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Date Event Articles
1750 Jonathan Mayhew: "A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to the Higher Powers" A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to the Higher Powers
1757 - 1775 The Writings of Benjamin Franklin: London The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Volume III: London
October 7, 1763 The Proclamation of 1763 The Royal Proclamation of October 7, 1763
1764 - 1769 The Writings of Samuel Adams, Vol. I
1764 The Sugar Act of 1764 The Sugar Act of 1764
1764 The Currency Act of 1764
1764 James Otis: "The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved" The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved
1765 The Stamp Act of 1765 The Stamp Act of 1765
1765 The Quartering Act of 1765
1765 The Sons of Liberty formed
1765 The Stamp Act Congress
May 1, 1766 Stamp Act repealed Repeal of the Stamp Act, 1766
1767 The Townsend Act
1769 The Virginia Resolves
1770 - 1773 The Writings of Samuel Adams, Vol. II
March 5, 1770 The Boston Massacre
1770 Townsend Act repealed
June 9, 1772 Burning of the Gaspee
1773 - 1777 The Writings of Samuel Adams, Vol. III
1773 The Tea Act of 1773 The Tea Act of 1763
December 16, 1773 The Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea Party According to George Hewes
1774 The Intolerable Acts & The Boston Port Bill The Boston Port Bill of 1774
1774 The Quartering Act of 1774 The Quartering Act of 1774
1774 The Quebec Act of 1774 The Quebec Act of 1774
October 14, 1774 First Continental Congress: "Declaration and Resolves" Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
September 5, 1774 Non-Importation Agreement
1775 Daniel Boone and the Founding of Kentucky Hero Tales From American History
February 1775 Siezed gunpowder forcefully retaken by citizens
February 1775 Maryland Militia begins training
February 18, 1775 The Elizabethtown Riot
February 20, 1775 Massachusetts Bay militia begins training
February 26, 1775 Militia respond to attempted siezure of cannon at Salem
March 1, 1775 The Fishery Bill
March 9, 1775 Riot at New York
March 13, 1775 The Westminster Massacre
March 19, 1775 British soldiers riot in Boston
March 23, 1775 Patrick Henry: Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death! Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!
March 30, 1775 The New England Restraining Act
April, 1775 General Gage ordered to execute rebel leaders
April 18, 1775 Paul Revere's Midnight Ride Letter to Dr. Jeremy Belknap from Paul Revere
April 19, 1775 The Battles of Lexington & Concord Letter to Dr. Jeremy Belknap from Paul Revere
The Stand at Concord Bridge
The Battle of Lexington
April 24, 1775 Boston disarmed
April 27, 1775 Philadelphia militia organizes
May 8, 1775 Bucks County militia, PA, organizes
May 10, 1775 Fort Ticonderoga captured by American forces
May 10, 1775 Second Continental Congress
May, 1775 Citizens of New Jersey sieze treasury
May 1775 A letter from Peter Oliver to his brother in England Peter Oliver to His Brother
May 21, 1775 Skirmish at Grape Island
May 20, 1775 The Mecklenburgh Resolutions
May 27, 1775 Battle of Hog Island The Battle of Hog Island
May 31, 1775 The Charlotte Town Resolves
June 12, 1775 Gage's Proclamation
June 15, 1775 Washington appointed commander-in-chief
June 17, 1775 The Battle of Breed's Hill The Battle of Breed's Hill
July 1775 The Olive Branch Petition
July 6, 1775 Declaration of Arms Declaration of Arms
July 8, 1775 The Battle of Roxbury Neck
August 9, 1775 The Battle of Gloucester Harbor
August 23, 1775 Proclamation of Rebellion of 1775
August 29, 1775 St. Francis Indians ally with Americans
September 1, 1775 Boston Liberty Tree cut down
September 25, 1775 Ethan Allen captured at Montreal
November, 1775 Montreal captured by American forces
December 6, 1775 Lord Dunmore's proclamation
December 9, 1775 The Battle of the Great Bridge
December 31, 1775 The Battle of Quebec
1776 - 1785 The Writings of Benjamin Franklin: Paris
1776 - 1781 The Diary of Lt. Amos Farnsworth
January 2, 1776 Norfolk burned
January 9, 1776 Thomas Paine: Common Sense Common Sense
March 17, 1776 Boston evacuated
March 23, 1776 The Battle of Moore's Creek
March, 1776 Dorcester Heights captured by American forces
May 2, 1776 France loans one million dollars
May 28, 1776 Virginia Resolves
May 29, 1776 Samuel West: "On the Right to Rebel Against Governors" On the Right to Rebel against Governors
June 10, 1776 Philadelphia militia calls for independence
June 12, 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights
June 27-28, 1776 The Battle of Sullivan's Island A Sketch of the Life of Brigadier General Francis Marion
June 28, 1776 The Battle of Charleston & Ft. Moultrie
July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Declaration of Independence
August 12, 1776 The Battle on the Hudson River
August 27, 1776 The Battle of Long Island
September 16, 1776 The Battle of Harlem Heights
September 22, 1776 Nathan Hale executed
October 11, 1776 The Battle of Valcour Bay
October 16, 1776 The Battle of Eastchester
October 22, 1776 American forces capture Staten Island
October, 1776 The Battle of White Plains
November 9, 1776 The Battle of York Island
November 16, 1776 Fort Washington captured by British forces
November 20, 1776 Fort Lee captured by British forces
December 6, 1776 Newport captured by British forces
December 13, 1776 General Lee captured
December 26, 1776 The Battle of Trenton Hero Tales From American History
January 3, 1777 The Battle of Princeton
January 25, 1777 Washington's Proclamation
March 8, 1777 The Battle of Punk Hill
March 23, 1777 The Battle of Peekskill
April 12, 1777 The Battle of Boundbrook
April 26, 1777 The Battle of Danbury
April 27, 1777 The Battle of Ridgefield
May 3, 1777 Death of Major-General Wooster
May 24, 1777 The Battle of Sag Harbor
July, 1777 Burgoyne's proclamation
July 6, 1777 Fort Ticonderoga captured by British forces
July 9, 1777 General Prescott captured
August 6, 1777 The Battle of Fort Shuyler
August 16, 1777 The Battle of Bennington Hero Tales from American History
September 11, 1777 The Battle of Brandywine Creek
September 19, 1777 The Battle of Stillwater
September 26, 1777 Philadelphia captured by British forces
October 4, 1777 The Battle of Germantown
October 6, 1777 British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery
October 7, 1777 The Battle of Saratoga
October 14, 1777 Kingston burned
October 17, 1777 General Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga
October, 1777 The Battle of Red Bank
October 29, 1777 John Hancock resigns as president
October, 1777 The Siege of Fort Mifflin
November, 1777 22,628 French troops arrive in Carribean
November 15, 1777 Articles of Confederation adopted by Congress
December, 1777 The Battle of Whitemarsh
1778 - 1802 The Writings of Samuel Adams, Vol. IV
1778 Phillips Payson: Massachusetts Election Sermon of 1778
January 6, 1778 The Battle of the Kegs
February 6, 1778 Treaty of Amity and Commerce between France and the United States
May 1, 1778 The Battle of Crooked Billet (Neshaminy Bridge)
May 30, 1778 Cobleskill, New York, burned by Iroquois
June 18, 1778 Philadelphia abandoned by British
June 27, 1778 The Battle of Monmouth
July 3, 1778 The Wyoming Massacre
July 4, 1778 George Rogers Clark captures Kaskaskia Hero Tales From American History
July 10, 1778 French declare war on British
August 16, 1778 French fleet arrives at Rhode Island
August 22, 1778 French fleet arrives at Boston for repairs
August 30, 1778 Americans evacuate Rhode Island
September 16, 1778 The Battle of Westchester
October 2, 1778 The Battle of Tappan
November 11, 1778 The Cherry Valley Massacre
November, 1778 British raid Georgia from Florida
November 27, 1778 British abandon Georgia
December 30, 1778 The Battle of Savannah
February 3, 1779 The Battle of Beaufort Ferry Road A Sketch of the Life of Brigadier General Francis Marion
March 3, 1779 The Battle of Briar Creek
April, 1779 Onondaga villages destroyed by Americans
May 31, 1779 The Battle of Fort la Fayette
June 16, 1779 Spanish declare war on British
June 20, 1779 The Battle of Stone Ferry
July 4, 1779 The Battle of New Haven
August 4, 1779 Fairfield burned
July 16, 1779 Stony Point captured by American forces
August 19, 1779 Powle's Hook captured by American forces
August, 1779 Seneca, Ming, and Munsey villages burned
August 29, 1779 The Battle of Elmira
September, 1779 The Siege of Savannah
October 25, 1779 British evacuate Newport
October, 1779 The Battle of Savannah
April 13, 1780 The Battle of Monk's Corner A Sketch of the Life of Brigadier General Francis Marion
April 16, 1780 The Battle of Paramus
May 6, 1780 Fort Moultrie captured by British forces
May 12, 1780 Charleston captured by British forces A Sketch of the Life of Brigadier General Francis Marion
May 22, 1780 The Battle of Horse Neck
June 10, 1780 The Battle of Connecticut Farms
June, 1780 The Swamp Fox A Sketch of the Life of Brigadier General Francis Marion
June 23, 1780 The Battle of Springfield
July, 1780 The Battle of Stony Point Hero Tales From American History
August 16, 1780 The Battle of Camden The Battle of Camden, South Carolina
August 18, 1780 The Battle of Fishing Creek
September 25, 1780 Benedict Arnold's treason discovered
October 7, 1780 The Battle of King's Mountain Hero Tales From American History
October 25, 1780 Samuel Cooper: A Sermon on the Day of the Commencement of the Constitution
November 22, 1780 The Battle of Fort St. George
December, 1780 Americans raid Cherokee towns
January 17, 1781 The Battle of the Cowpens A Sketch of the Life of Brigadier General Francis Marion
January 22, 1781 Raid of Morrisania
January, 1781 Benedict Arnold raids Virginia coast
March 1, 1781 Articles of Confederation ratified
March 15, 1781 The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
April 18, 1781 The Battle of Pocotaligo A Sketch of the Life of Brigadier General Francis Marion
April 25, 1781 The Battle of Hobkirk's Hill A Sketch of the Life of Brigadier General Francis Marion
May, 1781 Indian raid at Minisink
May 13, 1781 The Battle of Croton River
May 24, 1781 Lord Rawdon's proclamation
June, 1781 The Siege of Ninety-Six
July, 1781 The Battle of Jamestown
July 2, 1781 The Battle of Kingsbridge
July 15, 1781 The Battle of Tarrytown
July 21, 1781 The Battle of Barnegat
September 5, 1781 French defeat the British fleet in Chesepeake Bay
September 6, 1781 The Battle of New London
September, 1781 The Battle of Eutaw Springs A Sketch of the Life of Brigadier General Francis Marion
October 19, 1781 General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown
March 7, 1782 The Massacre of the Delaware
June 16, 1782 Contract Between France and the United States
August 25, 1782 The Battle of Colleton Plantation A Sketch of the Life of Brigadier General Francis Marion
November 30, 1782 Peace treaty drafted in Paris
February 25, 1783 Contract Between France and the United States
September 3, 1783 The Treaty of Paris signed
December 23, 1783 General Washington resigns Hero Tales From American History
January 14, 1784 The Treaty of Paris ratified by Congress
- Histories & Collections -
1859 Frank Moore: Diary of the American Revolution, Vols I & II
1896 Paul Leicester Ford: The True George Washington
1899 Andrew C. McLaughlin: A History of the American Nation
1905 W. Bennett Munro: Canada and British North America
1918 Carl Becker: The Eve of the Revolution The Eve of the Revolution
1920 George M. Wrong: George Washington and His Comrades in Arms George Washington and His Comrades in Arms
1921 Allen Johnson: Jefferson and His Colleagues
1921 Max Farrand: The Fathers of the Constitution
1983 Robert K. Wright, Jr.: The Continental Army The Continental Army
1983 U.S. Population Statistics: 1670 - 1991