January 1, 1782 – Loyalists begin leaving America, heading north to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
January 5, 1782 – The British withdraw from North Carolina.
February 27, 1782 – In England, the House of Commons votes against further war in America.
March 5, 1782 – The British Parliament empowers the King to negotiate peace with the United States.
March 7, 1782 – American militiamen massacre 96 Delaware Indians in Ohio in retaliation for Indian raids conducted by other tribes.
March 20, 1782 – British Prime Minister, Lord North, resigns, succeeded two days later by Lord Rockingham who seeks immediate negotiations with the American peace commissioners.
April 4, 1782 – Sir Guy Carleton becomes the new commander of British forces in America, replacing Gen. Clinton. Carleton will implement the new British policy of ending hostilities and withdraw British troops from America.
April 12, 1782 – Peace talks begin in Paris between Ben Franklin and Richard Oswald of Britain.
April 16, 1782 – Gen. Washington establishes American army headquarters at Newburgh, New York.
April 19, 1782 – The Dutch recognize the United States of America as a result of negotiations conducted in the Netherlands by John Adams.
June 11, 1782 – The British evacuate Savannah, Georgia.
June 20, 1782 – Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States of America.
August 19, 1782 – Loyalist and Indian forces attack and defeat American settlers near Lexington, Kentucky.
August 25, 1782 – Mohawk Indian Chief Joseph Brant conducts raids on settlements in Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
August 27, 1782 – The last fighting of the Revolutionary War between Americans and British occurs with a skirmish in South Carolina along the Combahee River.
November 10, 1782 – The final battle of the Revolutionary War occurs as Americans retaliate against Loyalist and Indian forces by attacking a Shawnee Indian village in the Ohio territory.
November 30, 1782 – A preliminary peace treaty is signed in Paris. Terms include recognition of American independence and the boundaries of the United States, along with British withdrawal from America.
December 14, 1782 – The British evacuate Charleston, South Carolina.
December 15, 1782 – In France, strong objections are expressed by the French over the signing of the peace treaty in Paris without America first consulting them. Ben Franklin then soothes their anger with a diplomatic response and prevents a falling out between France and America.