Place |
Description |
Amboy |
British cantone |
Annapolis |
Temporary home of Continental Congress |
Anthony's Nose |
Promontory where chain across Hudson River anchored |
Assunpink Creek |
Trenton tributary |
Augusta Fort |
American victory |
Barren Hill |
Lafayette skirmish near Valley Forge |
Baskingridge |
Site of General Charles Lee's capture |
Bemis Heights |
Battle of Saratoga locale |
Bennington |
Vermont city near battle site |
Billingsport |
Chevaux de frise line on Delaware |
Boston |
New England patriot hotbed |
Bowling Green |
NY site where patriots tore down King's statue |
Brandywine |
Battle site |
Breeds Hill |
Site of Battle of Bunker Hill |
Brookhaven |
Long Island skirmish |
Brooklyn |
Site of Battle of Long Island |
Brooklyn Heights |
Site of Washington evacuation after Battle of Brooklyn |
Bryans Station |
Western fort |
Cambridge |
Site of Harvard University, Washington camp |
Camden |
Southern battle site, American loss |
Cantonment |
Washington last camp in New Windsor, NY |
Catawba |
River crossed by Greene on way to Dan |
Chads Ford |
Locale at Brandywine |
Chambly |
British fort near Montreal |
Charleston |
British occupied South Carolina port |
Charlestown |
Site of Bunker Hill |
Charlotte |
NC skirmish |
Cheraw |
Greene's southern camp |
Chillicothe |
Indian town burned by Clark |
Chota |
Cherokee capital |
City Tavern |
Historic Philadelphia meeting site |
Constitution Island |
Anchorage for West Point chain across Hudson River |
Cowpens |
South Carolina site of Col. Morgans double envelopement |
Crown Point |
End point of American Canada campaign |
Delaware River |
PA-NJ river used in Battle of Trenton |
Detroit |
British Indian frontier staging area |
Dorchester Heights |
Boston overlook where cannon placement forced British retreat |
Eutaw Springs |
Battle site |
Fairfield |
CT skirmish |
Falmouth |
New England town burned by British |
Federal Hall |
Site of Washington's first inaugural |
Fort Granby |
Fort on Congaree, American win |
Fort St. Joseph |
Western fort attacked by Spanish |
Fraunces Tavern |
Site of Washington's farwell to officers |
Freeman's Farm |
Saratoga battle site |
Ft. Charlotte |
British fort in Mobile captured by Spanish |
Ft. Clinton |
Hudson River fort |
Ft. Cornwallis |
American victory |
Ft. Dusquesne |
French and Indian War fort |
Ft. Grierson |
American victory |
Ft. Lee |
NJ fort |
Ft. McHenry |
Maryland fort |
Ft. Mercer |
NJ fort |
Ft. Mifflin |
American fort near Philadelphia |
Ft. Montgomery |
Point where chain across Hudson River anchored |
Ft. Motte |
Mansion fort on Congaree, American win |
Ft. Mourtrie |
Fort near Charleston |
Ft. Necessity |
French and Indian War fort |
Ft. Niagara |
British and Indian outpost and staging area |
Ft. Orangeburg |
Southern fort, American win |
Ft. Pitt |
Western fort |
Ft. Royal Island |
Skirmish |
Ft. Sackville |
Western fort taken by Clark |
Ft. Stanwix |
Central NY fort |
Ft. Ticonderoga |
Ft. taken by Ethan Allen & B. Arnold. Cannon used at Boston |
Ft. Washington |
Manhattan fort |
Ft. Watson |
SC fort taken with Maham tower |
Ft. William Henry |
French and Indian War fort on Lake George |
Germantown |
PA battle site |
Glouster Point |
Town opposite Yorktown on York River |
Gowanus |
Swamp where Maryland militia were lost |
Granary Burying Ground |
Burial site of Samuel Adams, John Hancock |
Great Bridge |
Early American victory site near Norfolk |
Greens Farm |
CT skirmish |
Guilford |
North Carolina battle site |
Halifax |
British North American stronghold |
Hanging Rock |
NC battle site |
Harlem Hgts |
American stand on Manhattan |
Head of Elk |
British landing site on road to Philadelphia |
Hobkirk's Hill |
South Carolina battle site |
Hudson River |
Strategic river, divides New England from other colonies |
Independence Hall |
Site of Continental Congress and signing of Dec. Of Ind. |
Jamaica Pass |
range used to flank Washington at Battle of Brooklyn |
Jamestown Ford |
Locale where Lafayette attacked Cornwallis rearguard |
Kaskaskia |
Western town taken by Clark |
Kennebec River |
Maine waterway used during invasion of Canada |
Kettle Creek |
Skirmish |
Kings Mountain |
Carolina battle site |
Kingston |
Temporary capital of NY, burned by British |
Kipps Bay |
British landing point on Manhattan |
Lake Champlain |
Strategic lake, site of Ft. Ticonderoga, Crown Point |
Lancaster |
Congress evacuated to this town |
Lexington-Concord |
First battle of Revolution |
Long Island |
Site of Battle of Brooklyn |
Marblehead |
MA costal home of Col. Glover's militia |
Metuchen Hill |
Launch point of Germantown battle |
Mobile |
Southern locale captured by Spanish |
Mohawk Valley |
Iroquois region devastated by General Sullivan |
Monmouth |
NJ battle site where Washington reversed Lee's retreat |
Monticello |
Thomas Jefferson home |
Montpelier |
Knox Maine mansion |
Moore's Creek Bridge |
Early North Carolina battle site |
Morristown |
Washington winter encampment |
Moulton Point |
Brtish landing site at Bunker Hill |
Mt. Defiance |
Mount overlooking Ft. Ticonderoga |
Mt. Vernon |
Washington home |
New Brunswick |
British cantone |
New Haven |
CT skirmish |
New London |
Connecticut city burned by traitor, Benedict Arnold |
New York |
British occupied port city |
Newburgh |
Washington NY headquarters |
Newburyport |
Launch point for Quebec invasion |
Newport |
Used by British navy, site of Franco-American action |
Norfolk |
VA town burned by British |
North Bridge |
Site of shot heard round the world |
North Church |
One if by land, two if by sea |
North Sea |
Site of battle between John Paul Jones Bonhomme Richard and Serapis |
Norwalk |
CT skirmish |
Nova Scotia |
Tory refugee site |
Odanak |
Abenaki village |
Oquaga |
Iroquois crossroads burned by Americans |
Oriskany |
Central NY battle site |
Overhill |
TN area noted for American and Cherokee fighting |
Paoli |
Site of massacre of General Anthony Wayne force |
Paris |
Site of treaty negotiations |
Paulus Hook |
Jersey City battle site |
Peekskill |
Town burned by British |
Pells Point |
British landing point prior to White Plains |
Pennybacker Mill |
American retreat from Germantown ends here |
Pensicola |
Southern locale captured by Spanish |
Philadelphia |
Home of Continental Congress |
Princeton |
Battle following Trenton |
Providence |
HMS Gaspee burned near this port |
Quebec |
Canadian battle site, Montgomery lost here |
Quincey |
JohnAdams birthplace |
Red Bank |
Chevaux de frise line on Delaware |
Sag Harbor |
Skirmish site on Long Island |
Saratoga |
Burgoyne defeated, turning point of war |
Savannah |
British occupied port in Georgia |
Skenesboro |
American Shipbuilding locale for Champlain campaign |
South Meeting House |
Patriot meeting hall |
Springfield |
MA site of Knox's Army arsenal |
Springfield |
NJ skirmish |
St. Lawrence River |
U.S.-Canadian river on whose shores rests Quebec |
St. Paul's Church |
Washington NY prayer site |
Star redoubt |
Part of 96 |
State House |
Patriot meeting place, site of Boston Massacre |
Staten Island |
NY staging ground for British in Battle of Brooklyn |
Stockbridge |
Mahican town |
Stone House |
Pivotal locale during Battle of Long Island |
Stony Brook |
Princeton tributary |
Stony Point |
NY battle site, General Wayne victory |
Sullivans Island |
Battle site at Charleston |
Tahakafala |
Main Chickasaw town |
The Dan |
River Green stratigically retreated to |
Trenton |
Washington's surprise Christmas night attack on Hessians |
Tybee Island |
British landing point in Savannah |
Valcour Island |
Lake Champlain naval battle |
Valley Forge |
Washington winter encampment, winter 1778 |
Vincennes |
Western town taken by Clark |
Watauga |
Frontier in TN |
Waxhaws |
SC massacre of Americans |
West Point |
Fort offered to British by traitor Benedict Arnold |
White Plains |
NY battle site |
Williamsburg |
Capital of Virginia |
Wilmington |
American outpost in DE |
York |
Temporary home of Continental Congress |
Yorktown |
Washington and Rochambeau defeat Cornwallis |