Revolutionary War (1776-1783)

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  • Declaration of Independence Signed

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    Revolutionary War

  • Battle of Long Island

  • Battle of Harlem Hieghts

  • American Retreat at White Plains

  • British Capture Forts Washington and Lee

  • Washington Crosses Deleware and Captures Trenton

  • Washington Wins the Battle of Princeton

  • First American Flag Made

  • St. Clair Surrenders Fort Ticonderoga to the British

  • Lafayette arrives in Philadelphia

  • American Militia triumph over Hessians at Bennington

  • General Howe lands at Head of Elk, Maryland

  • Battle of Brandywine

  • Battle of the Clouds

  • Paoli Massacre

  • Burgoyne surrenders to General Gates at Saratoga

  • Hessian attack on Fort Mercer

  • The Winter at Valley Forge

  • The French Alliance

  • General William Howe replaced by Henry Clinton

  • Battle of Barren Hill

  • The Battle of Bunker Hill

  • French and American forces besiege Newport

  • John Paul Jones, aboard the Bonhomme Richard, captures British man-of-war Serapis near English coast

  • The Tappan Massacre

  • Battle of Kings Mountain

  • Mutiny of unpaid Pennsylvania soldiers

  • British win costly victory at Guilford Courthouse

  • French fleet drove British naval force from Chesapeake Bay

  • Treaty of Paris, War Ends