Oct. 10 Battle of Point Pleasant, Virginia (disputed as to whether it was a battle of the American Revolution or the culmination of Lord Dunmore's War)
June 29 The First Virginia Constitution
Nov. 16 British capture Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania
Feb. 6 The United States and France sign the French Alliance
Feb. 23-24 American George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (in what is now Indiana) on the Wabash in the Western campaign
Oct. 7 King's Mountain, SC: battle lasts 65 minutes. American troops led by Isaac Shelby and John Sevier defeat Maj. Patrick Ferguson and one-third of General Cornwallis's army
March 2 Articles of Confederation adopted
Greene defeated at Eutaw Springs, SC
April 19 Congress ratifies preliminary peace treaty
