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August 1619
The first enslaved people arrive in Virginia
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June 19 – July 11, 1754
The Albany Congress
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May 27, 1754
Battle of Jumonville Glen
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1756−63
Seven Years’ War / French and Indian War
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1763
Treaty of Paris of 1763
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1763
Royal Proclamation of 1763
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1763−66
Pontiac’s War
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1764
Sugar Act and Currency Act
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1765
Stamp Act
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May 1765
The Stamp Act Resolves
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October 1765
The Stamp Act Congress
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1766
The Stamp Act is repealed
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1766
Declaratory Act
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1767−68
Townshend Acts
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August 1, 1768
Boston Non-Importation Agreement
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March 5, 1770
Boston Massacre
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1773
Tea Act
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December 16, 1773
The Boston Tea Party
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1774
Intolerable Acts
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September 5, 1774
First Continental Congress
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April 19, 1775
Battle of Lexington and concord
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May 10, 1775
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
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May 10, 1775
The Second Continental Congress convenes.
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June 14, 1775
The Continental Army is created
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June 1775
Oneida Declaration of Neutrality
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June 17, 1775
Battle of Bunker Hill
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July 5, 1775
The Olive Branch Petition
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July 6, 1775
Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms
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August 23, 1775
Proclamation of Rebellion
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September 1, 1775
King George III rejects the Olive Branch Petition
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October 13, 1775
Creation of the Continental Navy
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November 1775
Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation
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January 1776
Publication of Common Sense
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March 17, 1776
The British evacuate Boston
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June 1776
The Committee of Five begins work on the Declaration of Independence
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June 7, 1776
The Lee Resolution is proposed in Congress
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June 12, 1776
A committee is formed to draft a constitution
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July 2, 1776
The New Jersey State Constitution is adopted
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July 2, 1776
Congress votes to declare independence from Great Britain
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July 4, 1776
The text of the Declaration of Independence is approved by Congress
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August 27, 1776
Battle of Long Island
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September 11, 1776
Staten Island Peace Conference
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December 26, 1776
Battle of Trenton
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January 2, 1777
Battle of Assunpink Creek
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January 3, 1777
Battle of Princeton
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July 2, 1777
The Vermont State Constitution is adopted
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July 31, 1777
Marquis de Lafayette joins the Continental Army
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September 11, 1777
Battle of Brandywine
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Sep. 19–Oct. 17, 1777
Battle of Saratoga
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September 26, 1777
The British occupy Philadelphia
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November 15, 1777
The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union are accepted by Congress
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Winter of 1777−78
Continental Army winter encampment at Valley Forge
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1778
Formation of the Culper Spy Ring
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February 1778
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance are signed with France
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April 1778
American Capture of H.M.S. *Drake*
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June 1778
The British evacuate from Philadelphia
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June 28, 1778
Battle of Monmouth
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December 29, 1778
The British capture Savannah
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June 1779
The Spanish enter the Revolutionary War
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June 30, 1779
Philipsburg Proclamation
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Sept. – Oct. 1779
Siege of Savannah
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Feb. 20 – Mar. 9, 1780
Battle of Fort Charlotte
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April – May 12, 1780
Siege of Charleston
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May 26, 1780
Battle of St. Louis
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June 15, 1780
The Massachusetts State Constitution is adopted
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August 1780
Benedict Arnold assumes command of West Point.
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August 16, 1780
Battle of Camden
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September 23, 1780
Capture of John André
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October 7, 1780
Battle of Kings Mountain
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December 1780
Nathanael Greene replaces Horatio Gates as Commander of Southern Continental Forces
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January 7, 1781
Battle of Mobile
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January 17, 1781
Battle of Cowpens
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March 1, 1781
The Articles of Confederation are ratified by the states
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Mar. 9 – May 8, 1781
Siege of Pensacola
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March 15, 1781
Battle of Guilford Court House
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September 28, 1781
Beginning of the siege of Yorktown
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October 19, 1781
The British surrender at Yorktown
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January 1782
Parliament forbids offensive action in North America
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March 8, 1782
Gnadenhutten Massacre
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April 1782
The beginning of Anglo-American peace negotiations
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July 13, 1782
Raid on Hanna’s Town
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August 19, 1782
Battle of Blue Licks
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August 27, 1782
Battle of the Combahee River
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November 30, 1782
The Peace of Paris is drafted
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1783
Virginia Act of 1783
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July 8, 1783
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court declares slavery against the Constitution of 1780
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September 3, 1783
The Anglo-American Peace Treaty is signed
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January 14, 1784
Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris.
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April 23, 1784
The Northwest Ordinance of 1784 is approved by Congress
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May 20, 1785
The Land Ordinance of 1785 is adopted by Congress
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1786
Massachusetts prohibits intermarriage between Whites, Blacks, and Native Americans
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August 29, 1786
Protesters close the county court in Northampton, Massachusetts
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September 5, 1786
Protesters close the county court in Worcester, Massachusetts
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September 1786
Delegates from six states convene in Annapolis to address interstate commerce
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January 19, 1787
Benjamin Lincoln leads troops to Worcester, Massachusetts
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February 21, 1787
Congress calls for a convention to revise the Articles of Confederation
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May 25, 1787
The Constitutional Convention begins
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July 13, 1787
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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July 16, 1787
The Connecticut Compromise is approved
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September 17, 1787
The Constitutional Convention adjourns
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