Battles in and around in August and September of 1776 were ignominious defeats for Washington's forces and seemed to presage an easy British triumph in the war?

When British Major John Pitcairn arrived at Lexington, which was on the way to Concord, he found 70 American minutemen (actually, they were almost all farmers) in battle formation at the town square....

Washington defeated the Hessians after he crossed the Delaware River from Pennsylvania (now known as Washington's Crossing, PA) into Trenton, New Jersey. The Hessians had been up celebrating and...

September 28 - October 19, 1781 in Yorktown, Virginia.

Overall Winston Churchill as prime minister. Individual commanders changed and most are of little note with the exception of Bernard Montgomery who commanded the North African Expedition famously...

The British did not defeat Pontiac's forces. Ohio Militiamen made up of farmers living in Ohio defeated Chief Pontiac and his Indian Army.