KGathings By bailey.lyle5 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord 1775 Second Continental Congress meets 1775 George Washington voted the commander 1776 Thomas Paine writes Commen Sense 1776 Declaration of Independence 1777 Continentals defeat British at Saratoga 1777 Continental Army camp at Valley Forge. 1781 Articles of Confederation 1781 British surrender at Yorktown 1783 Treaty of Paris
