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American Revolution Chronology
THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE (Br.)

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Date
Event
1765
 Stamp Act
1766
 Declaratory Act
1767
 Townshend's American Import Duties Act
1770; 5th March Boston Massacre
1773; 16th December Boston Tea Party
1774; 5th September

Meeting of First Continental Congress
1774; 10th October The Battle of Point Pleasant
1775
19th April Skirmishes at Lexington and Concord (Massachusetts)
19th April Start Siege of Boston (through 17th March 1776)
10th May Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture Ticonderoga (New York)
25th May Howe, Clinton and Burgoyne arrive in Boston (Massachusetts)
17th June Battle of Bunker Hill (Massachusetts)
3rd July George Washington takes command of rebel army investing Boston
28th August - 8th June 1776 American forces wage attacks on Canada
26th September General Gage recalled and Howe takes over command
31st December Arnold and Montgomery lead assault on Quebec (Lower Town)
1776
20th January General Clinton sails South
27th February Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
17th March Boston evacuated by British - ending of Siege of Boston
6th May British garrison in Quebec relieved
8th June Battle of Trois Rivières, marking end of American aggression in Canada
28th June Commodore Parker attacks Sullivan's Island, Charleston (South Carolina)
4th July The Signing of the Declaration of Independence (Philidelphia)
22nd August British land on Long Island (New York)
27th August Battle of Long Island
15th September British enter New York
16th September Battle of Harlem Heights
11th & 12th October Naval Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, Arnold slows British Navy
28th October Battle of White Plains (New York)
26th December Battle of Trenton (New Jersey) Washington crosses the Delaware River
1777
3rd January Battle of Princeton (New Jersey)
13th June through 8th November Saratoga Campaign
6th July Burgoyne captures Ticonderoga (New York)
7th July Battle of Hubbardton (Vermont)
3rd - 23rd August Siege of Fort Stanwix
6th August Battle of Oriskany
16th August Battle of Bennington (New York)
11th September Battle of Brandywine Creek (Pennsylvania)
19th September Battle of Bemis Heights (New York) First Battle of Freeman's Farm
25th September British enter Philadelphia
4th October Battle of Germantown (Pennsylvania)
17th October Burgoyne surrenders to Gates at Saratoga (New York)
1778
4th February Sir Henry Clinton succeeds Howe as Commander-in-Chief
6th February Franco-American treaty of alliance signed
13th April Earl of Carlisle appointed chief of commission to negotiate peace with America
Comte d'Estaing sails from Toulon
May - February 1779 George Rogers Clark campaigns in the Old North West
18th June Clinton withdraws from Philadelphia
28th June Battle of Monmouth Court House (New Jersey)
11th August French fleet dispersed off Rhode Island
29th August Battle of Rhode Island
29th December Archibald Campbell takes Savannah (Georgia)
1779
16th June Spain declares war
June - October American expedition against the Six Nations
16th July Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point (New York)
14th August Admiral Collier disperses American fleet at Penobscot Bay (Maine)
18th August Henry Lee captures Paulus Hook (New Jersey)
7th October British evacuate Rhode Island
8th September - 9th October Siege of Savannah ends in Failure of Franco-American assault
26th December Clinton and Arbuthnot embark for South Carolina
1780
29th March - 12th May Siege of Charleston (South Carolina) ends with British capturing the city
10th July Ternay and Rochambeau land on Rhode Island
16th August Battle of Camden (South Carolina)
14th September Rodney arrives in New York
2nd October Major André hanged at Tappan (New York)
7th October Battle of King's Mountain (South Carolina)
29th October Cornwallis reaches Winnsboro (South Carolina)
30th December General Arnold arrives in Hampton (Virginia) with 1,800 men
1781
4th January General Arnold attacks Richmond (Virginia), scatters Virginia Militia, almost captures Mayor Thomas Jefferson, burns warehouses and retires to Portsmouth
17th January Battle of Cowpens (South Carolina) (AKA Battle of Hannah's Cowpens )
10th March General Lafayette arrives in Virginia and assumes command of American Forces
15th March Battle of Guilford Court House (North Carolina)
16th March French fleet attacked and beaten by British fleet, French return to Newport, British to the Chesapeake, Lafayette returns to Maryland
18th March Gen. Phillips arrives in Virginia, assumes command of British Forces from Arnold
18th April British forces invade the James River (Virginia)
25th April Battle of Petersburg (Virginia) British forces capture Petersburg
25th April Battle of Hobkirk's Hill (South Carolina)
26th April Gen. Phillips destroys Chesterfield Court House (Virginia)
27th April Battle of Osborn's Landing (Virginia) Arnold Destroys Virginia State Navy
22nd May - 19th June

Siege of Ninety Six (SC) - Nathanael Greene abandons siege June 17th
6th July Cornwallis defeats Wayne at James River
5th August De Grasse sails for America
5th September Naval battle of the Capes
8th September Battle of Eutaw Springs (South Carolina)
28th September - 19th October Washington and Rochambeau leave Williamsburg (Virginia)
Begin the Siege of Yorktown (AKA Battle of Yorktown)
19th October Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown (Virginia)
1782
  Negotiations
1783
3rd September Treaty of Paris signed

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