American Revolutionary War on June 23, 1780, in Union County, New Jersey. After the Battle of Connecticut Farms, on June 7, 1780, had foiled Lieutenant General Wilhelm, Baron von Knyphausen's expedition to attack General George Washington's army at Morristown, New Jersey, Knyphausen and Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton, British commander-in-chief in North America, decided upon a second attempt. Although the British were initially able to advance, they were ultimately forced to withdraw in the face of newly arriving rebel forces, resulting in a Continental victory. The battle effectively ended British ambitions in New Jersey.
agosto de 1780
Batalha de Camden
A Batalha de Camden foi um confronto que terminou com uma expressiva vitória dos Britânicos no sul dos Estados Unidos, durante a guerra pela independência destes. Em 16 de agosto de 1780, forças britânicas sob comando do Tenente-general Lorde Cornwallis destruíram as tropas norte-americanas sob a direção do Major-general Horatio Gates a cerca de 10 km de Camden, Carolina do Sul, garantindo a dominação inglesa das Carolinas seguido da queda de Charleston.
agosto de 1780
Battle of Piqua
The Battle of Piqua, also known as the Battle of Peckowee, Battle of Pekowi, Battle of Peckuwe and the Battle of Pickaway, was a military engagement fought on August 8, 1780, at the Indian village of Piqua along the Mad River in western Ohio Country between the Kentucky County militia under General George Rogers Clark and Shawnee Indians under Chief Black Hoof. The Indians were driven off and the village and surrounding fields burned, but Clark suffered daunting casualties. Clark's expedition was in response to Bird's invasion of Kentucky earlier that summer by a combined force of Shawnee, Lenape and Miami warriors that killed and captured hundreds of white settlers.
setembro de 1780
Battle of Charlotte
The Battle of Charlotte was fought on September 26, 1780 during the American Revolutionary War. It took place at what was then the Mecklenburg County courthouse; which is now the site of the Bank of America tower at Trade and Tryon Streets in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. An advance guard of General Charles Cornwallis' army rode into town and encountered a well-prepared American militia under the command of William R. Davie in front of the court house. A skirmish ensued in which George Hanger, leading British cavalry, was wounded. The small American force, which had not intended more than token resistance, withdrew north toward Salisbury, North Carolina upon the arrival of Cornwallis and the main army.
outubro de 1780
Battle of Kings Mountain
The Battle of Kings Mountain was fought on October 7, 1780, in South Carolina during the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War. Fought almost entirely between Patriot and Loyalist troops, the battle resulted in a decisive Patriot victory. Taking place 9 miles (14 km) south of the present-day town of Kings Mountain, North Carolina in what is now rural Cherokee County, South Carolina, the battle has been described as "the war's largest all-American fight."
novembro de 1780
Battle of Blackstock's Farm
The Battle of Blackstock's Farm, also called Blackstock's Plantation, Blackstock's Hill, and Blackstocks, a military engagement of the American Revolutionary War, took place in what today is Union County, South Carolina, a few miles from Cross Anchor, on November 20, 1780.
janeiro de 1781
Batalha de Cowpens
A Batalha de Cowpens foi uma luta travada entre as forças do exército continental e do exército britânico durante a Guerra da Independência dos Estados Unidos. Os combatentes americanos eram comandados pelo brigadeiro-general Daniel Morgan e as tropas inglesas pelo coronel Banastre Tarleton. A batalha fez parte da campanha para reconquistar a Carolina do Sul, que estava sob ocupação britânica por anos.
janeiro de 1781
Battle at The Village
The Battle at The Village was fought on January 7, 1781. It was a failed British attempt to recapture a Spanish fortification at "The Village," during the American Revolutionary War. The attack was led by Waldecker Colonel Johann von Hanxleden who was killed in the attempt.
fevereiro de 1781
Pyle's Massacre
Pyle's Massacre was an engagement fought in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina, on February 24, 1781, during the American Revolutionary War. The battle was fought between Patriot troops attached to the Continental Army under Colonel Henry Lee III and Loyalist North Carolina militiamen commanded by John Pyle. Due to the unique uniforms worn by Lee's men, the Loyalists mistakenly believed they were the British Legion, who were en route to reinforce Pyle. When Lee's men opened fire, they took Pyle's forces totally by surprise. This resulted in an extremely lopsided victory for Lee, and Pyle's command was scattered and routed.
março de 1781 – maio de 1781
Cerco de Pensacola
O Cerco de Pensacola foi uma batalha travada no começo de 1781, no contexto da Guerra da Independência dos Estados Unidos. A Espanha, aliados dos rebeldes americanos, travava um conflito para expandir suas possessões coloniais na América, conquistando territórios pertencentes a Grã-Bretanha. No caminho ficava a estratégica cidade de Pensacola, na Flórida Ocidental, que foi tomada depois de um cerco de dois meses.
março de 1781
Battle of Guilford Court House
The Battle of Guilford Court House was fought on 15 March 1781 during the American Revolutionary War, near Greensboro, North Carolina. A 2,100-man British force under the command of Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis defeated Major General Nathanael Greene's 4,500 Americans. The British Army suffered considerable casualties, with estimates as high as 27% of their total force. The battle was "the largest and most hotly contested action" in the American Revolution's southern theater. Before the battle, the British had great success in regaining control of Georgia and South Carolina with the aid of strong Loyalist factions and thought that North Carolina might be within their grasp. The British were in the process of heavy, but unsuccessful recruitment in North Carolina when this battle put an end to their recruiting drive. The battle is commemorated at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park and associated Hoskins House Historic District.
março de 1781
Battle of Cape Henry
The Battle of Cape Henry was a naval battle in the American War of Independence which took place near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay on 16 March 1781 between a British squadron under Vice-admiral Mariot Arbuthnot and a French squadron under Admiral Charles René Dominique Sochet, Chevalier Destouches. Destouches, based in Newport, Rhode Island, had sailed for the Chesapeake as part of a joint operation with the Continental Army to oppose the British army of Brigadier General Benedict Arnold that was active in Virginia.
abril de 1781
Battle of Hobkirk's Hill
The Battle of Hobkirk's Hill was a battle of the American Revolutionary War fought on April 25, 1781, near Camden, South Carolina. A small American force under Nathanael Greene occupying Hobkirk's Hill, north of Camden, was attacked by British troops led by Francis Rawdon. After a fierce clash, Greene retreated, leaving Rawdon's smaller force in possession of the hill.
abril de 1781
Battle of Blandford
The Battle of Blandford, also called the Battle of Petersburg, took place near Petersburg, Virginia on 25 April 1781, late in the American War of Independence. Roughly 2,300 British regulars under the command of Brigadier General William Phillips defeated about 1,000 American militia under Major General Baron von Steuben.
abril de 1781
Siege of Fort Watson
The siege of Fort Watson was an American Revolutionary War confrontation in South Carolina that began on April 15, 1781, and lasted until April 23, 1781. Continental Army forces under Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee and South Carolina militia under Francis Marion besieged Fort Watson, a fortified British outpost that formed part of the communication and supply chain between Charleston and other British outposts further inland.
maio de 1781 – junho de 1781
Siege of Ninety Six
The siege of Ninety Six was a siege in western South Carolina late in the American Revolutionary War. From May 22 to June 18, 1781, Continental Army Major General Nathanael Greene led 1,000 troops in a siege against the 550 Loyalists in the fortified village of Ninety Six, South Carolina. The 28-day siege centered on an earthen fortification known as Star Fort. Despite having more troops, Greene was unsuccessful in taking the town, and was forced to lift the siege when Lord Rawdon approached from Charleston with British troops.
junho de 1781
Battle of Spencer's Ordinary
The Battle of Spencer's Ordinary was an inconclusive skirmish that took place on 26 June 1781, late in the American Revolutionary War. British forces under Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe and American forces under Colonel Richard Butler, light detachments from the armies of General Lord Cornwallis and the Marquis de Lafayette respectively, clashed near a tavern at a road intersection not far from Williamsburg, Virginia.
julho de 1781
Battle of Green Spring
The Battle of Green Spring took place near Green Spring Plantation in James City County, Virginia during the American Revolutionary War. On July 6, 1781 United States Brigadier General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, leading the advance forces of the Marquis de Lafayette, was ambushed near the plantation by the British army of Earl Charles Cornwallis in the last major land battle of the Virginia campaign prior to the Siege of Yorktown.
agosto de 1781
Lochry's Defeat
Lochry's Defeat, also known as the Lochry massacre, was a battle fought on August 24, 1781, near present-day Aurora, Indiana, in the United States. The battle was part of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), which began as a conflict between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies before spreading to the western frontier, where American Indians entered the war as British allies. The battle was short and decisive: about one hundred Indians of local tribes led by Joseph Brant, a Mohawk military leader who was temporarily in the west, ambushed a similar number of Pennsylvania militiamen led by Archibald Lochry. Brant and his men killed or captured all of the Pennsylvanians without suffering any casualties.
setembro de 1781 – outubro de 1781
Batalha de Yorktown
A Batalha de Yorktown ocorreu em 1781 durante a Guerra de Independência dos Estados Unidos entre 26 de setembro e 19 de outubro de 1781. Nessa batalha, forças rebeldes dos Estados Unidos foram apoiadas pelos franceses contra as tropas da Reino da Grã-Bretanha. Seus principais comandantes foram George Washington e Marquês de La Fayette, pelos franco-americanos, e Lorde Cornwallis dos ingleses. O resultado foi uma decisiva vitória para os rebeldes.
setembro de 1781
Batalha de Chesapeake
A Batalha de Chesapeake, também conhecida como Batalha dos Cabos da Virgínia ou Batalha dos Cabos, foi uma crucial batalha naval travada durante a Guerra da Independência dos Estados Unidos que aconteceu na costa da baía de Chesapeake em 5 de setembro de 1781, entre as frotas britânica, liderada pelo almirante Thomas Graves, e francesa, liderada pelo almirante François Joseph Paul. A batalha terminou como uma derrota estratégica para a Inglaterra, apesar das perdas materiais e humanas destes não terem sido tão altas. Com esta vitória, os franceses conseguiram impedir que a armada inglesa avançasse para o sul até a Virgínia. Os britânicos pretendiam romper o cerco a Yorktown e resgatar as forças sitiadas do general Charles Cornwallis. Mas com o triunfo em Chesapeake, a marinha francesa passou a controlar os mares da região e chegaram a tempo de participar da decisiva batalha em Yorktown, Virgínia, onde também desempenharam um papel fundamental.
setembro de 1781
Battle of Eutaw Springs
The Battle of Eutaw Springs was fought on September 8, 1781 during the American Revolutionary War. It was the last major engagement of the conflict to be fought in the Carolinas. Both sides claimed a victory.
setembro de 1781
Batalha de Groton Heights
A Batalha de Groton Heights foi uma batalha da Guerra Revolucionária Americana travada em 6 de setembro de 1781 entre uma pequena força da milícia de Connecticut liderada pelo Tenente-Coronel William Ledyard e as mais numerosas forças britânicas lideradas pelo Brigadeiro-General Benedict Arnold e Tenente-Coronel Edmund Eyre. O Tenente-General Sir Henry Clinton ordenou que Arnold atacasse o porto de New London (Connecticut), para desviar o General George Washington de marchar contra o exército de Lorde Cornwallis na Virgínia. O ataque foi bem-sucedido, mas a milícia de Connecticut resistiu obstinadamente às tentativas britânicas de capturar o Forte Griswold do outro lado do Rio Thames em Groton (Connecticut). New London foi incendiada junto com vários navios, mas muitos outros navios escaparam rio acima. Vários líderes da força britânica atacante foram mortos ou gravemente feridos, mas os britânicos eventualmente romperam o forte. Quando os britânicos entraram no forte, os americanos se renderam, mas os britânicos continuaram atirando e mataram muitos dos defensores. No entanto, o alto número de baixas britânicas na expedição geral contra Groton e New London levou a críticas de Arnold por alguns de seus superiores. A batalha foi o último grande encontro militar da guerra no norte dos Estados Unidos, precedendo e sendo ofuscada pelo decisivo Cerco de Yorktown franco-americano cerca de seis semanas depois.
abril de 1782
Battle of Delaware Bay
The Battle of Delaware Bay, or the Battle of Cape May, was a naval engagement fought between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States during the American Revolutionary War. A British force of three vessels attacked three American privateers that were escorting a fleet of merchantmen. The ensuing combat in Delaware Bay near Cape May ended with the American sloop Hyder Ally capturing the British sloop-of-war HMS General Monk.
agosto de 1782
Battle of Blue Licks
The Battle of Blue Licks, fought on August 19, 1782, was one of the last battles of the American Revolutionary War. The battle occurred ten months after Lord Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown, which had effectively ended the war in the east. On a hill next to the Licking River in what is now Robertson County, Kentucky, a force of 50 Butler's Rangers and 300 Indigenous warriors ambushed and routed 182 Kentucky militia, who were partially led by Daniel Boone, the famed frontiersman.
setembro de 1782
Siege of Fort Henry (1782)
The second siege of Fort Henry was a three-day engagement during the American Revolutionary War that began on September 11, 1782. A force of about 260 Wyandot, Shawnee, Mingo and Lenape attacked Fort Henry, an American fortification at what is now Wheeling, West Virginia. They were accompanied by 40 soldiers from Butler's Rangers, a British provincial regiment. The siege was one of the last engagements of the Revolutionary War. In the 19th century, the story of the siege became well known to Americans due to the "gunpowder exploit" of Betty Zane.
abril de 1783
Colbert raid
The Colbert raid, also known as the Battle of Arkansas Post, was an unsuccessful British attempt to capture Fort Carlos III, garrisoned by a detachment of the Louisiana Fixed Infantry Regiment, and the Franco-Spanish village of Arkansas Post, Louisiana, during the American Revolutionary War.
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- 1763 – 1783Revolução Americana
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- 1776Declaração de Independência dos EUA
- 1787Constituição dos Estados Unidos
- 1863Batalha de Gettysburg
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