American Revolution By Young.F 1776 Jefferson wrote DOI He wrote it so we could be free from Britain along with some other people from each of the colonies 1776 Battles of Trenton New Jersey 1777 American and British Battle of Saratoga 1777 Articles of Confederation 1777 Howe captured Philadelphia 1778 Winter at Valley Forge 1778 State Constitutions 1779 John Paul Jones & Serapis 1779 Spain Declares war on Great Britain 1780 Congress prohibits enslaved people imported to the US 1780 British forces capture Charles Town 1781 British surrender at Yorktown 1783 Treaty of Paris