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The British governor Thomas Gage sent troops over to Concord to stop the colonists with loaded arms, and the next day the first shots were fired in Lexington, starting the war. The battles resulted in a British retreat to Boston.
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Representatives from each of the 9 colonies met in Phillidelphia to start an official government, and to build an army and a navy. Once there they all decided that George Washington would lead the army of men.
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George Washington is appointed to Commander in Chief. Many men resect his judgement and his call so they elected they he would be in charge.
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The British drive the Americans from Breed's Hill. During the Siege of Boston in the early American Revolutionary War, British successfully captured Charlestown Peninsula, many casualties suffered on both sides.
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Washington has now been apointed to command the Contenental Army.
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Virginia and NC patriots rout Loyalist troops and end up burning Norfolk.
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Thomas Paine is a revolutionary leader who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense arguing for American independence from Britain. In England he published The Rights of Man.
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Congress adopts the Decloration of Indpenedence. This is also known as independence day.
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The Virginia Declaration of Rights is written by George Mason.
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The First Virgina Constitution is written by the 37th congress in the second session.
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The Declaration of Independence is read to the public on July 8th 1776.
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Delegates begin to sign The Declaration of Independence.
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Redcoats defeat thee George Washington's army, and Washingtons army escpes at night. Howe defeated Americans and forced them to retreat to Manhattan island.
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Generals George Washington, Nathanael Greene, and Israel Putnam triumphantaly hold their ground.
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Lafayette arives in Philadelphia.
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British Win. The British victory in this battle ensured that Philadelphia, the capital of the self-proclaimed United States of America, would remain in British hands throughout the winter of 1777-1778.
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Surrenders to American General Gates at Saratoga, NY.
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In New York, the British were outnumbered and were forced to surrender. The colonist victory was a turning point in the war because it inspired the French to help the colonists fight the British.
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British capture Fort Mifflin in Pennsylvania and keep moving on with the war.
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Washington's army retires to winter. Harsh cold and lack of supplies limits the mens ablility to fight and the winter finally wins.
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United States and French sign the French Alliance making them allies in war.
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General William Howe is replaced by Henry Clinton.
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Pennsylvania. Lafayette with 500 men and about 50 Oneida Indians successfully evade British onslaught.
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Newtown, Ny, after two massacres, American forces burn Indian villages.
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Washington names Nathanael Greene commander of the Southern Army. Quaker-raised American general who employed tactics of fighting and then drawing back to recover, then attacking again. Defeated Cornwallis by thus "fighting Quaker".
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After 16 months of debating the contenential congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
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An overwhelming victory by American Revolutionary forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan, in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War. This was a decisive victory by American Revolutionary forces under General Daniel Morgan, and was a turning point in the reconquest of South Carolina from the British.
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This was the winning battle of the Revolution and what made the French alliance so important. We had them cornered by both land and by sea thanks to the French.
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Lord North resigns as British prime minister that repealed the Townshend Acts and passed coercive acts. He hoped for an early peace during the Revolutionary War and resigned after Cornwallis' surrender in 1781.
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British and Americans sign preliminary Articles of Peace.
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Peace Treaty of Paris is ratified by the congress and sent out.
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United States and Great Britian sign the Treaty of Paris. Ended the American Revolution and forced Britain to recognized the United States as an independent nation.
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Washington has resigned as a commander of the Contenental Army.
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The United States Constitution is signed.
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New Hampshire retifies it and the United States Constitution is adopted.
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The constitution is ratified after a series of edits and signatures.
