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Majority of Continental Army in fourth winter quarters at Middlebrook Cantonment;Middlebrook Cantonment;;;11.30.1778;06.03.1779; | Majority of Continental Army in fourth winter quarters at Middlebrook Cantonment;Middlebrook Cantonment;;;11.30.1778;06.03.1779; | ||
(1778-1779) Major General [[Israel Putnam]] chooses [[Putnam Memorial State Park|Redding, Connecticut]] as his winter encampment to keep an eye on the storehouses in [[Danbury, Connecticut]].;;;;12.01b.1778;; | (1778-1779) Major General [[Israel Putnam]] chooses [[Putnam Memorial State Park|Redding, Connecticut]] as his winter encampment to keep an eye on the storehouses in [[Danbury, Connecticut]].;;;;12.01b.1778;; | ||
[[Battle of Kettle Creek]];;;;02.14.1779;; | |||
(February 23–25) [[Siege of Fort Vincennes]];;;;02.23.1779;; | |||
Chesapeake raid;;;;05.10.1779;05.24.1779; | |||
Tryon's raid;;;;07.03.1779;07.14.1779; | |||
''[[Tryon's raid]]'': Tryon's division lands in [[East Haven, Connecticut]],met with spirited resistance from a band of local militia, take [[Fort Nathan Hale|Black Rock Fort]];;;;07.05.1779;; | |||
''[[Tryon's raid]]'': [[burning of Fairfield (1779)|Battle of Fairfield]] Destroy 54 barns, 47 storehouses, burned 83 homes, two churches, and municipal buildings including a schoolhouse, the courthouse and the local jail;;;;07.07.1779;; | |||
''[[Tryon's raid]]'': [[Battle of Norwalk]] weakly opposed by about 50 local militia, easily dispersed. The destruction of the village and its commercial infrastructure destroyed;;;;07.11.1779;; | |||
[[Battle of Stony Point]];;;;07.16.1779;; | |||
[[Battle of Minisink]];;;;07.22.1779;; | |||
Penobscot Expedition;;;;07.24.1779;08.14.1779; | |||
[[Battle of Paulus Hook]];;;;08.19.1779;; | |||
[[Battle of Baton Rouge (1779)|Battle of Baton Rouge]];;;;09.1779;; | |||
Siege of Savannah;;;;09.16.1779;10.18.1779; | |||
[[Battle of Flamborough Head]];;;;09.23.1779;; | |||
Continental Army in fifth winter quarters at Morristown;Morristown National Historical Park;;;12.1779;05.1780; | |||
Congress establishes the [[Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture]] to provide for final adjudication of appeals from state court [[prize (law)|prize]] cases involving disposition of ships and cargo allegedly seized from the British.;;;;01.15.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)|Battle of Cape St. Vincent]];;;;01.16.1780;; | |||
A [[stockade]] known as [[Fort Nashborough]] is founded on the [[Bank (geography)|banks]] of the [[Cumberland River]]. Two years later the site is renamed [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]].;;;;01.28.1780;; | |||
Some 8,000 British forces under General [[Henry Clinton (British Army officer, born 1730)|Henry Clinton]] arrive in [[Charleston, South Carolina]], from New York.;;;;02.01.1780;; | |||
[[New York (state)|New York]] [[State cessions|cedes]] to Congress its western claims, including territory west of [[Lake Ontario]]. In 1792 New York will sell the [[Erie Triangle]] to [[Pennsylvania]];;;;02.01.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Young's House]];;;;02.03.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Fort Charlotte|Bombardment of Fort Charlotte]]: After a two-week [[siege]], Spanish general, [[List of colonial governors of Louisiana|colonial governor of Louisiana]], and [[List of viceroys of New Spain|Viceroy of New Spain]] [[Bernardo de Gálvez, 1st Viscount of Galveston|Bernardo de Gálvez]] captures [[Fort Charlotte, Mobile|Fort Charlotte]], taking the port of [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]] (in present-day [[Alabama]]) from the British. Fort Charlotte was the last remaining British frontier post capable of threatening [[New Orleans]] in [[Louisiana (New Spain)|Spanish Louisiana]]. Its fall drove the British from the western reaches of [[West Florida]] and reduced the British military presence in West Florida to its capital, [[Pensacola, Florida|Pensacola]].;;;;03.14.1780;; | |||
Siege of Charleston;;;;03.29.1780;05.12.1780; | |||
[[Siege of Charleston]]: British Army troops under General Henry Clinton and naval forces under Admiral [[Mariot Arbuthnot]] besiege [[Charleston, South Carolina]]. British ships sail past [[Fort Moultrie]] on [[Sullivan's Island, South Carolina|Sullivan's Island]] to occupy [[Charleston Harbor]]. Washington will order reinforcements to Charleston, but the city falls on May 12 in what is arguably the worst American defeat of the war.;;;;04.08.1780;; | |||
Siege of Charleston: Fort Moultrie falls to the British.;;;;05.06.1780;; | |||
[[Siege of Charleston]]: American General [[Benjamin Lincoln]] surrenders Charleston to the British. The British lose 255 men while capturing a large American garrison.;;;;04.02.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Monck's Corner]];;;;04.14.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Lenud's Ferry]];;;;05.06.1780;; | |||
Bird's invasion of Kentucky;;;;05.25.1780;08.04.1780; | |||
[[Battle of Waxhaws]]: A clash between [[Continental Army]] forces under [[Abraham Buford]] and a mainly [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalist]] force led by [[Banastre Tarleton]] occurs near [[Lancaster, South Carolina]] in the [[Waxhaws]] area (close to present-day [[Buford, South Carolina|Buford]]). The British destroyed the American forces.;;;;05.29.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Connecticut Farms]];;;;06.07.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Mobley's Meeting House]];;;;06.10.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Ramsour's Mill]];;;;06.20.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Springfield (1780)|Battle of Springfield]]. With the attempted British invasion of New Jersey stopped at Connecticut Farms and Springfield, major fighting in the North ends.;;;;06.23.1780;; | |||
[[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]] is appointed [[Superintendent of Finance of the United States|Superintendent of Finance]], a post akin to Prime Minister, by Congress.;;;;06.27.1780;; | |||
[[Expédition Particulière]];;;;07.11.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Williamson's Plantation]];;;;07.12.1780;; | |||
(July 20-21) [[Battle of Bull's Ferry]];;;;07.20.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Colson's Mill]];;;;07.21.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Rocky Mount]];;;;08.01.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Hanging Rock]];;;;08.06.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Piqua]];;;;08.08.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Camden]]. British General [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Cornwallis]] gains a humiliating victory over [[Horatio Gates|Gates]] in South Carolina.;;;;08.16.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Fishing Creek]];;;;08.18.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Musgrove Mill]];;;;08.18.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Black Mingo]];;;;08.28.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Wahab's Plantation]];;;;09.21.1780;; | |||
[[John André]] captured and the treason of [[Benedict Arnold]] is exposed;;;;09.23.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Charlotte]];;;;09.26.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Kings Mountain]];;;;10.07.1780;; | |||
[[Royalton Raid]];;;;10.16.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Klock's Field]];;;;10.19.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Fishdam Ford]];;;;11.09.1780;; | |||
[[Battle of Blackstock's Farm]];;;;11.20.1780;; | |||
[[Continental Army]] enters sixth winter with encampments in [[New York (state)|New York]]’s [[Hudson Highlands]] and [[Pompton Lakes, New Jersey|Pompton]] and [[Morristown National Historical Park|Morristown]], New Jersey;;;;12.1780;; | |||
The Future [[King William IV]], the only active member of the [[British Royal Family]] to visit the former 13 colonies, takes up residence in the [[Rose and Crown Tavern]] on Staten Island.;;;;1781;; | |||
Pennsylvania Line Mutiny;;;;01.01.1781;01.29.1781; | |||
Raid on Richmond;;;;01.01.1781;01.19.1781; | |||
[[Battle of Cowpens]];;;;01.17.1781;; | |||
[[Pompton Mutiny]];;;;01.20.1781;; | |||
[[Pyle's Massacre]];;;;02.02.1781;; | |||
[[Articles of Confederation]] ratified;;;;03.01.1781;; | |||
[[Skirmish at Waters Creek]];;;;03.08.1781;; | |||
[[Battle of Guilford Court House]];;;;03.15.1781;; | |||
[[Battle of Cape Henry]];;;;03.16.1781;; | |||
[[Battle of Blandford]];;;;04.25.1781;; | |||
[[Battle of Hobkirk's Hill]];;;;04.25.1781;; | |||
[[Action at Osborne's]];;;;04.27.1781;; | |||
Siege of Augusta;;;;05.22.1781;06.06.1781; | |||
Siege of Ninety-Six;;;;05.22.1781;06.19.1781; | |||
[[Battle of Spencer's Ordinary]];;;;06.26.1781;; | |||
[[Battle of Green Spring]];;;;07.06.1781;; | |||
Francisco's Fight;;;;07.09.1781;07.24.1781; | |||
[[Battle of the Chesapeake]];;;;09.05.1781;; | |||
[[Battle of Groton Heights]];;;;09.06.1781;; | |||
[[Battle of Eutaw Springs]];;;;09.08.1781;; | |||
The British surrender at [[Siege of Yorktown|Yorktown]];;;;10.19.1781;; | |||
[[Bank of North America]] chartered;;;;12.31.1781;; | |||
[[Continental Army]] returns to [[Hudson Highlands]] and [[Morristown National Historical Park|Morristown]] New Jersey for its seventh winter encampment.;;;;12.1781;; | |||
The British House of Commons votes against further war, informally recognizing American independence.;;;;02.27.1782;; | |||
[[Gnadenhutten massacre]];;;;03.08.1782;; | |||
[[Battle of Little Mountain]];;;;03.22.1782;; | |||
Crawford expedition;;;;05.25.1782;06.12.1782; | |||
(August 15-17) [[Siege of Bryan Station]];;;;08.15.1782;; | |||
[[Battle of Blue Licks]];;;;08.19.1782;; | |||
[[Battle of the Combahee River]];;;;08.27.1782;; | |||
(September 11–13) [[Siege of Fort Henry (1782)]];;;;09.11.1782;; | |||
[[Continental Army]] moves into its eighth and final winter quarters, at the [[New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site|New Windsor]] Cantonment and in the [[Hudson Highlands]];;;;11.1782;; | |||
Preliminary Articles of Peace are signed by British negotiator [[Richard Oswald (merchant) |Richard Oswald]] and representatives of the United States of America.;;;;11.30.1782;; | |||
British evacuate [[Charleston, South Carolina]];;;;12.14.1782;; | |||
Last skirmish of the conflict takes place near [[Cedar Bridge Tavern]] in [[Barnegat Township, New Jersey]].;;;;12.27.1782;; | |||
Newburgh Conspiracy;;;;03.10.1783;03.15.1783; | |||
Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783;;;;06.20.1783;06.24.1783; | |||
The [[Treaty of Paris (1783)]] ends the [[American Revolutionary War]];;;;09.03.1783;; | |||
The [[Evacuation Day (New York)|British evacuate New York]], marking the end of British rule, and General George Washington triumphantly returns with the Continental Army.;;;;11.25.1783;; | |||
[[George Washington's resignation as commander-in-chief]] of the Continental Army;;;;12.23.1783;; | |||
The [[Ratification Day (United States)|Treaty of Paris is ratified]] by the [[Congress of the Confederation|Congress]].;;;;01.14.1784;; | |||
The [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] is ratified by the British;;;;04.09.1784;; | |||
Ratified treaties are exchanged in [[Paris]] between the two nations.;;;;05.12.1784;; | |||
"The state of Frankland," later known as [[State of Franklin|Franklin]], secedes from North Carolina;;;;08.1784;; | |||
[[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]] resigns as [[Superintendent of Finance of the United States|Superintendent of Finance]] and is not replaced.;;;;11.01.1784;; | |||
[[Treaty of Hopewell]];;;;11.28.1785;; | |||
Congress refuses admission of [[State of Franklin|Franklin]] to the Union;;;;1785;; | |||
[[Shays' Rebellion]];;;;1786;; | |||
[[Annapolis Convention (1786)|Annapolis Convention]] fails;;;;1786;; | |||
[[Northwest Ordinance]];;;;1787;; | |||
[[Constitutional Convention (United States)|Constitutional Convention]] in Philadelphia;;;;1787;; | |||
[[Delaware]], [[Pennsylvania]] and [[New Jersey]] ratify the [[Constitution of the United States|Constitution]];;;;1787;; | |||
North Carolina reasserted it claim to its Overmountain region, at which time Franklin ceases to exist.;;;;1788;; | |||
[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Connecticut]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Maryland]], [[South Carolina]], [[New Hampshire]], [[Virginia]] and [[New York (state)|New York]] ratify the Constitution;;;;1788;; | |||
[[Constitution of the United States|United States Constitution]] ratified;;;;06.21.1788;; | |||
[[Cyrus Griffin]] resigns as "President of the United States in Congress Assembled", and with the exceptions of [[John Jay]] and John Knox remaining as Secretaries of Foreign Affairs and War respectively\; and [[Michael Hillegas]] remaining as Treasurer, the United States of America temporarily ceases to exist.;;;;11.02.1784;; | |||
The first federal Elections for the House of Representatives begin.;;;;1788;; | |||
United States presidential election;-;;;12.15.1788;01.10.1789; | |||
[[Charles Thomson]] resigns as secretary of Congress in July 1789 and hands over the Great Seal, bringing an end to the Confederation Congress;;;;07.1789;; | |||
[[Philip Pell]], only member in attendance, adjourns the [[Congress of the Confederation]] [[adjournment sine die|''sine die'']];;;;03.02.1789;; | |||
Members of the [[1st United States Congress]] begin to take their seats, [[Federal Hall]] New York;;;;03.04.1789;; | |||
House of Representatives first achieves a quorum\; elects its officers;;;;04.01.1789;; | |||
Senate first achieves a quorum and elects its officers;;;;04.06.1789;; | |||
Joint session of Congress count the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]] ballots, certify George Washington has been unanimously elected [[President of the United States]];;;;04.06.1789;; | |||
[[John Adams]] receives 34 of 69 votes, is elected as [[Vice President of the United States|Vice president]];;;;04.06.1789;; | |||
[[George Washington]] is [[Inauguration|inaugurated]] as the nation's first president at [[Federal Hall]] in New York City;;;;04.30.1789;; | |||
[[Tariff of 1789|Hamilton tariff]];;;;07.04.1789;; | |||
[[Judiciary Act of 1789]];;;;09.24.1789;; | |||
Congress approves twelve articles of amendment to the Constitution;;;;09.25.1789;; | |||
[[North Carolina]] becomes the 12th state to ratify the Constitution, with a vote of 194–77;;;;11.21.1789;; | |||
[[United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]] ratified;;;;12.15.1791;; | |||
[[Jay Treaty]] ratified in June toward resolving post Revolution tensions between the United States and Great Britain. First use of arbitration in modern diplomatic history for [[Canada–United States border]] disputes;;;;1795;; | |||
Six Northwest Territory forts and two Upstate New York forts that remained under British control are ceded to the United States;;;;1796;; | |||
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