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