| 1775 | - Second Continental Congress convenes.
- Battle of Bunker Hill.
- Olive Branch Petition.
- Battle of Quebec.
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| 1776 | - Common Sense published.
- British evacuate Boston.
- Declaration of Independence.
- British take Manhattan.
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| 1777 | - British Parliament suspends habeas corpus.
- Ambush at Oriskany; Americans hold Fort Stanwix.
- British occupy Philadelphia.
- British surrender at Saratoga.
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| 1777–1778 | - Continental army winters at Valley Forge.
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| 1778 | - France signs treaty with America.
- British take Savannah, Georgia.
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| 1779 | - Militias attack Cherokee in North Carolina.
- Americans destroy Iroquois villages in New York.
- Americans take Forts Kaskaskia and Vincennes.
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| 1780 | - Philadelphia Ladies Association raises money for soldiers.
- The siege of Charleston, South Carolina.
- French army arrives in Newport, Rhode Island.
- British win battle of Camden.
- Benedict Arnold exposed as traitor.
- Americans win battle of King’s Mountain.
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| 1781 | - British forces invade Virginia.
- French blockade Chesapeake Bay.
- Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown.
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| 1783 | - Treaty of Paris ends war.
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