WEEK 10
IMPORTANT DATES IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
1773 Dec. 16, Boston Tea Party
1774 Jan, Boston under British lockdown
1775 April 19, Battle of Lexington & Concord
1775 June 17 Battle of Bunker Hill
1775 July George Washington takes command in Boston
1775 Nov. Henry Knox goes to Ticonderoga for guns
1776 Jan. Knox and guns arrive at Boston
1776 Jan. Thomas Paine publishes "Common Sense"
1776 Mar. Washington puts guns on Dorchester Heights
1776 March 17 British evacuate Boston
1776 July British arrive in New York
1776 July 4, Declaration of Independence
1776 Aug. 27 Battle of Brooklyn Washington defeated
1776 Nov. 16 Washington loses New York
1776 Dec. 25/26 Washington wins Battle of Trenton
1777 Jan. 3, Washington wins Battle of Princeton
1777 Sept 19-Oct 7, Americans win Battle of Saratoga; brings in French aid
1778 Feb. 6, French-American alliance announced
1778 June 28, Battle of Monmouth, Geo Washington saves the day
1779 Feb. 3, Battle of Port Royal Island SC
1779 Nov Washington’s Main Army begins camping at Morristown, NJ
1780 Oct 7, Americans win Battle of Kings Mountain;
Thomas Jefferson called the battle "The turn of the tide of success."
1781 Mar 2, Articles of Confederation adopted
1781 Sep 28-Oct 19 - Siege of Yorktown, VA
1781 Oct 19, General Cornwallis officially surrenders at Yorktown, VA
1783 Sept 3, US and British sign Treaty of Paris
RECOMMENDED READING
The Chernow biography is the best source for the later war and its conclusion.
