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American Revolution — Major Events

Illustrating

Main events from 1775 to 1783:
From the Battle at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, to the signing of the final peace treaty at Paris on September 13, 1783.

Lexington & Concord, April 19, 1775
Washington named Commander in Chief of Continental Army, June 15, 1775
Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775

Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, February 27, 1776
British evacuate Boston, March 17, 1776
Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776
British occupation of N.Y. City, September 15, 1776
Battle of Trenton, December 26, 1776

Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777
Indecisive action at Oriskany, August 6, 1777
Battle of Bennington, August 16, 1777
Battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777
British occupy Philadelphia, September 26, 1777
Battle of Germantown, October 4, 1777
Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga, October 17, 1777
Washington retires to Valley Forge, December 19, 1777

U.S. & France sign alliance, February 6, 1778
Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778
(First) Battle of Savannah, December 29, 1778

Spain declares war on Britain, June 21, 1779
Battle of Vincennes, February 25, 1779
Bonhomme Richard captures British Serapis, September 23, 1779

British take Charleston, May 12, 1780
Battle of Camden, August 16, 1780
Battle of King's Mountain, October 7, 1780

Battle of Cowpens, January 17, 1781
Battle of Guilford Courthouse, March 15, 1781
French Defeat British on Chesapeake Bay, September 5, 1781
Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, October 19, 1781

U.S. & Britain sign preliminary peace treaty, November 30, 1782

Final peace treaty signed in Paris, September 13, 1783 (Part of the 1783 Peace of Paris)

 

Canada:
In an attempt to add Canada to the rebellion as a 14th state, the Continental Congress authorized a two pronged invasion of the British province.
Under command of Montgomery, American forces seized Montreal in 1775 but were forced to fall back in retreat after an unsuccessful attack on Quebec in 1776.

The Wilderness:
The Americans launched two significant offensives here. A ragged and freezing group of soldiers under the command of Clark seized the British outpost
at Vincennes in 1779 and helped to support American postwar claims to the Ohio River Valley. Washington launched a second military expedition under the command of
Sullivan in the summer of 1779 against Britain's chief allies in New York, the Iroquois Indians.

New York:
Believing that the rebellion was strongest in New England, the British attempted a three pronged assault on the Hudson River Valley with the intent of
separating and isolating New England from her sister colonies in the south. American victories at Saratoga and Oriskany blunted these drives and defeated this strategy.
The American victory at Saratoga had the added effect of bringing the French into the war on the American side.

The Carolinas:
Stalemated in the North, the British shifted their attention to the South where they anticipated significant Loyalist support for their cause. After defeating
American forces at Charlestown and Camden in 1780. British forces were repulsed at Kings Mountain and Cowpens in 1780 and 1781. Following a drawn battle at Guilford
Courthouse in 1781, Cornwallis shifted his operations to Virginia while his opponent, Greene, began the process of reducing those British outposts still remaining to the South.

Pennsylvania / New Jersey:
Driven from Long Island early in the war, Washington moved the area of conflict south of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Key victories at Trenton
and Princeton kept American hopes alive in late 1776 and early 1777. Washington's major accomplishment in this theater was his ability to consistently pressure the British
while avoiding a pitched battle that could have threatened the existence of his army.

Virginia:
Cornwallis' decision to move his forces into Yorktown in order to link-up with the British fleet ultimately proved his undoing. After a successful feint towards New York,
Washington shifted his army to the south and laid siege to the British at Yorktown. With the French fleet closing the lone remaining escape route, a joint American/French
force under Washington forced the surrender of Cornwallis and his army in the fall of 1781.


Credits
Courtesy of the United States Military Academy Department of History.


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