AMERICAN
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
DATES and BATTLES
1774
September 5 - First meeting of the Continetnal Congress
1775
April 19 - Battles of Lexington and Concord
May 10 - Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga
June 15 - George Washington elected Commander in Chief
June 17 - Battle of Bunker Hill
1776
July 4 - Signing of The Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia, PA
September 22 - Execution of spy Nathan Hale took place at NY
December 26 - Battle of Trenton
1777
January 3 - Battle of Princeton
July 7 - Battle of Hubbardton, VT
August 16 - Battle of Bennington, VT
September 11 - Battle of Brandywine
October 7 to 17 - Battle of Saratoga - Burgoyne surrenders
November 16 to 20 - British captured Ft. Mifflin and Mercer
December 18 - Winter at Valley Forge
1778
June 18 - American Army broke camp at Valley Forge
June 28 - Battle of Monmouth
July 4 - Kaskaskia capture by George Rogers Clark
August 29 to 31 - Battle of Rhode Island
1779
January - Vincennes captured by George Rogers Clark
March 3 - Battle of Briar Creek, GA
July 16 - Battle of Stony Point
September 23 to October 9 - Seige of Savannah, GA
December - Army wintered at Morristown, NJ
1780
April 10 to May 12 - Seige of Charles, SC
April 14 - Battle of Monck's Creek
May 29 - Waxham, NC Massacre led by Colnel Tarleton
August 16 - Battle of Camden, SC
October 7, Battle of Kings Mountain, NC
1781
January 17 = Battle of Cowpens, SC
March 15 - Battle of Guilford Court House, Guilford, NC
April 25 - Battle of Hobkirk's Hill, SC
September 8 - Battle of Eutaw Springs, SC
October 5 to 19 - Battle of Yorktown
1782
July 11 - Savannah evacuated by British troops
1783
April 11 - Congress proclaimed an end to hostilities
November 2 - Washington bid farewell to his troops from Rocky Hill, near Princeton, NJ
December 4 - Washington bid farewell to his Officers - Fraunces Tavern, New York City