1775
May
The capture of Fort Ticonderoga by American patriots.
June
The British in Boston are blockaded by American forces.
June 17
The battle of Breed’s (or Bunker) Hill.
September
American invasion of Canada.
December
The siege of Quebec begins.
1776
March
The British evacuate Boston.
June
The siege of Charleston. Americans evacuate Canada.
July 4
The American Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Aug–Sept
The British occupy New York City.
November
The American invasion of Nova Scotia is repulsed at Fort Cumberland.
1777
August
The siege of Fort Stanwix.
October
The British Army capitulates at Saratoga.
December
The Continental Army winters at Valley Forge.
1778
January
Americans establish a stronghold at West Point.
February
France signs a treaty of friendship with the United States.
July
France declares war on Great Britain.
1779
June
Spain declares war on Great Britain.
July
The Americans capture Stoney Point.
September
Baton Rouge falls to the Spanish.
Sept–Oct
The French and American attack on Savannah is repulsed by the British.
1780
March
Mobile falls to the Spanish.
May
Charleston falls to British forces.
July
The French Army expeditionary corps lands at Newport, Rhode Island.
May
Pensacola surrenders to Spanish forces.
October
The surrender of British troops at Yorktown to American and French forces.
1782
June
The British evacuate Savannah.
November
A preliminary peace agreement is signed.
December
The British evacuate Charleston.
1783
September
The Treaty of Paris ends the war.
November
The British evacuate New York City.