{"id":247,"date":"2010-07-23T13:56:21","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T13:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infj.net\/smith\/?page_id=247"},"modified":"2010-07-29T14:04:20","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29T14:04:20","slug":"time-line","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smithrebellion1765.com\/?page_id=247","title":{"rendered":"Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"

Timeline of the Revolutionary War<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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1754-1763<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nThe French and Indian War<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1754<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

June 19-July 11<\/td>\nThe Albany Congress<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1763<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

Oct. 7<\/td>\nProclamation of 1763<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1764<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

April 5<\/td>\nThe Sugar Act<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September 1<\/td>\nThe Currency Act<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1765<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

March 22<\/td>\nThe Stamp Act<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 24<\/td>\nThe Quartering Act of 1765<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 29<\/td>\nPatrick Henry<\/a>‘s “If This Be Treason”<\/a> speech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 30<\/td>\nThe Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 7-25<\/td>\nThe Stamp Act Congress<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1766<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

March 18<\/td>\nThe Declaratory Act<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1767<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

June 29<\/td>\nThe Townshend Revenue Act<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1768<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

August 1<\/td>\nBoston Non-Importation Agreement<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1770<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

March 5<\/td>\nThe Boston Massacre<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1772<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

June 9<\/td>\nThe Gaspee Affair<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1773<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

May 10<\/td>\nThe Tea Act<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec. 16<\/td>\nThe Boston Tea Party<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1774<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

March 31<\/td>\nBoston Port Act<\/a>, one of the “Intolerable Acts<\/a>“<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 20<\/td>\nAdministration of Justice Act<\/a>, one of the “Intolerable Acts<\/a>“<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 20<\/td>\nMassachusetts Government Act<\/a>, one of the “Intolerable Acts<\/a>“<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 2<\/td>\nQuartering Act of 1774<\/a>, one of the “Intolerable Acts<\/a>“<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 22<\/td>\nQuebec Act<\/a>, one of the “Intolerable Acts<\/a>“<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 5-Oct. 26<\/td>\nThe First Continental Congress<\/a> meets in Philadelphia and issues Declaration and Resolves<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 10<\/td>\nBattle of Point Pleasant, Virginia (disputed as to whether it was a battle of the American Revolution or the culmination of Lord Dunmore’s War)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 20<\/td>\nThe Association<\/a> (prohibition of trade with Great Britain)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 24<\/td>\nGalloway’s Plan<\/a> rejected<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1775<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

Apr. 18<\/td>\nThe Rides of Paul Revere<\/a> and William Dawes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr. 19<\/td>\nMinutemen<\/a> and redcoats clash at Lexington and Concord<\/a> “The shot heard ’round the world.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 10<\/td>\nEthan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys seize Fort Ticonderoga<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 10<\/td>\nThe Second Continental Congress<\/a> meets in Philadelphia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 15<\/td>\nGeorge Washington<\/a> named Commander in Chief<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 17<\/td>\nBattle of Bunker Hill<\/a>: The British drive the Americans from Breed’s Hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 3<\/td>\nWashington assumes command of the Continental Army<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov. 10-21<\/td>\nNinety Six, SC, Patriots sieged<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov. 13<\/td>\nThe patriots under Montgomery occupy Montreal in Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec. 11<\/td>\nVirginia and NC patriots rout Loyalist troops and burn Norfolk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec. 22<\/td>\nCol. Thomson with 1,500 rangers and militia capture Loyalists at Great Canebrake, SC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec. 23-30<\/td>\nSnow Campaign, in SC, so-called because patriots are impeded by 15″ of snow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec. 30-31<\/td>\nAmerican forces under Benedict Arnold<\/a> fail to seize Quebec<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1776<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

Jan. 1<\/td>\nDaniel Morgan taken prisoner in attempt to take Quebec City<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan. 15<\/td>\nPaine’s “Common Sense”<\/a> published<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb. 27<\/td>\nThe patriots drive the Loyalists from Moore’s Creek Bridge, North Carolina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 3<\/td>\nThe Continental fleet captures New Providence Island in the Bahamas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 17<\/td>\nThe British evacuate Boston; British Navy moves to Halifax, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 8<\/td>\nPatriots fail to take Three Rivers, Quebec<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 12<\/td>\nThe Virginia Declaration of Rights<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 28<\/td>\nSullivan’s Island, SC, failed British naval attack<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 29<\/td>\nThe First Virginia Constitution<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 28<\/td>\nPatriots decisively defeat the British Navy at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 1<\/td>\nAt the instigation of British agents, the Cherokee attack along the entire southern frontier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 1-4<\/td>\nCongress debates and revises the Declaration of Independence. See Chronology of the Declaration<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 4<\/td>\nCongress adopts the Declaration of Independence; it’s sent to the printer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 8<\/td>\nThe Declaration of Independence is read publicly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 15<\/td>\nLyndley’s Fort, SC, Patriots fend off attack by Indians and Tories dressed as Indians<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 1<\/td>\nAmbushed by Cherokees, Patriots are saved by a mounted charge at Seneca, SC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 2<\/td>\nDelegates begin to sign The Declaration of Independence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 10<\/td>\nTugaloo River, SC, Andrew Pickens defeats Cherokees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 12?<\/td>\nAndrew Pickens’ detachment surrounded by 185 Cherokee Indians, forms a ring and fires outward. It is known as the “Ring Fight.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 12<\/td>\nCol. Williamson and Andrew Pickens defeat Cherokee Indians and burn Tamassy, an Indian town<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 27<\/td>\nRedcoats defeat the George Washington’s army in the Battle of Long Island. Washington’s army escapes at night.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 15<\/td>\nThe British occupy New York City<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 16<\/td>\nGenerals George Washington, Nathanael Greene, and Israel Putnam triumphantly hold their ground at the Battle of Harlem Heights<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 19<\/td>\nCol. Williamson’s patriots attacked by Cherokees at Coweecho River, NC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 11<\/td>\nBenedict Arnold<\/a> defeated at the Battle of Valcour Island (Lake Champlain), but delayed British advance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 28<\/td>\nThe Americans retreat from White Plains, New York. British casualties (~300) higher than American (~200).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov. 16<\/td>\nThe Hessians capture Fort Washington, NY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov. 20<\/td>\nLord Cornwallis captures Fort Lee from Nathanael Greene<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec. 26<\/td>\nWashington crosses the Delaware<\/a> and captures Trenton from Hessians<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1777<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

Jan. 3<\/td>\nWashington victorious at Princeton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan. 6-May 28<\/td>\nWashington winters in Morristown, NJ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr. 27<\/td>\nBenedict Arnold<\/a>‘s troops force a British retreat at Ridgefield, Connecticut.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 20<\/td>\nTreaty of DeWitt’s Corner, SC: Cherokees lose most of their land east of the mountains<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 14<\/td>\nFlag Resolution<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 5<\/td>\nSt. Clair surrenders Fort Ticonderoga to the British<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 27<\/td>\nLafayette<\/a> arrives in Philadelphia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 6<\/td>\nThe Redcoats, with Iroquois support, force the patriots back at Oriskany, NY, but then have to evacuate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 16<\/td>\nAmerican Militia under General Stark victorious at the Battle of Bennington, VT (actually fought in Walloomsac, New York, several miles to the west)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 23<\/td>\nBritish withdraw from Fort Stanwix, NY, upon hearing of Benedict Arnold’s approach<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 25<\/td>\nBritish General Howe lands at Head of Elk, Maryland<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 11<\/td>\nThe British win the Battle of Brandywine, Pennsylvania<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 16<\/td>\nRain-out at the Battle of the Clouds<\/a>, Pennsylvania<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 19<\/td>\nBurgoyne checked by Americans under Gates at Freeman’s Farm, NY. This is part of the “Battles of Saratoga.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 21<\/td>\nPaoli Massacre, PA<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 26<\/td>\nBritish under Howe occupy Philadelphia<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 4<\/td>\nAmericans driven off at the Battle of Germantown<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 7<\/td>\nBurgoyne loses second battle of Freeman’s Farm, NY (at Bemis Heights). This is part of the “Battles of Saratoga.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 17<\/td>\nBurgoyne surrenders to American General Gates at Saratoga, NY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 22<\/td>\nHessian attack on Fort Mercer, NJ repulsed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov. 16<\/td>\nBritish capture Fort Mifflin<\/a>, Pennsylvania<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec. 5-7<\/td>\nAmericans repulse British at Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec. 19<\/td>\nWashington’s army retires to winter quarters at Valley Forge<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1778<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

Feb. 6<\/td>\nThe United States and France sign the French Alliance<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 7<\/td>\nBritish General William Howe replaced by Henry Clinton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 20<\/td>\nBattle of Barren Hill, Pennsylvania<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 18<\/td>\nBritish abandon Philadelphia and return to New York<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 19<\/td>\nWashington’s army leaves Valley Forge<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 28<\/td>\nThe Battle of Monmouth Court House ends in a draw<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 4<\/td>\nGeorge Rogers Clark captures Kaskaskia, a French village south of St. Louis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 8<\/td>\nFrench and American forces besiege Newport, RI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec. 29<\/td>\nThe redcoats occupy Savannah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1779<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

Feb. 3<\/td>\nMaj. Gen. Moultrie defeats British detachment at Port Royal Island, SC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb. 14<\/td>\nAndrew Pickens and Elijah Clarke beat Loyalists at Kettle Creek, NC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb. 23-24<\/td>\nAmerican George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (now Indiana) on the Wabash in the Western campaign<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 3<\/td>\nBritish Lt. Col. Jacques Marcus Prevost defeats Americans under Gen. John Ashe at Brier Creek, GA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 11-13<\/td>\nMaj. General Augustin Pr\u00e9vost (brother of Jacques, see above) breaks his siege when American forces under Maj. Gen. Lincoln approaches<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 20<\/td>\nStono River, SC, Maj. Gen. Lincoln inflicts extensive British casualties in indecisive battle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 21<\/td>\nSpain declares war on Great Britain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 8<\/td>\nFairfield, CT, burned by British<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 11<\/td>\nNorwalk, CT, burned by British<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 15-16<\/td>\nAmerican “Mad” Anthony Wayne<\/a> captures Stony Point, NY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 19<\/td>\n“Light Horse” Harry Lee attacks Paulus Hook, NJ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 29<\/td>\nNewtown, NY, after two massacres, American forces burn Indian villages<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 23<\/td>\nJohn Paul Jones, aboard the Bonhomme Richard<\/em>, captures British man-of-war Serapis<\/em> near English coast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 28<\/td>\nThe Tappan Massacre (“No Flint” Grey kills 30 Americans by bayonet)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 9<\/td>\nAmerican attempt to recapture Savannah, GA fails<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov.-June 23, 1780<\/td>\nWashington’s 2nd winter at Morristown, NJ (the harshest winter of the 18th century)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1780<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

May 12<\/td>\nBritish capture Charleston, SC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 29<\/td>\nBritish crush Americans at Waxhaw Creek, SC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 20<\/td>\nPatriots rout Tories at Ramseur’s Mill, NC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 11<\/td>\nFrench troops arrive at Newport, RI, to aid the American cause<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 6<\/td>\nPatriots defeat Tories at Hanging Rock, SC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 16<\/td>\nBritish rout Americans at Camden, SC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 25<\/td>\nBenedict Arnold’s plans to cede West Point to the British discovered<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 7<\/td>\nKing’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<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 14<\/td>\nWashington names Nathanael Greene commander of the Southern Army<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1781<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

Jan. 1<\/td>\nMutiny of unpaid Pennsylvania soldiers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan. 17<\/td>\nPatriot Morgan overwhelmingly defeats British Col. Tarleton at Cowpens, SC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb. 1<\/td>\nThe Battle of Cowan’s Ford, Huntersville, NC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 2<\/td>\nArticles of Confederation<\/a> adopted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 15<\/td>\nBritish win costly victory at Guilford Courthouse, NC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 25<\/td>\nGreene defeated at Hobkirk’s Hill, SC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 15<\/td>\nCorwallis clashes with Greene at Guilford Courthouse, NC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 6<\/td>\nAmericans recapture Augusta, GA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 18<\/td>\nBritish hold off Americans at Ninety Six, SC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 6<\/td>\n“Mad” Anthony Wayne repulsed at Green Springs Farm, VA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 8<\/td>\nGreene defeated at Eutaw Springs, SC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 15<\/td>\nFrench fleet drives British naval force from Chesapeake Bay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct. 19<\/td>\nCornwallis surrounded on land and sea by Americans and French and surrenders at Yorktown, VA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1782<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

March 20<\/td>\nLord North<\/a> resigns as British prime minister<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 11<\/td>\nBritish evacuate Savannah, GA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov. 30<\/td>\nBritish and Americans sign preliminary Articles of Peace<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec. 14<\/td>\nBritish leave Charleston, SC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1783<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

April 19<\/td>\nCongress ratifies preliminary peace treaty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 3<\/td>\nThe United States and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Paris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov. 25<\/td>\nBritish troops leave New York City<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec. 23<\/td>\nWashington resigns as Commander<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1787<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

Sept. 17<\/td>\nU.S. Constitution<\/a> signed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1788<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

June 21<\/td>\nU.S. Constitution adopted, when New Hampshire ratifies it<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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