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Chronology of Events<\/h2>\n

Regular type= Crown victory. Bold type= Rebel victory.<\/strong>
Italic type= non-confrontational event or non-decisive battle.<\/em><\/p>\n

{ln:Timeline ‘Revolutionary War 1777-1783}<\/strong>
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Prelude to War<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1760 to 1775<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

1760<\/td>\nKing George III ascends to the throne of England.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1763<\/td>\nTreaty signed between England and France ending the French and Indian War. Canada and the continent east of the Mississippi River added to Great Britain’s growing empire.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1765<\/td>\nParliament passes The Stamp Act as a means to pay for British troops on the American frontier. Colonists violently protest the measure.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1766<\/td>\nMarch 18.<\/strong> Stamp Act repealed, but on the same day parliament passes the Declaratory Act asserting its right to make laws binding on the colonies.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1768<\/td>\nOctober.<\/strong> British troops arrive in Boston to enforce customs laws.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1770<\/td>\nMarch.<\/strong> Four workers shot by British troops stationed in Boston. Patriots label the killings “The Boston Massacre.”<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1773<\/td>\nDecember.<\/strong> Massachusetts patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians protest the British Tea Act by dumping crates of tea into Boston Harbor.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1774<\/td>\nJanuary.<\/strong> The Privy Council reprimands Benjamin Franklin in London for leaking letters damaging to the Royal Governor of Massachusetts. September. First Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The War Begins<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1775<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

April 19<\/td>\n\n

Battles of Lexington & Concord<\/strong>
Shots fired at Lexington and Concord<\/a>. “Minute Men” force British troops back to Boston.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

May 10<\/td>\nGreene captures Ft. Ticonderoga<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 17<\/td>\nBritish take Breeds (Bunker) Hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 3<\/td>\nGeorge Washington takes command<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov. 13<\/td>\nMontgomery occupies Montreal<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec. 9<\/td>\nSkirmish at Great Bridge, Virginia<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec. 31<\/td>\nAmericans lose attack on Quebec<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1776<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

January<\/td>\nThomas Paine’s Common Sense published. Becomes an instant best seller and pushes the colonies closer to independence.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar. 17<\/td>\nBritish evacuate Boston<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 21<\/td>\nSiege of Charleston, South Carolina<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 28<\/td>\nSullivan’s Island repels invasion<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 4<\/td>\nThomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence ratified by the Congress.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July<\/td>\nA huge British force arrives in New York harbor bent on crushing the rebellion.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 27<\/td>\nContinentals defeated at Long Island<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 16<\/td>\nBattle of Harlem Heights, New York<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 28<\/td>\nBattle of White Plains, New York<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov. 16<\/td>\nBritish capture Fort Washington<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov. 20<\/td>\nFort Lee abandoned to British<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec. 26<\/td>\nWashington’s victory at Trenton<\/strong>
Washington crosses the Delaware River and captures a Hessian force at Trenton, New Jersey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
December<\/td>\nIn desperate need of financing and arms, Congress sends Benjamin Franklin to France to urge the French to ally with America.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1777<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

Jan. 3<\/td>\nBattle of Princeton<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 5<\/td>\nContinental Army evacuates Ticonderoga
A British force led by John Burgoyne takes Fort Ticonderoga in a devastating loss to the Americans. The Marquis de Lafayette arrives in America.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 6<\/td>\nBattle of Oriskany, New York<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 16<\/td>\nGermans defeated at Bennington<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 11<\/td>\nWashington’s Army is routed at Brandywine, Pennsylvania<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 19<\/td>\nBurgoyne defeated at Freeman’s Farm, New York<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 21<\/td>\nBritish surprise Continentals in a night attack near Paoli Tavern<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 26<\/td>\nGeneral Howe seizes Philadelphia<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 4<\/td>\nWashington defeated at Germantown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 7<\/td>\nBurgoyne’s advance stopped at Bemis Heights<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 17<\/td>\nBurgoyne surrenders at Saratoga<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov. 8<\/td>\nBritish evacuate Ticonderoga<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov. 15<\/td>\nContinentals evacuate Fort Mifflin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec. 19<\/td>\nWashington encamps at Valley Forge<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1778<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

Feb. 6<\/td>\nFrance joins the war effort by signing treaty of American alliance<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 28<\/td>\nBattle of Monmouth<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 4<\/td>\nGeorge Rogers Clark captures Kaskaskia<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 29<\/td>\nBattle of Rhode Island<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec. 29<\/td>\nBritish occupy Savanna, Georgia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1779<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

Feb. 24<\/td>\nGeorge Rogers Clark recaptures Vincennes<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 8<\/td>\nSpain enters the war on the side of America<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 15<\/td>\nContinentals take Stony Point,<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 9<\/td>\nFrench and Americans stopped at Savanna<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1780<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

May 12<\/td>\nCharleston, South Carolina finally taken after long siege<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 11<\/td>\nFrench troops arrive in Newport, Rhode Island<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 16<\/td>\nAmericans defeated at {ln:Camden}, South Carolina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 25<\/td>\nBenedict Arnold defects to the British<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 7<\/td>\nBritish defeated at {ln:Kings Mountain}<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1781<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

Jan. 1<\/td>\nThe Pennsylvania line mutinies<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan. 17<\/td>\nDaniel Morgan defeats the British at (ln:Cowpens}<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar. 15<\/td>\nBattle of {ln:Guilford Courthouse}<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 25<\/td>\nGreene pushed back at Hobkirk’s Hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 29<\/td>\nLoyalist victory at Deep River, North Carolina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 5<\/td>\nFrench fleet takes Chesapeake Bay<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. .8<\/td>\nBritish hold Eutaw Springs, S. Carolina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 26<\/td>\n{ln:Siege of Yorktown} begins<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct .19<\/td>\nCornwallis surrenders at Yorktown<\/strong>
A miraculous convergence of American and French forces traps Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia. He surrenders his British army.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1782<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

June 4<\/td>\nCrawford defeated at Sandusky<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 11<\/td>\nSavannah evacuated by British<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 19<\/td>\nAmericans defeated at Blue Licks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov. 30<\/td>\nPreliminary peace treaty signed in Paris<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec. 14<\/td>\nBritish evacuate Charleston<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1783<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

April 3<\/td>\nLoyalists and militia battle at Tuckertown, NJ<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 19<\/td>\nCongress declares end of hostilities<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 3<\/td>\nFinal peace treaty signed in Paris<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov. 25<\/td>\nBritish evacuate New York<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec. 23<\/td>\nGeorge Washington retires from command<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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