> CHRONOLOGY

1777
  • Ambush takes place at Oriskany; Americans hold Fort Stanwix.

  • British occupy Philadelphia.

  • British surrender at Saratoga.

1777–1778
  • Continental army winters at Valley Forge.

1778
  • France signs treaty with America.

1779
  • Militias attack Cherokee settlements west of North Carolina.

  • Americans destroy Iroquois villages in New York.

  • Americans take Forts Kaskaskia and Vincennes.