Revolutionary War Timeline

written by Thomas Jefferson, states the reasons the British colonies of North America sought independence in July of 1776.

General George Washington's army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day, and won two crucial battles of the American Revolution.

the two Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution.

the military camp 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia where the American Continental Army spent the winter of 1777–78 during the American Revolutionary War.

a defensive alliance between France and the United States of America, formed in the midst of the American Revolutionary War.

The Battle of Monmouth took place at Monmouth, New Jersey. The British, Sir Henry Clinton, the new British commander, retreated from Philadelphia to New York. As Sir Henry Clinton led the British army across the Jerseys, George Washington decided to attack.

The city of Savannah, Georgia, had been captured by a British force under Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Campbell.

Spain declares war on Great Britain, creating a de facto alliance with the Americans.

was a military conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America during the American Revolutionary War

where the Patriot militia defeated the Loyalist militia commanded by British Major Patrick Ferguson of the 71st Foot.

British decide to negotiate a peace settlement following their loss. He ordered Marquis de Lafayette and an American army of 5,000 troops to block Cornwallis’ escape from Yorktown by land while the French naval fleet blocked the British escape by sea.

ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies. In the terms of the treaty, France gave up all its territories in mainland North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies there.