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Revolutionary War Timeline
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American Revolution Time Line
1765 - The Stamp Act passed, March 8
1766 - The Stamp Act repealed by Parliament, March 18
1767 - A tax imposed on tea, &c., June 29
1768 - The British troops arrived at Boston, September 27
1770 - Boston Massacre, March 5
All duties except on tea repealed, April 12
1773 - The tea thrown overboard in Boston Harbor, Dec. 16
1774 - "Boston Port Bill" passed, March 31
First Continental Congress met at Philadelphia, Sept. 5
1775 - Battle of Lexington, April 19
Ticonderoga taken by Allen and Arnold, May 10
Crown Point taken, May 12
Washington elected commander-in-chief, June 15
Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17
Washington took command of the troops before Boston,
July 2
Montreal surrendered to Montgomery, November 13
Battle of Quebec--Montgomery killed, December 31
1776 - Boston evacuated by the British troops under Lord Howe,
March 17
Attack on Fort Moultrie, June 28
Declaration of Independence, July 4
Battle of Long Island, August 27
Battle of White Plains, October 28
Fort Washington taken, November 16
Washington's retreat through New Jersey, November
and December
Battle of Trenton, December 26
1777 - Battle of Princeton, January 3
Murder of Miss McCrea, July 27
Battle of Bennington, August 16
Battle of Brandywine, September 11
First battle of Saratoga, September 19
Philadelphia captured by the British, September 25
Battle of Germantown, October 4
Second battle of Saratoga, October 7
Surrender of Burgoyne, October 17
1778 - American Independence acknowledged by France, Feb. 6
Battle of Monmouth, June 28
Massacre of Wyoming, July 3
French fleet arrived in Narraganset Bay, July 29
British captured Savannah, Ga., December 29
1779 - Stony Point captured by General Wayne, July 15
Sullivan defeated the tories and Indians near Elmira,
N. Y., August 29
Paul Jones's victory, September 23
Savannah besieged by the Americans and the French,
September and October
D'Estaing and Lincoln repulsed at Savannah, October 9
1780 - Charleston surrendered to the British, May 12
Battle of Hanging Rock, S. C., August 6
Battle of Camden, August 16
Andre executed, October 2
Battle of King's Mountain, October 7
1781 - Richmond burned by Arnold, January 5
Battle of the Cowpens, January 17
Greene's celebrated retreat, January and February
Battle of Guilford Court House, March 15
Battle of Eutaw Springs, September 8
Surrender of Cornwallis, October 19
1783 - Savannah evacuated by the British, July 11
Treaty of Peace signed at Paris, September 3
New York evacuated by the British, November 25
Washington resigned his commission, December 23
1787 - Shays's Rebellion in Massachusetts
Constitution of the United States adopted in Convention,
September 17
1788 - Constitution adopted by nine States
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