Major Events

Battles of Lexington and Concord

1775

Second Continental Congress

1775

Americans capture British garrisons at Ticonderoga and Crown Point

1775

Battle of Bunker Hill

1775

King George III formally proclaims colonies in rebellion

1775

Failed invasion of Canada

1775

Paine's Common Sense

1776

Declaration of Independence

1776

Battle of Trenton

1776

Battle of Brandywine

1777

Battle of Germantown

1777

Battle of Saratoga

1777

Formation of French-American alliance

1778

Battle of Monmouth

1778

Clark’s victories in the West

1778-1779

Battle of King’s Mountain

1781

Battle of Cowpens

1781

Greene leads Carolina campaign

1781

French and Americans force Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown

1781

North’s ministry collapses in Britain

1782

Treaty of Paris

1783

Treaty of Fort Stanwix

1784