REVOLUTIONARY EVENTS AND BATTLES

1775

Jan 1, 1775

Second Continental Congress; Washington named Continental army leader. Battles of Lexington and Concord. Colonists win.

1776

Jan 1, 1776

Battle of Long Island, NY, British win
Battle of Trenton, NJ, Colonists win
Benjamin Franklin to Paris, France

1777

Jan 1, 1777

Battle of Saratoga, NY, Colonists win
British capture Philadelphia, PA

1777-1778

Jan 1, 1777

Winter at Valley Forge, PA

1778

Jan 1, 1778

British captured Savannah, GA

1779

Jan 1, 1779

John Dickinson is appointed to be a delegate for Delaware to the Continental Congress

1780

Jan 1, 1780

British capture Charleston, SC

1781

Jan 1, 1781

Battle of Yorktown, VA Colonist win

1782

Jan 15, 1782

Robert Morris, the Superintendent of Finance, recommends to U.S. Congress the establishment of decimal coinage and a national mint

1783

Jan 1, 1783

Treaty of Paris ends the war, The colonists win