THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

CHRONOLOGY

• 16 Dec 1773 - Boston Tea Party
• 18 Apr 1775 - Encounter at Lexington
• 19 Apr 1775 - Skirmish at Concord
• 17 Jun 1775 - Battle of Bunker Hill
• 4 Jul 1776 - Declaration of Independence signed
• 25 Dec 1776 - Battle of Trenton
• 2 Jan 1777 - Battle of Princeton
• 5 Jul 1777 - Battle at Ticonderoga
• 16 Aug 1777 - Battle at Bennington
• 19 Sep 1777 - First encounter at Saratoga (Freeman's Farm)
• 4 Oct 1777 - Battle of Germantown
• 7 Oct 1777 - Second encounter at Saratoge (Bemis Heights), surrender of Burgoyne's army.
• 6 Feb 1778 - France enters the war
• 12 May 1780 - Surrender of American army (under Lincoln) at Charleston
• 28 Jun 1780 - Battle of Monmouth
• 16 Aug 1780 - Battle of Camden
• 7 Oct 1780 - Battle of King's Mountain
• 17 Jan 1781 - Battle of Cowpens
• 15 Mar 1781 - Battle of Guilford Courthouse
• 8 Sep 1781 - Battle of Eutaw Springs
• 6 Oct 1781 - Investment of Cornwallis' forces at Yorktown
• 17 Oct 1781 - Surrender of Cornwallis' army at Yorktown.
• 3 Sep 1783 - Peace Treaty signed to end War.