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A small American force lead by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold captured the British garrisons at Ticonderoga and Crown Point.
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The second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia the next month, at the time the full slate of the thirteen colonies was represented.
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The British burned Falmouth (Portland), Maine
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The british burned the town of Norfolk, Virginia
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General Washington and his men were overpowered by the British at the Battle of Long Island.Washington and his men escaped to Manhattan Island.
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Thomas Jefferson made the draft of the Declaration of Independence. Which the draft was approved by congress
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The British concentrated their forces in New York City instead of Boston because Boston was evacuated
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Thomas Paine released a pamphlet called Common Sense; It argued that the colonies had outgrown any need for English domination and that they should be given independence.
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London officials developed a plan for capturing the vital Hudson River valley
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George Rogers Clark: conceived the idea of capturing the British forts located in the Illinois country in
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Spain and Holland became allied against Britain
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General Benedict Arnold turned a traitor against the Americans
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British General Cornwallis retreated to the Chesapeake Bay at Yorktown to await seaborne supplies and reinforcements. Admiral de Grasse joined the Americans in an assault of Cornwallis via the sea. George Washington, along with Rochambeau's French army and Admiral de Grasse, cornered Cornwallis. He was forced to surrender.
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The U.S. government was nearly bankrupt.
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A Whig ministry (favorable to the Americans) replaced the Tory regime of Lord North.
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Conditions of the Treaty of Paris
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The Iroquois were forced to sign the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, which was the first treaty between the United States and an Indian nation. They ceded most of their land to the Americans.
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The Supreme Court says that they cannot support the law, Alien Acts
