Revolutionary War (1776-1783) By freezenote1 Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Signed Period: Jul 4, 1776 to Sep 3, 1783 Revolutionary War Aug 27, 1776 Battle of Long Island Sep 28, 1776 Battle of Harlem Hieghts Oct 28, 1776 American Retreat at White Plains Nov 16, 1776 British Capture Forts Washington and Lee Dec 26, 1776 Washington Crosses Deleware and Captures Trenton Jan 3, 1777 Washington Wins the Battle of Princeton Jun 14, 1777 First American Flag Made Jul 5, 1777 St. Clair Surrenders Fort Ticonderoga to the British Jul 27, 1777 Lafayette arrives in Philadelphia Aug 16, 1777 American Militia triumph over Hessians at Bennington Aug 25, 1777 General Howe lands at Head of Elk, Maryland Sep 11, 1777 Battle of Brandywine Sep 16, 1777 Battle of the Clouds Sep 21, 1777 Paoli Massacre Oct 17, 1777 Burgoyne surrenders to General Gates at Saratoga Oct 22, 1777 Hessian attack on Fort Mercer Dec 19, 1777 The Winter at Valley Forge Feb 6, 1778 The French Alliance Mar 7, 1778 General William Howe replaced by Henry Clinton May 20, 1778 Battle of Barren Hill Jun 17, 1778 The Battle of Bunker Hill Aug 8, 1778 French and American forces besiege Newport Sep 23, 1779 John Paul Jones, aboard the Bonhomme Richard, captures British man-of-war Serapis near English coast Sep 28, 1779 The Tappan Massacre Jul 10, 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain Jan 1, 1781 Mutiny of unpaid Pennsylvania soldiers Mar 15, 1781 British win costly victory at Guilford Courthouse Sep 15, 1781 French fleet drove British naval force from Chesapeake Bay Sep 3, 1783 Treaty of Paris, War Ends