| •April 19, 1775 | Battles of Lexington and Concord |
| •June 1775 | Continental Congress establishes Continental Army |
| •June 16, 1775 | Battle of Bunker Hill |
| •August 1775 | Representatives of Continental Congress and Iroquois Confederacy meet |
| •November 1775 | Lord Dunmore issues his proclamation |
| •January 1776 | Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense |
| •July 4, 1776 | Continental Congress publicly declares independence |
| •July to mid- December 1776 | British forces defeat Continental Army |
| •December 1776 – January 1777 | Patriot victories at Trenton and Princeton |
| •October 1777 | Patriot victory at Saratoga |
| •Winter 1777–1778 | Continental Army encamps at Valley Forge |
| •1778 | Articles of Confederation ratified by eight states |
| •February 1778 | France declares alliance with the United States |
| •Summer 1779 | Patriot forces destroy Iroquois villages |
| •1780 | Elizabeth “Mum Bett” Freeman sues for freedom |
| •March 1781 | Articles of Confederation ratified |
| •October 19, 1781 | British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia |
| •September 2, 1783 | Treaty (Peace) of Paris |