Timeline

Events leading up to the War

1754-63 The French and Indian War

3/5/1770 The Boston Massacre

12/16/1773 The Boston Tea Party

1775

4/19 The Battles of Lexington and Concord

6/17 Battle of Bunker Hill (fought on Breed's Hill)

1776

3/17 The British evacuate Boston

7/4 Declaration of Independence adopted

8/2 Declaration of Independence signed

9/15 British occupy New York City

1777

1/3 Washington wins the Battle of Princeton

9/11 British success at the Battle of Brandywine, PA

1778

2/6 The French Alliance

6/28 Washington fights to a draw at Battle of Monmouth

1779

Coldest Winter of the war, Washington at Morristown, NJ

1780

5/29 British crush Americans at Waxhaw Creek, SC

8/6 Patriots defeat Tories at Hanging Rock, SC

1781

3/15 British win costly victory at Guilford Courthouse, NC

7/6 "Mad" Anthony Wayne repulsed at Green Springs Farm, VA

10/19 Cornwallis surrounded on land and sea by Americans and French and surrenders at Yorktown, VA

1782 and Beyond

3/20/82 Lord North resigned as British Prime Minister

7/11/82 British evacuated Savannah, GA

11/30/82 British sign Articles of Peace

12/14/82 British leave Charleston, SC

4/19/83 Congress ratifies preliminary peace treaty

9/3/83 Treaty of Paris

11/25/83 British troops leave New York

12/23/83 Washington Resigns as Commander

9/17/87 U.S. Constitution ratified