CHRONOLOGY

• – British take Savannah, Georgia.

• – Siege of Charleston, South Carolina.
• – French army arrives in Newport, Rhode Island.
• – British win battle of Camden.
• – Benedict Arnold is exposed as a traitor.
• – Americans win battle of King’s Mountain.

• – British forces invade Virginia.
• – French blockade Chesapeake Bay.
• – Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown.

• – Treaty of Paris ends war.