Pierre de Rigaud, Governor of New France, capitulates to Field Marshal Jeffrey Amherst. This ends most fighting in North America between France and Gr...

Tags: French and Indian War, Seven Years' War, Canada, British Empire, Military, Amherst

King George II of Great Britain dies and is succeeded by his grandson George III

Tags: British Monarchy, King George III, Governance, Succession, Political Leadership

The Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Years' War, called in North America the French and Indian War. France cedes most of its territories in North Americ...

Tags: French and Indian War, Seven Years' War, Treaty, Territorial Disputes, Diplomacy, British Empire

Royal Proclamation of 1763 establishes royal control in territories newly ceded by France. To prevent further violence between White settlers and Nati...

Tags: Proclamation, Native Americans, Western Expansion, British Policy, Colonial Boundaries, Land Rights

The Sugar Act, intended to raise revenues, and the Currency Act, prohibiting the colonies from issuing paper money, are passed by Parliament. These Ac...

Tags: Sugar Act, Currency Act, Taxation, British Policy, Economic Grievances, Colonial Resistance

Parliament enacts the Stamp Act to impose control and help defray the cost of keeping troops in America to control the colonists, imposing a tax on ma...

Tags: Stamp Act, Taxation, Colonial Resistance, Virginia Resolves, Patrick Henry, British Policy, Representation

Parliament enacts the Quartering Act, requiring the Colonies to provide housing, food, and other provisions to British troops. The act is resisted or ...

Tags: Quartering Act, British Troops, Colonial Resistance, British Policy, New York, Military

Delegates from nine colonies attend the Stamp Act Congress which adopts a Declaration of Rights and Grievances and petitions Parliament and the king t...

Tags: Stamp Act Congress, Declaration of Rights and Grievances, Colonial Unity, Resistance, Political Action, Representation

British Parliament repeals the unpopular Stamp Act but simultaneously issues the Declaratory Act, Parliament asserts its "full power and authority to ...

Tags: Stamp Act Repeal, Declaratory Act, British Policy, Taxation, Parliamentary Authority, Colonial Resistance

Liberty pole erected in New York City commons in celebration of the Stamp Act repeal. An intermittent skirmish with the British garrison over the remo...

Tags: Liberty Pole, Sons of Liberty, New York, Colonial Resistance, Symbolism, Protest

Parliament aims to assert its right to tax the American colonies after the failure of the Sugar Act and Stamp Act. The Townshend Acts, named for Chanc...

Tags: Townshend Acts, Taxation, British Policy, Colonial Grievances, Charles Townshend, Resistance

To the Betrayed Inhabitants of the City and Colony of New York broadside published anonymously by local Son of Liberty Alexander McDougall

Tags: Propaganda, Sons of Liberty, Alexander McDougall, Colonial Propaganda, Political Discourse, Ideology

Golden Hill incident in New York involving the Sons of Liberty; British troops wound civilians, including one death

Tags: Golden Hill, Sons of Liberty, British Troops, Violence, New York, Military

Lord North becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain

Tags: Lord North, Prime Minister, British Government, Political Leadership, Governance, Policy

Shooting of Christopher Seider

Tags: Christopher Seider, Violence, Protest, Boston, Precursors to Revolution, Tensions

Boston Massacre

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Battle of Alamance in North Carolina

Tags: North Carolina, Regulators, Colonial Conflict, Rural Uprising, Internal Strife, Pre-Revolution, Taxation, Governor Tryon

Pine Tree Riot, New Hampshire colonists' resistance to royal regulations on the cutting of pine trees

Tags: New Hampshire, Colonial Resistance, Timber, Royal Authority, Resource Control, Smuggling, Economic Grievances, Colonial Rights

Gaspee Affair

Tags: Rhode Island, British Navy, Smuggling, Resistance to Authority, Providence, Colonial Outrage, Enforcement, Pre-Revolution

Somerset v Stewart A British court ruling confirms that there is nothing in English common law that supports slavery in England

Tags: Slavery, English Law, Abolitionism, Legal Precedent, Human Rights, Ideology, Moral Debate

James Rivington's New-York Gazetteer begins publication

Tags: New York, Media, Propaganda, Freedom of the Press, Public Opinion, Colonial Journalism, Communication, James Rivington

Parliament passes the Tea Act, requiring the colonies to buy tea solely from the East India Company rather than a variety of sources now deemed illega...

Tags: Tea, Taxation, East India Company, Monopoly, Colonial Trade, Boycott, Economic Policy, British Parliament, Political Protest

Association of the Sons of Liberty in New York published by local Sons of Liberty

Tags: New York, Sons of Liberty, Political Organization, Colonial Resistance, Boycotts, Activism, Propaganda, Colonial Unity

Boston Tea Party

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Benjamin Franklin, Massachusetts' agent in London, is ridiculed before Parliament[2]

Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Parliament, Public Humiliation, Political Scandal, Colonial Agent, Reputation, British Authority, Propaganda

British pass Intolerable Acts, including: Boston Port Act Administration of Justice Act Massachusetts Government Act A second Quartering Act Quebec Ac...

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Boston Port Act

Tags: Intolerable Acts, Massachusetts, Boston, Economic Sanctions, British Policy, American Revolution, Coercive Acts

Administration of Justice Act

Tags: Intolerable Acts, British Policy, Justice System, Colonial Courts, American Revolution, Coercive Acts, Massachusetts

Massachusetts Government Act

Tags: Intolerable Acts, British Policy, Colonial Governance, Massachusetts, Royal Authority, American Revolution, Coercive Acts

A second Quartering Act

Tags: Intolerable Acts, Quartering, British Army, Housing, Colonial Grievances, Massachusetts, Military Presence, Political Tension

Quebec Act set the terms for the governance of territory won from France in the French and Indian War; continuation of French civil law and government...

Tags: British Policy, Colonial Governance, French and Indian War, Territorial Disputes, Ohio Valley, Catholicism, Intolerable Acts, American Revolution

Powder Alarm, General Gage's secret raid on the Cambridge powder magazine

Tags: Early Resistance, Military Actions, Massachusetts, General Gage, Colonial Militias, Escalation, Arms, American Revolution

Suffolk Resolves, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Tags: Massachusetts, Local Resistance, Radicalism, Intolerable Acts, Colonial Governance, Early Resistance, American Revolution, Political Protest

First Continental Congress,; 12 colonies send delegates; major actions: Joseph Galloway's Plan of Union debated September 1774, calling for the creati...

Tags: Colonial Unity, Continental Congress, Declaration of Rights, Continental Association, Joseph Galloway, Intolerable Acts, Colonial Governance, Resistance, American Revolution

Declaration and Resolves, also known as Declaration of Rights[4]

Tags: Colonial Rights, Declaration, Grievances, Continental Congress, Resistance, American Revolution, Political Philosophy

Burning of the Peggy Stewart in Annapolis, Maryland for contravening calls to boycott British tea landings, "the Annapolis teaparty"

Tags: Tea Boycott, Maryland, Popular Protest, Resistance, American Revolution, Economic Resistance, Annapolis, British Goods

Continental Association[5]

Tags: Boycott, Colonial Unity, Economic Warfare, Continental Congress, Non-Importation, Resistance Movement

Petition to the King to repeal the Intolerable Acts; rejected by George III

Tags: Petition, King George III, Intolerable Acts, Colonial Grievances, Diplomatic Failure, American Revolution

Greenwich Tea Party

Tags: Tea Boycott, New Jersey, Resistance, American Revolution, Economic Resistance, British Goods

Conciliatory Resolution in Parliament

Tags: Parliament, Conciliation, British Policy, American Colonies, Taxation, Compromise

Paul Revere's Midnight Ride

Tags: Massachusetts, Intelligence, Warning, Lexington and Concord, Colonial Militia, Paul Revere

Battles of Lexington and Concord, followed by the Siege of Boston, outbreak of armed conflict

Tags: Lexington, Concord, First Shots, Armed Conflict, British Army, Colonial Militia, Siege of Boston

Gunpowder Incident, Virginia

Tags: Virginia, Colonial Resistance, Lord Dunmore, Military Supplies, Gunpowder, Tensions

Skenesboro, New York captured by Lieutenant Samuel Herrick

Tags: New York, Military Action, Lieutenant Samuel Herrick, Fort, Colonial Victory, Early Battles

Fort Ticonderoga captured by Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold and the Green Mountain Boys, American victory

Tags: Fort Ticonderoga, Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold, Green Mountain Boys, Military Victory, Strategic Importance

Second Continental Congress meets

Tags: Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence, Government Formation, Colonial Unity, George Washington, American Revolution

Battle of Machias

Tags: Maine, Naval Battle, Colonial Victory, British Navy, Early Battles, Maritime Conflict

Continental Army created by Congress with George Washington of Virginia as commanding general

Tags: Continental Army, George Washington, Military Leadership, Formation of Army, American Revolution, Second Continental Congress

Battle of Bunker Hill, Boston, pyrrhic British victory with large losses

Tags: Bunker Hill, Boston, British Victory, Pyrrhic Victory, Military Tactics, American Casualties

Washington arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts to take command of the Continental Army

Tags: Cambridge, George Washington, Continental Army, Military Command, Siege of Boston, Early Leadership

Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms issued

Tags: Declaration, Causes of Revolution, Justification of Arms, Second Continental Congress, Propaganda, American Identity

Olive Branch Petition sent to King George III

Tags: Olive Branch Petition, King George III, Diplomacy, Reconciliation, Second Continental Congress, Last Attempt at Peace

King George III issues a proclamation declaring the colonies in rebellion

Tags: King George III, Proclamation, Rebellion, Colonial Crisis, British Empire, American Revolution, Declaration of Independence, Political Tensions

Continental Navy established by the Second Continental Congress

Tags: Continental Congress, Navy, Naval Warfare, American Navy, Military Organization, Second Continental Congress, War Effort, Early Governance

Dunmore's Proclamation issued by Virginia royal governor Lord Dunmore, offering freedom to enslaved men held by rebel masters if they fight for the Br...

Tags: Lord Dunmore, Proclamation, Slavery, African Americans, Loyalists, British Policy, Military Recruitment, Social Impact

Continental Marines established by Continental Congress. They would become the modern day United States Marine Corps

Tags: Continental Congress, Marines, Military, Armed Forces, United States Marine Corps, Military Organization, War Effort, Early Governance

Battle of Kemp's Landing

Tags: Battle, Kemp's Landing, Virginia, Military Conflict, Early Battles, American Revolution, Warfare, Local Conflict

Siege of Savage's Old Fields

Tags: Siege, Savage's Old Fields, Military Conflict, Battles, South Carolina, American Revolution, Warfare, Local Conflict

Battle of Great Bridge

Tags: Battle, Great Bridge, Virginia, Military Victory, American Victory, American Revolution, Warfare, British Defeat

Burning of Norfolk

Tags: Norfolk, Burning, Military Action, Virginia, Destruction, American Revolution, Warfare, Loyalist Sentiment

New Hampshire ratifies the first state constitution

Tags: New Hampshire, Constitution, State Governance, Early Governance, American Independence, American Revolution, Political Development, Self-Governance

Publication of Common Sense by Thomas Paine. It becomes a runaway bestseller, convincing many colonists that independence was the only course

Tags: Thomas Paine, Common Sense, Pamphlet, Propaganda, American Independence, Ideology, Revolutionary Thought, Public Opinion

Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge

Tags: Battle, Moore's Creek Bridge, North Carolina, Loyalist Defeat, American Victory, American Revolution, Warfare, Military Strategy

Battle of the Rice Boats

Tags: Battle, Rice Boats, South Carolina, Naval Action, Early Naval Engagements, American Revolution, Warfare, Naval Warfare

Battle of Nassau

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Fortification of Dorchester Heights results in British forces evacuating Boston

Tags: Dorchester Heights, Fortification, Siege, Boston, Military Strategy, American Revolution, Warfare, British Evacuation

British evacuate Boston

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The Continental Army departs its first winter encampment at Cambridge, Massachusetts

Tags: Continental Army, Military Movements, Early War, Massachusetts, George Washington, Encampment

Congress opens American ports to trade with all other nations except Britain

Tags: Continental Congress, Trade, Economic Warfare, Embargo, British Empire, International Relations

Pennsylvania Provincial Conference

Tags: Pennsylvania, Provincial Congress, Colonial Governance, State Formation, Local Government, Early Republic

Battle of Sullivan's Island

Tags: Battle, Charleston, South Carolina, Naval Battle, Early War, Fort Moultrie

Thomas Hickey hanged for role in plot to assassinate George Washington. British Colonial Loyalist New York Mayor David Mathews previously arrested in ...

Tags: Espionage, Conspiracy, George Washington, Loyalists, New York City, Military Justice

Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet

Tags: Battle, New Jersey, Early War, Naval skirmish, Local Conflict, Cape May

Declaration of Independence - Second Continental Congress enacts a resolution declaring independence from the British Empire

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Largest assembly of British naval fleet in history commences off the coasts of Staten Island, Brooklyn and New Jersey

Tags: British Navy, New York, Military Buildup, Naval Power, Strategic Importance, War Preparation

Declaration of Independence - Second Continental Congress approves the written "United States Declaration of Independence"

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Sons of Liberty topple the statue of King George III in Bowling Green

Tags: Sons of Liberty, New York City, Symbolic Protest, Anti-British Sentiment, Revolutionary Symbolism, Public Demonstration

Battle of Long Island, a.k.a. Battle of Brooklyn - British victory; British occupation of New York for the duration of the war.

Tags: Battle, New York, British Victory, Military Campaign, George Washington, Tactical Defeat

Staten Island Peace Conference

Tags: Peace Negotiations, Diplomacy, Staten Island, Benjamin Franklin, Unsuccessful Negotiations, British Offer

Landing at Kip's Bay

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Battle of Harlem Heights

Tags: Battle, New York, American Victory, Military Campaign, George Washington, Turning Point

Great Fire of New York

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Nathan Hale captured and executed for espionage

Tags: Espionage, Military Intelligence, American Patriots, British Army, New York, Spies, Martyrdom

Battle of Valcour Island

Tags: Naval Battle, Lake Champlain, Continental Navy, British Navy, Benedict Arnold, Invasion, New York, Early War

Battle of Pell's Point

Tags: New York, British Army, American Militia, Minor Battles, Tactical Retreat, Warfare, Skirmish

Battle of White Plains

Tags: New York, British Army, Continental Army, George Washington, Strategic Retreat, Warfare, Early Battles, Tactical Victory

Battle of Fort Cumberland

Tags: British Army, Nova Scotia, Siege, American Privateers, Naval Raids, Canada, Maritime Conflict

Battle of Fort Washington

Tags: New York, British Victory, Continental Army, Loss of Life, Prisoners of War, Tactical Defeat, Military Strategy

Battle of Fort Lee

Tags: New Jersey, Continental Army, British Army, Retreat, Military Strategy, Evacuation, Early War

Ambush of Geary

Tags: Guerrilla Warfare, New Jersey, American Militia, British Army, Skirmish, Early Tactics

Battle of Iron Works Hill

Tags: New Jersey, Continental Army, British Army, Minor Battles, Early Winter, Military Movement

Battle of Trenton

Tags: New Jersey, Continental Army, Hessians, George Washington, Surprise Attack, Turning Point, Military Victory, Moral Booster

Battle of the Assunpink Creek, also known as the Second Battle of Trenton

Tags: New Jersey, Continental Army, British Army, George Washington, Military Strategy, Battle, River Crossing, Tactical Advantage

Battle of Princeton

Tags: New Jersey, Continental Army, British Army, George Washington, Military Victory, Turning Point, Military Strategy, Tactical Manuever

Continental Army enters second winter encampment of the war at Morristown

Tags: Morristown, New Jersey, Continental Army, Winter Encampment, Military Strategy, Logistics, Warfare, Survival

Forage War: Battle of Millstone Battle of Drake's Farm Battle of Quibbletown Battle of Spanktown

Tags: New Jersey, Foraging, Continental Army, British Army, Skirmishes, Logistics, Guerrilla Warfare, Resource Management

Battle of Millstone

Tags: New Jersey, Forage War, Continental Army, British Army, Minor Battles, Tactical Movement

Battle of Millstone

Tags: Battle, New Jersey, Foraging, American Victory, Skirmish, American Revolution

Battle of Drake's Farm

Tags: Battles, New Jersey, Continental Army, British Army, Skirmishes, Military Tactics

Battle of Drake's Farm

Tags: Battle, New Jersey, Skirmish, British Raid, American Militia, American Revolution

Battle of Quibbletown

Tags: Battles, New Jersey, Continental Army, British Army, Skirmishes, Military Maneuvers

Battle of Quibbletown

Tags: Battle, New Jersey, Skirmish, British Raid, American Militia, American Victory, American Revolution

Battle of Spanktown

Tags: Battles, New Jersey, Continental Army, British Army, Skirmishes

Battle of Spanktown

Tags: Battle, New Jersey, Skirmish, Militia, American Revolution

Battle of Bound Brook

Tags: Battles, New Jersey, Continental Army, British Army, Surprise Attack, Military Tactics

British regulars, under Major General William Tryon, burn and loot Danbury, Connecticut

Tags: Raids, Connecticut, British Army, Loyalist, Destruction, Military Logistics

Battle of Ridgefield

Tags: Battles, Connecticut, Continental Army, British Army, Militia, Military Engagement

Battle of Thomas Creek

Tags: Battles, Florida, American Revolution in Florida, British Army, Skirmishes, Colonial Conflict

Meigs Raid

Tags: Raids, Long Island, Continental Army, British, Amphibious Assault, Military Tactics

Battle of Short Hills

Tags: Battles, New Jersey, Continental Army, British Army, Military Engagement, Skirmishes

Fort Ticonderoga abandoned by the Americans due to advancing British troops placing cannon on Mount Defiance

Tags: Military Strategy, New York, British Army, Forts, Retreat, Strategic Importance

British retake Fort Ticonderoga

Tags: Military Strategy, New York, British Army, Forts, Military Victory, Strategic Importance

Battle of Hubbardton

Tags: Battles, Vermont, Continental Army, British Army, Rearguard Action, Military Tactics

Battle of Fort Anne

Tags: Battles, New York, Continental Army, British Army, Skirmishes, Military Engagement

Delegates in Vermont, which was not one of the Thirteen Colonies, establish a republic and adopt a constitution, the first in what is now the territor...

Tags: Constitutions, Vermont, Slavery, Abolition, Governance, Early American Republic

Siege of Fort Stanwix

Tags: Sieges, New York, Continental Army, British Army, Iroquois Confederacy, Frontier Warfare

Battle of Oriskany

Tags: Battle, New York, Iroquois Confederacy, St. Leger, Patriots, Loyalists, Frontier Warfare, American Revolution

Battle of Machias

Tags: Naval Battle, Maine, British Navy, Privateers, American Victory, Coastal Warfare, American Revolution

Battle of Bennington

Tags: Battle, Vermont, Burgoyne Campaign, American Victory, Militia, German Mercenaries, Turning Point, American Revolution

Battle of Staten Island

Tags: Battle, Staten Island, British Troops, Skirmish, New York, Raiding, American Revolution

Siege of Fort Henry

Tags: Siege, West Virginia, Native American Attacks, Frontier Defense, American Revolution

Battle of Cooch's Bridge

Tags: Battle, Delaware, Early Battles, American Defeat, Brandywine Campaign, American Revolution

Battle of Brandywine

Tags: Battle, Pennsylvania, Washington, British Victory, Philadelphia Campaign, American Defeat, American Revolution

Battle of the Clouds

Tags: Battle, Pennsylvania, Rain, Military maneuvers, American Revolution

Battle of Paoli

Tags: Massacre, Pennsylvania, British Victory, Night Attack, Controversy, Philadelphia Campaign, American Revolution

British occupation of Philadelphia

Tags: Occupation, Pennsylvania, British Strategy, Philadelphia Campaign, Winter Quarters, American Revolution

Battle of Germantown

Tags: Battle, Pennsylvania, Washington, American Attack, American Defeat, Philadelphia Campaign, American Revolution

Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery

Tags: Battles, Hudson River, New York, British Army, American Revolution, Military Strategy, Forts, Continental Army

Battle of Red Bank

Tags: Battles, Delaware River, New Jersey, British Army, American Revolution, Military Strategy, Fortifications, Continental Army

Articles of Confederation adopted by the Second Continental Congress

Tags: Articles of Confederation, Continental Congress, Governance, Early Republic, Constitution, United States, Federalism, Political Development

Capture of Fort Mifflin, and Fort Mercer,

Tags: Battles, Forts, Philadelphia Campaign, British Army, American Revolution, Military Strategy, Sieges, Continental Army

Battle of Gloucester

Tags: Battles, New Jersey, British Army, American Revolution, Military Tactics, Continental Army

Battle of Matson's Ford

Tags: Battles, Pennsylvania, American Revolution, Military Tactics, Continental Army, British Army, Valley Forge

Rivington's Gazetter renamed Royal Gazette

Tags: Propaganda, Newspapers, Loyalists, British, American Revolution, Media, Freedom of the Press

American alliance with France with Treaty of Amity and Commerce and Treaty of Alliance

Tags: Treaties, France, Alliance, Diplomacy, International Relations, American Revolution, Foreign Aid, French Revolution

France is the first foreign country to recognise the flag of the United States, on the ship of John Paul Jones

Tags: Recognition, France, Diplomacy, Flag, American Revolution, Symbolism, John Paul Jones, International Relations

France declares war on Great Britain, starting the Anglo-French War and formally allying with the United States

Tags: Anglo-French War, France, War Declaration, Diplomacy, American Revolution, Great Britain, International Relations, European Politics

Battle of Quinton's Bridge

Tags: Battles, New Jersey, American Revolution, Military Tactics, Continental Army, British Army

John Paul Jones, in command of the Ranger, attacks Whitehaven in England, America's first naval engagement outside North America

Tags: Naval Warfare, John Paul Jones, Whitehaven, British Isles, American Revolution, Ranger, Privateering, Maritime History

The Great Chain across the Hudson is completed

Tags: Hudson River, Chain, Military Engineering, Fortifications, American Revolution, Continental Army, Military Strategy, Defense

Battle of Crooked Billet

Tags: Battles, Pennsylvania, American Revolution, Military Tactics, Continental Army, British Army

Battle of Barren Hill

Tags: Battles, Pennsylvania, American Revolution, Military Tactics, Continental Army, British Army, Marquis de Lafayette

Battle of Cobleskill

Tags: Battles, New York, Frontier Warfare, American Revolution, British Army, Continental Army

British forces withdraw from Philadelphia

Tags: Philadelphia, British Army, Strategic Withdrawal, American Revolution, Pennsylvania, Continental Army

Battle of Monmouth

Tags: Battles, New Jersey, American Revolution, British Army, Continental Army, George Washington, Military Strategy

Battle of Wyoming

Tags: Battles, Pennsylvania, American Revolution, Frontier Warfare, Massacre, Iroquois Confederacy

Battle of Ushant

Tags: Naval Battles, English Channel, American Revolution, Franco-American Alliance, Royal Navy, French Navy

Battle of Rhode Island

Tags: Battles, Rhode Island, American Revolution, Naval Warfare, French Navy, Continental Army

Baylor Massacre

Tags: Massacres, New Jersey, American Revolution, British Army, Continental Army, Violence

Battle of Chestnut Neck

Tags: Battles, New Jersey, American Revolution, Privateers, British Army

Affair at Little Egg Harbor

Tags: New Jersey, American Revolution, Massacre, British Army, Continental Army

Cherry Valley massacre

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Capture of Savannah, British successfully launch their southern strategy

Tags: Savannah, Georgia, American Revolution, Southern Strategy, British Army, Military Strategy

Battle of Kettle Creek

Tags: Battles, Georgia, American Revolution, Loyalists, Continental Army

Siege of Fort Vincennes

Tags: Sieges, Indiana, American Revolution, George Rogers Clark, Frontier Warfare, British Army

Chesapeake raid

Tags: Raids, Virginia, American Revolution, British Navy, Naval Warfare

Battle of Stono Ferry

Tags: Battles, South Carolina, American Revolution, British Army, Continental Army

Spain declares war on Great Britain to recover Gibraltar and Minorca, and to support the American Revolution

Tags: Spain, France, International Relations, Alliance, European Powers, Gibraltar, Minorca, War Declaration

Tryon's division lands in East Haven, Connecticut, met with spirited resistance from a band of local militia, take Black Rock Fort

Tags: British Raids, Connecticut, Militia, Coastal Raids, Tryon, Black Rock Fort, Skirmish, Local Resistance

Tryon's division lands in East Haven, Connecticut, met with spirited resistance from a band of local militia, take Black Rock Fort

Tags: British Raids, Connecticut, Militia, Coastal Raids, Tryon, Black Rock Fort, Skirmish, Local Resistance

Battle of Fairfield destroys 54 barns, 47 storehouses, burned 83 homes, two churches, and municipal buildings including a schoolhouse, the courthouse ...

Tags: British Raids, Connecticut, Destruction, Coastal Raids, Tryon, Property Damage, Arson, Military Campaign

Battle of Fairfield destroys 54 barns, 47 storehouses, burned 83 homes, two churches, and municipal buildings including a schoolhouse, the courthouse ...

Tags: British Raids, Connecticut, Destruction, Coastal Raids, Tryon, Property Damage, Arson, Military Campaign

Battle of Stony Point

Tags: Military Victory, New York, Anthony Wayne, Fort, Assault, American Offensive, Strategy, Guerilla Warfare

Battle of Minisink

Tags: New York, Sullivan Expedition, Native American Allies, Iroquois Confederacy, Ambush, Colonial Militia, Retaliation

Battle of Paulus Hook

Tags: New Jersey, Light Horse Harry Lee, Night Attack, British Outpost, Raid, Intelligence, Fortification, Military Tactics

Sullivan Expedition Battle of Newtown

Tags: New York, Sullivan Expedition, Iroquois Confederacy, Retaliation, Native American Allies, Military Campaign, Frontier Warfare

Battle of Newtown

Tags: New York, Sullivan Expedition, Iroquois Confederacy, Retaliation, Native American Allies, Military Campaign, Frontier Warfare

Battle of Newtown

Tags: New York, Sullivan Expedition, Iroquois Confederacy, Retaliation, Native American Allies, Military Campaign, Frontier Warfare

Battle of Baton Rouge

Tags: Louisiana, Spanish Conquest, Bernardo de Gálvez, Southern Theater, West Florida, Territorial Control, Military Strategy

Battle of Flamborough Head

Tags: Naval Battle, John Paul Jones, Royal Navy, Sea Warfare, English Channel, Bonhomme Richard, Military Strategy

Congress establishes the Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture to provide for final adjudication of appeals from state court prize cases involving disp...

Tags: Congress, Prize Cases, Admiralty Law, Court System, Maritime Law, War of Independence, Legal System

Battle of Cape St. Vincent

Tags: Naval Battle, Royal Navy, Spanish Navy, Portugal, Sea Warfare, Gibraltar, Military Strategy

A stockade known as Fort Nashborough is founded on the banks of the Cumberland River. Two years later, the site is renamed Nashville

Tags: Settlement, Frontier, Expansion, Tennessee, Pioneers, Westward Movement

Some 8,000 British forces under General Henry Clinton arrive in Charleston, South Carolina, from New York

Tags: British Army, Charleston, South Carolina, Military Campaign, General Clinton, Siege, Warfare

New York cedes to Congress its western claims, including territory west of Lake Ontario. In 1792, New York will sell the Erie Triangle to Pennsylvania

Tags: Land Claims, New York, Congress, Western Territories, Territorial Disputes, Governance, Erie Triangle

Battle of Young's House

Tags: Battle, Military Action, New Jersey, Warfare, Continental Army, Revolutionary War

Bombardment of Fort Charlotte, after a two-week siege, Spanish general, colonial governor of Louisiana, and Viceroy of New Spain Bernardo de Gálvez ca...

Tags: Spanish, Fort Charlotte, Mobile, Louisiana, Bernardo de Gálvez, Siege, West Florida, British

Siege of Charleston British Army troops under General Henry Clinton and naval forces under Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot besiege Charleston, South Carolina...

Tags: Siege, Charleston, British Army, American Surrender, General Lincoln, British Victory, Military Campaign, South Carolina

British Army troops under General Henry Clinton and naval forces under Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot besiege Charleston, South Carolina. British ships sail...

Tags: Siege, Charleston, British Army, Naval Forces, General Clinton, Admiral Arbuthnot, South Carolina, Military Campaign

British Army troops under General Henry Clinton and naval forces under Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot besiege Charleston, South Carolina. British ships sail...

Tags: Siege, Military, Charleston, South Carolina, British Army, Naval Blockade, American Revolution, Southern Campaign

Battle of Monck's Corner

Tags: Battle, South Carolina, Military Action, Warfare, Continental Army, Revolutionary War

Battle of Monck's Corner

Tags: Battle, Military, South Carolina, American Revolution, British Army, Continental Army, Southern Campaign, Cavalry

Battle of Lenud's Ferry

Tags: Battle, South Carolina, Military Action, Warfare, Continental Army, Revolutionary War

Battle of Lenud's Ferry

Tags: Battle, Military, South Carolina, American Revolution, British Army, Continental Army, Southern Campaign, Guerrilla Warfare

Fort Moultrie falls to the British

Tags: Fort Moultrie, British Victory, Charleston, South Carolina, Siege, British Army, Warfare

Fort Moultrie falls to the British

Tags: Military, Fort Moultrie, Charleston, South Carolina, British Army, American Revolution, Siege, Southern Campaign

American General Benjamin Lincoln surrenders Charleston to the British. The British lose 255 men while capturing a large American garrison

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American General Benjamin Lincoln surrenders Charleston to the British. The British lose 255 men while capturing a large American garrison

Tags: Surrender, Military, Charleston, South Carolina, British Army, American Revolution, Siege, Southern Campaign, Benjamin Lincoln

Battle of Waxhaws; a clash between Continental Army forces under Abraham Buford and a mainly Loyalist force led by Banastre Tarleton occurs near Lanca...

Tags: Battle, Waxhaws, Banastre Tarleton, Abraham Buford, South Carolina, Guerrilla Warfare, Military Action, Warfare

Alexander's Old Field in Beckhamville, South Carolina

Tags: Minor engagement, South Carolina, Local skirmish, Revolutionary War, Warfare

Battle of Connecticut Farms

Tags: Battle, New Jersey, Warfare, Military Action, Continental Army, Revolutionary War

Battle of Mobley's Meeting House

Tags: Battle, South Carolina, Military Action, Warfare, Continental Army, Revolutionary War

Battle of Ramsour's Mill

Tags: Battles, American Revolution, North Carolina, Militia, Patriots, Loyalists, Southern Theater

Battle of Springfield; with the attempted British invasion of New Jersey stopped at Connecticut Farms and Springfield, major fighting in the North end...

Tags: Battles, American Revolution, New Jersey, British Army, Continental Army, Northern Theater, Military Campaign

Robert Morris is appointed Superintendent of Finance, a post akin to Prime Minister, by Congress

Tags: Governance, Continental Congress, Finance, Robert Morris, Economic Policy, American Revolution, Leadership

Expédition Particulière

Tags: Naval Warfare, French Navy, American Revolution, Rhode Island, Allied Forces, Military Expedition

Battle of Williamson's Plantation

Tags: Battles, American Revolution, South Carolina, Militia, Guerrilla Warfare, Southern Theater

Battle of Bull's Ferry

Tags: Battles, American Revolution, New Jersey, Loyalists, British Army, Fortification

Battle of Colson's Mill

Tags: Battles, American Revolution, South Carolina, Militia, Southern Theater, Military Actions

Battle of Rocky Mount

Tags: Battles, American Revolution, South Carolina, Militia, Southern Theater, Siege

Battle of Hanging Rock

Tags: Battles, American Revolution, South Carolina, Militia, Southern Theater, Guerrilla Warfare, Partisan Warfare

Battle of Piqua

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Battle of Camden, British General Cornwallis gains a humiliating victory over Gates in South Carolina

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Battle of Fishing Creek

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Battle of Musgrove Mill

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Battle of Black Mingo

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Battle of Wahab's Plantation

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Major John André captured and the treason of Benedict Arnold is exposed

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Battle of Charlotte

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John André executed as a spy

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Battle of Kings Mountain

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Royalton Raid

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Battle of Klock's Field

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Battle of Fishdam Ford

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Battle of Blackstock's Farm

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Pennsylvania Line Mutiny

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Raid on Richmond

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Battle of Cowpens

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Pompton Mutiny

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Battle of Cowan's Ford

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Pyle's Massacre

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Articles of Confederation ratified

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Skirmish at Waters Creek

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Battle of Guilford Court House

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Battle of Cape Henry

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Battle of Blandford

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Battle of Hobkirk's Hill

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Action at Osborne's

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Siege of Fort Motte

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Raid of Point of Fork

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Battle of Spencer's Ordinary

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Battle of Green Spring

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Francisco's Fight

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Battle of the Chesapeake

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Battle of Groton Heights

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Battle of Eutaw Springs

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The British surrender at Yorktown

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Bank of North America chartered

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The British House of Commons votes against further war, informally recognizing American independence

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Gnadenhutten massacre

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Battle of Little Mountain

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Newburgh letter sent to George Washington by Lewis Nicola

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Siege of Bryan Station

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Battle of Blue Licks

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Battle of the Combahee River

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Siege of Fort Henry

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Preliminary Articles of Peace are signed by British negotiator Richard Oswald and representatives of the United States of America

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British evacuate Charleston, South Carolina

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Last skirmish of the conflict takes place near Cedar Bridge Tavern in Barnegat Township, New Jersey

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Newburgh Conspiracy

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Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783

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The Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolutionary War

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The British evacuate New York, marking the end of British rule. British loyalist refugees retreat to Quebec and Nova Scotia. General George Washingto...

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George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army

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The Treaty of Paris is ratified by the British

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Ratified treaties are exchanged in Paris between the two nations

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"The State of Frankland," later known as Franklin, secedes from North Carolina

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Robert Morris resigns as Superintendent of Finance and is not replaced

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Congress refuses admission of the State of Franklin to the Union

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Treaty of Hopewell

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Annapolis Convention fails

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Northwest Ordinance enacted

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Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey ratify the Constitution

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United States Constitution ratified

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Cyrus Griffin resigns as "President of the United States in Congress Assembled", and with the exceptions of John Jay and John Knox remaining as Secret...

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Philip Pell, only member in attendance, adjourns the Congress of the Confederation sine die

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Members of the 1st United States Congress begin to take their seats at Federal Hall, New York

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House of Representatives first achieves a quorum and elects its officers

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Senate first achieves a quorum and elects its officers

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Joint session of Congress counts the Electoral College ballots, certifies that George Washington has been unanimously elected President of the United ...

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Adams becomes the first vice president

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Washington becomes the first president, at Federal Hall in New York City

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The Tariff Act of 1789 is signed into law

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Judiciary Act of 1789

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Congress approves twelve articles of amendment to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights

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North Carolina becomes the 12th state to ratify the Constitution, with a vote of 194–77

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President Washington and Vice President Adams begin their second terms.

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Adams becomes the second president, Jefferson becomes the second vice president.

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