TIMELINE OF EVENTS

CHAPTER 6 REVIEW

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 1776January 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