American Revolution
This is a simple timeline of the events and battles that effected the American Revolution. If you wish to learn more I suggest you read “Rebels & Redcoats, by George F. Scheer & Hugh Rankin”, “Battles Of The Revolutionary War, by W.J. Wood”, ”The Winter Soldiers, by Richard M. Ketchum” and “Forgotten Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners During the Revolutionary War, by Edwin Burrows”.
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| The Boston Massacre | 1770 | Boston, MA |
| Boston Tea Party | 1773 | Boston, MA |
| Battle of Lexington | 1775 | Lexington, MA. |
| Battle of Concord Bridge | 1775 | Concord, MA |
| Battle of Great Bridge | 1775 | VA |
| Fort Ticonderog is taken | 1775 | NY |
| Battle of Breed’s Hill (Bunker Hill) | 1775 | MA |
| Shelling of Charlestown | 1775 | MA |
| Battle of Quebec | 1775 | |
| Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge | 1776 | NC |
| Battle of Long Island ( or Brooklyn Heights) | 1776 | Long Island, NY |
| Battle of Harlem Heights | 1776 | NY |
| Battle of Pell’s Point | 1776 | Pelham Bay, NY |
| Battle of White Plains | 1776 | NY |
| Attack on Charleston | 1776 | Charleston, SC |
| Battle of Valcour Island | 1776 | NY |
| Fort Washington Falls | 1776 | NY |
| Fort Lee is abandoned | 1776 | NJ |
| Washington’s Crosses Delaware | December 25, 1776 | NJ |
| Battle of Trenton | 1776 | Trenton, NJ |
| Winter of 1776 to 1777 encampment at Morristown, NJ | ||
| Battle of Princeton | 1777 | NJ |
| Buring of Danbury | 1777 | Danbury, Connecticut |
| Battle of Ridgefield | 1777 | Connecticut |
| Fort Ticonderoga is abandon | 1777 | NY |
| Siege of Fort Stanwix | 1777 | NY |
| Battle of Oriskany | 1777 | NY |
| Battle of Bennington | 1777 | Vermont |
| Saratoga Campaign | 1777 | NY |
| Battle of Brandywine (or Chadd’s Ford) | 1777 | Brandywine, PA |
| Battle of Germantown | 1777 | Germantown, PA |
| Winter of 1777 to 1778 encampment at Valley Forge. | ||
| The Conway Cabal | 1778 | |
| Ranger Battles Drake | 1778 | |
| Battle of Monmouth | 1778 | NJ |
| Wyoming Valley Massacre | 1778 | PA |
| Cherry Valley Massacre | 1778 | PA |
| French attack Newport | 1778 | Newport, RI |
| British attack Savannah | 1778 | Savannah, GA |
| Winter of 1778 to 1779 encampment at Morristown, NJ | ||
| Raid on Greenwich | 1779 | Connecticut |
| Buring of Norwalk, Fairfield, & Westport | 1779 | Connecticut |
| Battle of Stoney Point | 1779 | NY |
| Attack on Paulus Hook | 1779 | NJ |
| Bonhomme Richard battles Serapis | 1779 | |
| Attack on Lloyd’s Neck | 1779 | NY |
| Battle of Fort Morris | 1779 | GA |
| Battle of Port Royal | 1779 | SC |
| Battle of Kettle Creek | 1779 | GA |
| Frech attack Savannah | 1779 | Savannah, GA |
| Winter 1779 to 1780 encampment at Redding, Connecticut | ||
| Fall of Charleston | 1780 | Charleston, SC |
| Action at Waxhaw | 1780 | SC |
| Battle of Camden | 1780 | SC |
| Burning of the Valleys | 1780 | NY |
| Battle of King’s Mountain | 1780 | SC |
| Northern army winters in the Hudson Highlands, NY | ||
| Winter 1780 to 1781 army encamps at Mossistown, NJ | ||
| Battle of Cowpens | 1781 | SC |
| Action at Haw River | 1781 | NC |
| Battle of Guilford Courthouse | 1781 | NC |
| Action at Hobkirks Hill | 1781 | SC |
| Attack at Ninety Six | 1781 | SC |
| Action at Green Spring ( Hot Water) | 1781 | VA |
| Action at Eutaw Springs | 1781 | SC |
| Battle of the Chesapeake | 1781 | VA |
| Battle of Yorktown | 1781 | VA |
| Battle of Saintes (in West Indies) | 1782 | |
| Shawnee villages destroyed. | ||
| Winter 1782 to 1783 final encampment at Newburgh, NY | ||
| The Peace of Paris: (ends war) | 1783 | |
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