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Year
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Date
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Event
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1763
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7-Oct
|
Proclamation of 1763
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1764
|
5-Apr
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The Sugar Act
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1764
|
1-Sep
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The Currency Act
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1765
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22-Mar
|
The Stamp Act
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1765
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24-Mar
|
The Quartering Act of 1765
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1765
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29-May
|
Patrick Henry's "If this be treason, make the most of it!" speech
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1765
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30-May
|
The Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions
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1765
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7-Oct
|
The Stamp Act Congress (October 7-25)
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1766
|
18-Mar
|
The Declaratory Act
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1767
|
29-Jun
|
The Townshend Revenue Act
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1768
|
1-Aug
|
Boston Non-Importation Agreement
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1770
|
5-Mar
|
The Boston Massacre
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1772
|
9-Jun
|
The Gaspee Affair
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1773
|
10-May
|
The Tea Act
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1773
|
16-Dec
|
The Boston Tea Party
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1774
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31-Mar
|
Boston Port Act, one of the "Intolerable Acts"
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1774
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20-May
|
Administration of Justice Act, one of the "Intolerable Acts"
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1774
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20-May
|
Massachusetts Government Act, one of the "Intolerable Acts"
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1774
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2-Jun
|
Quartering Act of 1774, one of the "Intolerable Acts"
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1774
|
22-Jun
|
Quebec Act, one of the "Intolerable Acts"
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1774
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5-Sep
|
The First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia and issues Declaration and Resolves (Sep 5 - Oct 26)
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1774
|
10-Oct
|
Battle of Point Pleasant, Virginia (disputed as to whether it was a battle of the American Revolution or the culmination of Lord Dunmore's War)
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1774
|
20-Oct
|
The Association (prohibition of trade with Great Britain)
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1774
|
24-Oct
|
Galloway's Plan rejected
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1775
|
23-Mar
|
Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech
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1775
|
18-Apr
|
The Rides of Paul Revere and William Dawes
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1775
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19-Apr
|
Minutemen and redcoats clash at Lexington and Concord, "the shot heard 'round the world."
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1775
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10-May
|
Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys seize Fort Ticonderoga
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1775
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10-May
|
The Second Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia
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1775
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15-Jun
|
George Washington named Commander-in-Chief
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1775
|
17-Jun
|
Battle of Bunker Hill ( The British drive the Americans from Breed's Hill)
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1775
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3-Jul
|
Washington assumes command of the Continental Army
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1775
|
13-Nov
|
Richard Montgomery's Continental Army forces occupy Montreal in Canada
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1775
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11-Dec
|
Virginia and NC patriots rout Loyalist troops and burn Norfolk
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1775
|
22-Dec
|
Colonel Thomson with 1,500 rangers and militia capture Loyalists at Great Canebrake, SC
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1775
|
23-Dec
|
Snow Campaign, in SC, so called because patriots are impeded by 15" of snow (Dec 23-30)
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1775
|
30-Dec
|
American forces under Benedict Arnold fail to seize Quebec (Dec 30-31)
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1776
|
1-Jan
|
Daniel Morgan is taken prisoner during his attempt to take Quebec City
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1776
|
15-Jan
|
Paine's Common Sense published
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1776
|
27-Feb
|
Revolutionaries drive the loyalists from Moore's Creek Bridge, North Carolina
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1776
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3-Mar
|
The Continental fleet captures New Providence Island in the Bahamas
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1776
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17-Mar
|
The British evacuate Boston; British Navy moves to Halifax, Canada
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1776
|
8-Jun
|
Revolutionaries fail to take Three Rivers, Quebec
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1776
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12-Jun
|
The Virginia Declaration of Rights
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1776
|
28-Jun
|
Sullivan's Island, SC, failed British naval attack
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1776
|
28-Jun
|
American forces decisively defeat the British Navy at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina
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1776
|
29-Jun
|
The First Virginia Constitution
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1776
|
1-Jul
|
At the instigation of British agents, the Cherokee attack along the entire southern frontier
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1776
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4-Jul
|
Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence; it's sent to the printer
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1776
|
8-Jul
|
The Declaration of Independence is read publicly
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1776
|
15-Jul
|
Lyndley's Fort, SC, Patriots fend off attack by Indians and Tories dressed as Indians
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1776
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1-Aug
|
Ambushed by Cherokees, Patriots are saved by a mounted charge at Seneca, SC
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1776
|
2-Aug
|
Delegates begin to sign The Declaration of Independence
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1776
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10-Aug
|
Tugaloo River, SC, Andrew Pickens defeats Cherokees
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1776
|
12-Aug
|
Andrew Pickens' detachment surrounded by 185 Cherokee Indians, forms a ring and fires outward. It is known as the "Ring Fight."
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1776
|
12-Aug
|
Colonel David Williamson and Andrew Pickens burn Tamassy, an Indian town
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1776
|
27-Aug
|
Redcoats defeat George Washington's army in the Battle of Long Island. Washington's army escapes at night.
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1776
|
15-Sep
|
The British occupy New York City
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1776
|
16-Sep
|
Generals George Washington, Nathanael Greene, and Israel Putnam triumphantly hold their ground at the Battle of Harlem Heights
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1776
|
19-Sep
|
Colonel David Williamson's Pennsylvania militia forces attacked by Cherokees at Coweecho River, NC
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1776
|
11-Oct
|
Benedict Arnold defeated at the Battle of Valcour Island (Lake Champlain), but delayed British advance
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1776
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28-Oct
|
The Americans retreat from White Plains, New York. British casualties (~300) higher than American (~200).
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1776
|
16-Nov
|
The Hessians capture Fort Washington, NY
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1776
|
20-Nov
|
Lord Cornwallis captures Fort Lee from Nathanael Greene
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1776
|
26-Dec
|
Washington crosses the Delaware and captures Trenton from Hessians
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1777
|
3-Jan
|
Washington victorious at Princeton
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1777
|
6-Jan
|
Washington winters in Morristown, NJ (Jan 6 - May 28)
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1777
|
27-Apr
|
Benedict Arnold's troops force a British retreat at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
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1777
|
20-May
|
Treaty of DeWitt's Corner, SC ( Cherokees lose most of their land east of the mountains)
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1777
|
14-Jun
|
Flag Resolution
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1777
|
5-Jul
|
St. Clair surrenders Fort Ticonderoga to the British
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1777
|
27-Jul
|
Lafayette arrives in Philadelphia
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1777
|
6-Aug
|
The Redcoats, with Iroquois support, force the patriots back at Oriskany, NY, but then have to evacuate
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1777
|
16-Aug
|
American Militia under General Stark victorious at the Battle of Bennington, VT (actually fought in Walloomsac, New York, several miles to the west)
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1777
|
23-Aug
|
British withdraw from Fort Stanwix, NY, upon hearing of Benedict Arnold's approach
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1777
|
25-Aug
|
British General Howe lands at Head of Elk, Maryland
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1777
|
11-Sep
|
The British win the Battle of Brandywine, Pennsylvania
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1777
|
16-Sep
|
Rainout at the Battle of the Clouds, Pennsylvania
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1777
|
19-Sep
|
Burgoyne checked by Americans under Gates at Freeman's Farm, NY. This is part of the "Battles of Saratoga."
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1777
|
21-Sep
|
Paoli Massacre, PA
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1777
|
26-Sep
|
British under Howe occupy Philadelphia
|
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1777
|
4-Oct
|
Americans driven off at the Battle of Germantown
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1777
|
7-Oct
|
Burgoyne loses second battle of Freeman's Farm, NY (at Bemis Heights). This is part of the "Battles of Saratoga."
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1777
|
17-Oct
|
Burgoyne surrenders to American General Gates at Saratoga, NY
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1777
|
22-Oct
|
Hessian attack on Fort Mercer, NJ repulsed
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1777
|
16-Nov
|
British capture Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania
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1777
|
5-Dec
|
Americans repulse British at Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania (Dec 5-7)
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1777
|
19-Dec
|
Washington's army retires to winter quarters at Valley Forge
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1778
|
6-Feb
|
The United States and France sign the French Alliance
|
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1778
|
7-Mar
|
British General William Howe replaced by Henry Clinton
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1778
|
20-May
|
Battle of Barren Hill, Pennsylvania. Lafayette with 500 men and about 50 Oneida Indians successfully evade British onslaught
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1778
|
18-Jun
|
British abandon Philadelphia and return to New York
|
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1778
|
19-Jun
|
Washington's army leaves Valley Forge
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1778
|
28-Jun
|
The Battle of Monmouth Court House ends in a draw
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1778
|
4-Jul
|
George Rogers Clark captures Kaskaskia, a French village south of St. Louis
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1778
|
8-Aug
|
French and American forces besiege Newport, RI
|
|
1778
|
28-Sep
|
The Tappan Massacre ("No Flint" Grey kills 30 Americans by bayonet)
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1778
|
29-Dec
|
The redcoats occupy Savannah
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1779
|
3-Feb
|
Major General Moultrie defeats British detachment at Port Royal Island, SC
|
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1779
|
14-Feb
|
Patriots Andrew Pickens and Elijah Clarke beat Loyalists at Kettle Creek, GA
|
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1779
|
23-Feb
|
American George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (in what is now Indiana) on the Wabash in the Western campaign (Feb 23-24)
|
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1779
|
3-Mar
|
British Lt. Colonel Jacques Marcus Prévost defeats Americans under General John Ashe at Brier Creek, GA
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1779
|
11-May
|
Major General Augustin Prévost breaks his siege when American forces under Major General Lincoln approach (May 11–13)
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1779
|
20-Jun
|
Stono River, SC, Major General Lincoln inflicts extensive British casualties in indecisive battle
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1779
|
21-Jun
|
Spain declares war on Great Britain
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1779
|
8-Jul
|
Fairfield, CT, burned by British
|
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1779
|
11-Jul
|
Norwalk, CT, burned by British
|
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1779
|
15-Jul
|
American "Mad" Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, NY (July 15-16)
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1779
|
19-Aug
|
Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee attacks Paulus Hook, NJ
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1779
|
29-Aug
|
Newtown, NY, after two massacres, American forces burn Indian villages
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1779
|
23-Sep
|
John Paul Jones, aboard the Bonhomme Richard, captures British man-of-war Serapis near English coast
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1779
|
9-Oct
|
American attempt to recapture Savannah, GA fails
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1780
|
12-May
|
British capture Charleston, SC
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1780
|
29-May
|
British crush Americans at Waxhaw Creek, SC
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1780
|
20-Jun
|
Patriots rout Tories at Ramseur's Mill, NC
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1780
|
11-Jul
|
French troops arrive at Newport, RI, to aid the American cause
|
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1780
|
6-Aug
|
Patriots defeat Tories at Hanging Rock, SC
|
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1780
|
16-Aug
|
British rout Americans at Camden, SC
|
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1780
|
23-Sep
|
John André arrested, leading to the exposure of Benedict Arnold's plans to cede West Point to the British
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1780
|
7-Oct
|
King's Mountain, SC ( battle lasts 65 minutes. American troops led by Isaac Shelby and John Sevier defeat Major Patrick Ferguson and one third of General Cornwallis's army)
|
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1780
|
14-Oct
|
Washington names Nathanael Greene commander of the Southern Army
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1781
|
1-Jan
|
Mutiny of unpaid Pennsylvania soldiers
|
|
1781
|
17-Jan
|
American General Daniel Morgan overwhelmingly defeats British Colonel Tarleton at Cowpens, SC
|
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1781
|
1-Feb
|
The Battle of Cowan's Ford, Huntersville, NC
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1781
|
2-Mar
|
Articles of Confederation adopted
|
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1781
|
15-Mar
|
British win costly victory at Guilford Courthouse, NC
|
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1781
|
25-Apr
|
Greene defeated at Hobkirk's Hill, SC
|
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1781
|
15-May
|
British Major Andrew Maxwell cedes Fort Granby, SC to Lieutenant Colonel Henry Lee
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1781
|
6-Jun
|
Americans recapture Augusta, GA
|
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1781
|
18-Jun
|
British hold off Americans at Ninety Six, SC
|
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1781
|
6-Jul
|
"Mad" Anthony Wayne repulsed at Green Springs Farm, VA
|
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1781
|
8-Sep
|
Greene defeated at Eutaw Springs, SC
|
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1781
|
15-Sep
|
French fleet drives British naval force from Chesapeake Bay
|
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1781
|
19-Oct
|
Cornwallis surrounded on land and sea by Americans and French and surrenders at Yorktown, VA
|
|
1782
|
8-Mar
|
Gnadenhutten massacre, a.k.a. the Moravian massacre.
|
|
1782
|
20-Mar
|
Lord North resigns as British prime minister
|
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1782
|
11-Jul
|
British evacuate Savannah, GA
|
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1782
|
30-Nov
|
British and Americans sign preliminary Articles of Peace
|
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1782
|
14-Dec
|
British leave Charleston, SC
|
|
1783
|
19-Apr
|
Congress ratifies preliminary peace treaty
|
|
1783
|
3-Sep
|
The United States and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Paris
|
|
1783
|
25-Nov
|
British troops leave New York City
|
|
1783
|
23-Dec
|
Washington resigns as Commander
|
|
1787
|
17-Sep
|
U.S. Constitution signed
|
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1788
|
21-Jun
|
U.S. Constitution adopted, when New Hampshire ratifies it
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