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The [[Cambridge Agreement]];;;;08.29.1629;;
The [[Board of Trade|Lords of Trade]] issues [[quo warranto]] writs for the charters of several North American colonies, including Massachusetts.;;;;1681;;
[[Massachusetts Bay Colony|Revocation of the Charter]] by [[Charles II of England|Charles II]]. The Massachusetts writ is never served for technical reasons, and the agreement is formally vacated when the chancery court issues a [[scire facias]] writ formally annulling the charter. The proceedings are arranged so that the time for the colonial authorities to defend the charter expires before they even learn of the event.;;;;06.18.1684;;
Charter arrives in Boston establishing [[Dominion of New England|the Dominion of New England in America]].;;;;05.14.1686;;
[[1689 Boston revolt]] Leaders of the former [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] reclaim control of the government. In other colonies, members of governments displaced return to power.;;;;04.18.1689;;
[[William III of England|William III]] and [[Mary II of England|Mary II]] approve the charter formally establishing the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]].;;;;10.07.1691;;
[[Albany Congress]] (June 18–July 11) The first time in the 18th century that American colonial representatives meet to discuss some manner of formal union.;;;;06.18.1754;;
Albany Congress;;;;06.18.1754;07.11.1754;
[[Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial|Pierre de Rigaud]], Governor of [[New France]], [[Articles of Capitulation of Montreal|capitulates]] to Field Marshal [[Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst|Jeffrey Amherst]]. This ends most fighting in North America between [[France]] and [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] in the [[French and Indian War]]. Amherst becomes the First British Governor-General of territories that would later become [[Canada]] plus lands ([[Ohio Country]] and [[Illinois Country]]) west of the [[Thirteen Colonies|American Colonies]].;;;;09.08.1760;;
King [[George II of Great Britain]] dies and is succeeded by his grandson [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]].;;;;10.25.1760;;
New England Planters immigrate to Nova Scotia, Canada ({1759}–{1768}) to take up lands left vacant after the [[Expulsion of the Acadians]].;;;;1761;;
The [[Treaty of Paris (1763)|Treaty of Paris]] formally ends the [[French and Indian War]]. France cedes most of its territories in North America to Great Britain, but [[Louisiana (New France)|Louisiana]] west of the [[Mississippi River]] is ceded to [[Spain]].;;;;02.10.1763;;
Previously [[Franco-Indian alliance|allied with France]], [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribes in the Great Lakes region resist the policies of the British under Amherst. [[Pontiac's War|Pontiac's Rebellion]] begins, lasting until {1766}.;;;;1763;;
King George's [[Royal Proclamation of 1763]] establishes administration in territories newly ceded by France. To prevent further violence between settlers and Native Americans, the Proclamation sets a western boundary on the American colonies.;;;;10.07.1763;;
The [[Navigation Acts]] are re-enforced by [[George Grenville]] as a part of his attempt to reassert unified economic control over the [[British Empire]] following the [[Seven Years' War]].;;;;1763;;
The [[Sugar Act]], intended to raise revenues, and the [[Currency Act]] (September 1), prohibiting the colonies from issuing paper money, are passed by [[Great Britain|Parliament]]. These Acts, coming during the economic slump that followed the French and Indian War, are resented by the colonists and lead to protests.;;;;04.05.1764;;
To help defray the cost of keeping troops in America, Parliament enacts the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], imposing a tax on many types of printed materials used in the colonies. Seen as a violation of rights, the Act sparks violent demonstrations in several Colonies.;;;;03.22.1765;;
Virginia's [[House of Burgesses]] adopts the [[Virginia Resolves]] claiming that, under British law, Virginians could be taxed only by an assembly to which they had elected representatives.;;;;05.29.1765;;
Delegates from nine colonies attend the [[Stamp Act Congress]] which adopts a [[Declaration of Rights and Grievances]] and petitions Parliament and the king to repeal the Act.;;;;10.19.1765;;
Parliament enacts the [[Quartering Acts|Quartering Act]], requiring the [[Thirteen Colonies|Colonies]] to provide housing, food, and other provisions to British troops. The act is resisted or circumvented in most of the colonies. In {1767} and again in {1769}, Parliament suspended the governor and legislature of [[Province of New York|New York]] for failure to comply.;;;;03.24.1765;;
The British Parliament repeals the unpopular [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]] of the previous year, but, in the simultaneous [[Declaratory Act]], asserts its "full power and authority to make laws and statutes ... to bind the colonies and people of America ... in all cases whatsoever".;;;;03.18.1766;;
[[Liberty pole|Liberty Pole]] erected in New York City commons in celebration of the Stamp Act repeal. An intermittent skirmish with the British garrison over the removal of this and other poles, and their replacement by the [[Sons of Liberty]], rages until the [[Province of New York]] is under the control of the revolutionary [[New York Provincial Congress]] in {1775};;;;05.21.1766;;
The [[Townshend Acts]], named for [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] [[Charles Townshend]], are passed by Parliament, placing duties on many items imported into America.;;;;06.29.1767;;
In April, Britain's Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lord Hillsborough, orders colonial governors to stop their own assemblies from endorsing [[Massachusetts Circular Letter|Adams' circular letter]]. Hillsborough also orders the governor of Massachusetts to dissolve the general court if the Massachusetts assembly does not revoke the letter. By month's end, the assemblies of [[New Hampshire]], [[Connecticut]] and [[New Jersey]] have endorsed the letter.;;;;04.1768;;
In May, a British warship, [[HMS_Romney_(1762)|HMS Romney]], armed with 50 cannon sails into Boston harbor after a call for help from custom commissioners who are constantly being harassed by Boston agitators. In June, a customs official is locked up in the cabin of ''Liberty'', a [[sloop]] owned by John Hancock. Imported wine is then unloaded illegally into Boston without payment of duties. Following this incident, customs officials seize Hancock's sloop. After threats of violence from Bostonians, the customs officials escape to an island off Boston, then request the intervention of British troops.;;;;05.1768;;
In July, the governor of Massachusetts dissolves the general court after the legislature defies his order to revoke Adams' circular letter. In August, in Boston and New York, merchants agree to boycott most British goods until the Townshend Acts are repealed. In September, at a town meeting in Boston, residents are urged to arm themselves. Later in September, British warships sail into Boston Harbor, then two regiments of British infantry land in Boston and set up permanent residence to keep order.;;;;07.1768;;
''To the Betrayed Inhabitants of the City and Colony of New York'' broadside published by the local [[Sons of Liberty]] (c. December).;;;;12.1769;;
[[Battle of Golden Hill|Golden Hill incident]] in which British troops wound civilians, including one death;;;;01.19.1770;;
[[Frederick North, Lord North|Lord North]] becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain;;;;01.28.1770;;
[[Boston Massacre]];;;;03.05.1770;;
[[Battle of Alamance]] in [[North Carolina]];;;;05.16.1771;;
[[Samuel Adams]] organizes the [[Committees of correspondence|Committees of Correspondence]];;;;1772;;
[[Pine Tree Riot]];;;;1772;;
[[Gaspee Affair|''Gaspee'' Affair]];;;;06.09.1772;;
[[Somerset v Stewart]] A British court rules there is nothing in English law that supports slavery in England itself.;;;;06.22.1772;;
The [[Watauga Association]] in what would become Tennessee declares itself independent.;;;;1772;;
[[James Rivington]]'s New-York Gazeteer begins publication;;;;04.22.1773;;
[[Parliament of Great Britain|Parliament]] passes the [[Tea Act]];;;;05.10.1773;;
''Association of the Sons of Liberty in New York'' published by local [[Sons of Liberty]];;;;12.15.1773;;
[[Boston Tea Party]];;;;12.16.1773;;

[[Benjamin Franklin]], Massachusetts' agent in London, is questioned before Parliament;;;;1774;;
[[Lord Dunmore's War]];;;;1774;;
British pass [[Intolerable Acts]], including:\n- [[Boston Port Act]] (March 31),\n- [[Administration of Justice Act 1774|Administration of Justice Act]] (May 20),\n- [[Massachusetts Government Act]] (May 20),\n- A second [[Quartering Act#Quartering Act of 1774|Quartering Act]] (June 2), and\n- [[Quebec Act]];;;;1774;;
[[Boston Port Act]];;;;03.31.1774;;
[[Administration of Justice Act 1774|Administration of Justice Act]];;;;05.20.1774;;
[[Massachusetts Government Act]];;;;05.20.1774;;
A second [[Quartering Act#Quartering Act of 1774|Quartering Act]];;;;06.02.1774;;
The [[Powder Alarm]], General Gage's secret raid on the Cambridge powder magazine;;;;09.01.1774;;
The First Continental Congress meets\; twelve colonies send delegates;First Continental Congress;;;09.05.1774;10.26.1774;
The [[Suffolk Resolves]];;;;09.09.1774;;
The burning of ''[[Peggy Stewart (ship)|Peggy Stewart]]'';;;;10.19.1774;;
[[Petition to the King]];;;;10.26.1774;;
[[Greenwich Tea Party]];;;;12.22.1774;;

[[Battles of Lexington and Concord]], followed by the [[Siege of Boston]];;;;04.19.1775;;
[[Gunpowder Incident]];;;;04.20.1775;;
Skenesboro, New York (now [[Whitehall, New York]]) captured by Lieutenant Samuel Herrick;;;;05.09.1775;;
[[Fort Ticonderoga]] captured by Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold and the Green Mountain Boys.;;;;05.10.1775;;
[[Second Continental Congress]] meets;;;;05.10.1775;;
Congress votes to create [[Continental Army]] out of the [[militia]] units around [[Boston]] and appointed [[George Washington]] of [[Virginia]] as commanding general. This would later become the modern [[United States Army]];;;;06.14.1775;;
[[Battle of Bunker Hill]];;;;06.17.1775;;
Washington arrives in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] to take command of the [[Continental Army]];;;;07.02.1775;;
[[Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms]] issued;;;;07.06.1775;;
[[Olive Branch Petition]] sent to [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]];;;;07.08.1775;;
Snow Campaign;;;;11.1775;12.1775;
[[Dunmore's Proclamation]] issued by [[John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore|Lord Dunmore]], [[List of colonial governors of Virginia|colonial governor of Virginia]], offering freedom to slaves that abandon their Patriot masters and fight for the British.;;;;11.07.1775;;
[[Continental Marines]] established by Continental Congress. They would become the modern day [[United States Marine Corps]];;;;11.10.1775;;
[[Battle of Kemp's Landing]];;;;11.15.1775;;
Siege of Savage's Old Fields;;;;11.19.1775;11.21.1775;
Henry Knox transported fifty-nine captured cannons (taken from Fort Ticonderoga and Fort Crown Point) from upstate New York to Boston, Massachusetts. Trip took 56 days to complete.;;;;12.05.1775;01.24.1776;
[[Battle of Great Bridge]];;;;12.09.1775;;
British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army generals [[Richard Montgomery]] and [[Benedict Arnold]] at the [[Battle of Quebec (1775)|Battle of Quebec]];;;;12.31.1775;;

[[New Hampshire]] ratifies the first state constitution;;;;1776;;
[[Burning of Norfolk]];;;;01.01.1776;;
[[Thomas Paine]] publishes ''[[Common Sense]]'';;;;01.10.1776;;
[[David Mathews]] appointed Mayor of New York, the highest ranking civilian officer for British North America for the duration of the Revolution.;;;;1776;;
[[Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge]];;;;02.27.1776;;
(March 2-3) [[Battle of the Rice Boats]];;;;03.02.1776;;
(March 3–4) [[Raid of Nassau|Battle of Nassau]];;;;03.03.1776;;
(March 4–5) [[Fortification of Dorchester Heights]] results in British forces evacuating Boston;;;;03.04.1776;;
[[Evacuation Day (Massachusetts)|British evacuate Boston]];;;;03.17.1776;;
Pennsylvania Provincial Conference;;;;06.18.1776;06.25.1776;
[[Battle of Sullivan's Island]];;;;06.28.1776;;
[[Thomas Hickey (soldier)|Thomas Hickey]] hung for role in plot to assassinate George Washington;;;;06.28.1776;;
Loyalist [[Mayor of New York City|New York Mayor]] David Mathews arrested in [[Flatbush, Brooklyn]] for his role in the plot to assassinate George Washington;;;;06.22.1776;;
The Newly formed [[Continental Army]] departs its first winter encampment at [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]];;;;04.1776;;
[[Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet]];;;;06.29.1776;;
Largest assembly of British naval fleet in history commences off the coasts of [[Staten Island]], [[Brooklyn]] and New Jersey;;;;07.03.1776;;
Second Continental Congress enacts a [[Lee Resolution|resolution declaring independence]] from the British Empire;;;;07.02.1776;;
Second Continental Congress approves the written [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]];;;;07.04.1776;;
[[Sons of Liberty]] order [[Slavery in Africa|African slaves]] to topple statue of [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]] in [[Bowling Green (New York City)]];;;;07.09.1776;;
[[Battle of Long Island]], a.k.a. ''Battle of Brooklyn'';;;;08.27.1776;;
[[Prisoners of war in the American Revolutionary War|British prison ships]] begin in [[Wallabout Bay]], New York;;;;1776;;
[[Staten Island Peace Conference]];;;;09.11.1776;;
[[Landing at Kip's Bay]];;;;09.15.1776;;
[[Battle of Harlem Heights]];;;;09.16.1776;;
(September 21–22) [[Great Fire of New York (1776)|Great Fire of New York]];;;;09.21.1776;;
[[Nathan Hale]] captured and executed for [[espionage]];;;;09.22.1776;;
[[Battle of Valcour Island]];;;;10.11.1776;;
[[Battle of White Plains]];;;;10.29.1776;;
Battle of Fort Cumberland;;;;11.10.1776;11.29.1776;
[[Battle of Fort Washington]];;;;11.16.1776;;
[[Fort Lee Historic Park|Battle of Fort Lee]];;;;11.20.1776;;
[[Ambush of Geary]];;;;12.14.1776;;
Battle of Iron Works Hill;;;;12.23.1776;12.26.1776;
[[Battle of Trenton]];;;;12.26.1776;;

[[Battle of the Assunpink Creek]], also known as the Second Battle of Trenton,;;;;01.02.1777;;
[[Battle of Princeton]];;;;01.03.1777;;
[[Continental Army]] enters second winter encampment of the war at [[Morristown National Historical Park|Morristown]];;;;01.06.1777;;
Forage War;;;;01.1777;03.1777;
''[[Forage War]]'': [[Battle of Millstone]];;;;01.20.1777;;
''[[Forage War]]'': [[Battle of Drake's Farm]];;;;02.01.1777;;
''[[Forage War]]'': [[Battle of Quibbletown]];;;;02.08.1777;;
''[[Forage War]]'': [[Battle of Spanktown]];;;;02.23.1777;;
[[Battle of Bound Brook]];;;;04.13.1777;;
[[Sybil Ludington]], 16-year-old daughter of American Colonel [[Henry Ludington]], makes a 40-mile (64 km) ride in the early hours of the night;;;;04.26.1777;;
British regulars, under Major General [[William Tryon]], burn and loot [[Danbury, Connecticut]];;;;04.26.1777;;
[[Battle of Ridgefield]];;;;04.27.1777;;
[[Battle of Thomas Creek]];;;;05.17.1777;;
[[Meigs Raid]];;;;05.23.1777;;
First Middlebrook encampment;;;;05.28.1777;07.02.1777;
[[Battle of Short Hills]];;;;06.26.1777;;
[[Fort Ticonderoga]] abandoned by the Americans due to advancing British troops placing cannon on Mount Defiance.;;;;07.05.1777;;
British retake [[Fort Ticonderoga]].;;;;07.06.1777;;
[[Battle of Hubbardton]];;;;07.07.1777;;
Delegates in Vermont, which was not one of the [[Thirteen Colonies]], establish a [[Vermont Republic|republic]] and adopt (July 8) a [[Constitution of Vermont (1777)|constitution]]—the first in what is now the territory of the United States to prohibit [[slavery]]. ([[Vermont]] would become the fourteenth state in 1791.);;;;07.08.1777;;
[[Battle of Fort Anne]];;;;07.08.1777;;
Siege of Fort Stanwix;;;;08.02.1777;08.23.1777;
[[Battle of Oriskany]];;;;08.06.1777;;
(August 13-14) [[Battle of Machias]];;;;08.13.1777;;
[[Battle of Bennington]];;;;08.16.1777;;
[[Battle of Staten Island]];;;;08.22.1777;;
[[Siege of Fort Henry (1777)|Siege of Fort Henry]];;;;09.01.1777;;
[[Battle of Cooch's Bridge]];;;;09.03.1777;;
[[Battle of Brandywine]];;;;09.11.1777;;
[[Battle of the Clouds]];;;;09.16.1777;;
[[Battle of Paoli]] (Paoli Massacre);;;;09.20.1777;;
British occupation of [[Philadelphia campaign|Philadelphia]];;;;09.26.1777;;
[[Battle of Germantown]];;;;10.04.1777;;
Battle of Red Bank;;;;10.05.1777;11.25.1777;
[[Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery]];;;;10.06.1777;;
Two [[Battles of Saratoga]] (September 19 and October 7) conclude with the surrender of the British army under [[John Burgoyne|General Burgoyne]].;;;;09.19.1777;;
[[Battle of Red Bank]];;;;10.22.1777;;
[[Articles of Confederation]] adopted by the Second Continental Congress;;;;11.15.1777;;
Capture of [[Fort Mifflin]];;;;11.16.1777;;
Capture of [[Fort Mercer]];;;;11.18.1777;;
[[Battle of Gloucester (1777)]];;;;11.25.1777;;
Battle of White Marsh;;;;12.05.1777;12.08.1777;
[[Battle of Matson's Ford]];;;;12.11.1777;;
Rivington's Gazetter renamed Royal Gazette;;;;12.13.1777;;
Continental Army in third winter quarters at Valley Forge;Valley Forge;;;12.19.1777;06.19.1778;

[[Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–France)|Treaty of Amity and Commerce]] and [[Treaty of Alliance (1778)|Treaty of Alliance]] with France;;;;02.06.1778;;
France is the first foreign country to recognise the flag of the United States, on the ship of [[John Paul Jones]];;;;02.14.1778;;
[[Battle of Quinton's Bridge]];;;;03.18.1778;;
[[John Paul Jones]], in command of the ''Ranger'', attacks [[Whitehaven]] in England, America's first naval engagement outside North America;;;;04.20.1778;;
The [[Hudson River Chain|Great Chain]] across the Hudson is completed;;;;04.30.1778;;
[[Battle of Crooked Billet]];;;;05.01.1778;;
[[Battle of Barren Hill]];;;;05.20.1778;;
[[Battle of Cobleskill]];;;;05.30.1778;;
British occupation of [[Philadelphia]] ends;;;;06.1778;;
Whaleboat attack on [[Flatbush, Brooklyn]] to kidnap New York Mayor [[David Mathews]] and other British and Loyalist figures partially succeeds in securing Captain [[James Moncrief]] and Theophylact Bache, President of the [[New York Chamber of Commerce]], for future prisoner exchange;;;;06.1778;;
[[Battle of Monmouth]];;;;06.28.1778;;
[[Battle of Wyoming]];;;;07.03.1778;;
[[Battle of Ushant (1778)|Battle of Ushant]];;;;07.27.1778;;
[[Battle of Rhode Island]];;;;08.29.1778;;
[[Baylor Massacre]];;;;09.27.1778;;
[[Battle of Chestnut Neck]];;;;10.06.1778;;
[[Affair at Little Egg Harbor]];;;;10.15.1778;;
[[Cherry Valley massacre]];;;;11.11.1778;;
[[Capture of Savannah]]. British successfully launch their [[Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War|southern strategy]];;;;12.29.1778;;
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;;

[[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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