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Explore more Treasures of the American Revolution. These ten great Revolutionary War maps, created by British, American, French, and Hessian mapmakers, document the war for independence in rich detail.
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Dedicated to Benjamin Franklin, this is the first map to...
- Recent Acquisitions
Landmark French Map of Yorktown. This landmark French...
- Medals
Moritz Fürst, engraver; Struck by the United States Mint,...
- Conservation
Lecture—The Marquis de Lafayette and the American Revolution...
- Ceramics & Glass
The examples of ceramics and glass in the Institute’s...
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Beginning immediately after the war and continuing into the...
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See the Revolutionary War unfold, from Lexington to Yorktown and beyond, on our animated map, produced by Wide Awake Films in partnership with the American Battlefield Trust.
A map and chronology of the major battles of the American Revolutionary War. Search war battles by name, use map to filter list, or sort by date.
- War Comes to the South. Ninety Six National Historic Site. Oddly named Ninety Six, South Carolina, was a key crossroads village on the southern frontier and the scene of two battles of the Revolutionary War.
- Washington Resists the British Advance on Philadelphia. Brandywine Battlefield Park. In September 1777 the British under Gen. William Howe outflanked Washington’s defensive position on Brandywine Creek in southeast Pennsylvania and defeated the Continental Army in a sprawling, hard-fought battle.
- The Continental Army Proves Itself. Monmouth Battlefield State Park. In the unforgiving heat of mid-summer 1778, Washington’s army fell on the rear of Sir Henry Clinton’s British army near Monmouth Court House, New Jersey, as they retreated from Philadelphia to New York.
- Daniel Morgan’s Great Day. Cowpens National Battlefield. Daniel Morgan defeated the dreaded British commander Banastre Tarleton at Cowpens, South Carolina, in a battle that is widely regarded as the tactical masterpiece of the Revolutionary War.
This is a map that shows the major battles of the American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783. It accompanies Module 2 in the workbook, Jamestown to Appomattox: Mapping US History using GIS, Volume 1. The module provides an excellent chronological overview of the American Revolutionary War.
Discover a list of Revolutionary War sites and battlefields, from the Freedom Trail to Yorktown Battlefield and more, includes an interactive map of the sites, monuments and landmarks.
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Oct 19, 2023 · Revolutionary War Battles. America's war for independence began on April 19, 1775, when the first shots were fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. Map by National Geographic Society.
