| c.1640–1701 | Beaver Wars depopulate Ohio Country. |
| 1701–54 | Repopulation of Ohio Country. |
| 1754–60 | French and Indian War. |
| 1763–64 | Pontiac’s War. |
| 1768 | Iroquois and Cherokee cede Kentucky and West Virginia to Britain. |
| 1770 | Washington and Crawford surveying expedition on the Ohio River. |
| 1771 | Dunmore appointed governor of Virginia. |
| December 16, 1773 |
Boston Tea Party. |
| 1774 | |
| January 6 | Connolly begins attempt to seize Westmoreland County, Pa., for Virginia. |
| April 30 | Massacre at Baker’s trading post. |
| June 2 | British close port of Boston. |
| June 10 | Dunmore orders frontier county lieutenants to assemble militia companies. |
| August 2 | Battle of Wakatomica. |
| September 5 | Commencement of 1st Continental Congress. |
| September 6 | Charles Lewis and Augusta County Regiment leave Camp Union (1st W. Va. Camp) for mouth of Elk River. |
| September 12 | Andrew Lewis and Botetourt County Regiment advance from Camp Union to 2nd W. Va. Camp. |
| September 13 | Lewis reaches 3rd W. Va. Camp. |
| September 14 | Lewis reaches 4th W. Va. Camp. |
| September 15 | Lewis reaches 5th W. Va. Camp. |
| September 16 | Lewis reaches 6th W. Va. Camp. |
| September 17 | Lewis reaches 7th W. Va. Camp. |
| September 18 | Lewis reaches 8th W. Va. Camp. |
| September 19 | Lewis reaches 9th W. Va. Camp. |
| September 20 | Lewis reaches 10th W. Va. Camp. |
| September 21 | Lewis reaches 11th W. Va. Camp. |
| September 22 | Botetourt County Regiment joins Augusta County Regiment at 12th W. Va. Camp. Congress asks American merchants to cease purchasing British goods. |
| September 27 | Christian and Fincastle County Regiment advance from Camp Union. |
| September 30 | Dunmore reaches Wheeling. Lewis’s army reaches 13th W. Va. Camp. |
| October 2 | Lewis’s army reaches 14th W. Va. Camp. |
| October 3 | Lewis’s army reaches 15th W. Va. Camp. |
| October 4 | Lewis’s army reaches 16th W. Va. Camp. |
| October 5 | Lewis’s army reaches 17th W. Va. Camp. |
| October 6 | Lewis’s army reaches 18th W. Va. Camp at Point Pleasant, Fincastle County Regiment reaches Lewis’s 12th W. Va. Camp. Dunmore’s army reaches mouth of Hocking River. |
| October 10 | Battle of Point Pleasant. Fincastle County Regiment reaches Point Pleasant. Dunmore’s army crosses Ohio River to 1st Ohio Camp. |
| October 11 | Dunmore’s army reaches 2nd Ohio Camp. |
| October 12 | Dunmore’s army reaches 3rd Ohio Camp. |
| October 13 | Dunmore’s army reaches 4th Ohio Camp. |
| October 14 | Dunmore’s army reaches 5th Ohio Camp. Congress issues Declaration of Colonial Rights. |
| October 15 | Dunmore’s army reaches 6th Ohio Camp. |
| October 17 | Dunmore’s army reaches 7th Ohio Camp (Camp Charlotte). Lewis’s army reaches 1st Ohio Camp. |
| October 18 | Lewis’s army reaches 2nd Ohio Camp. |
| October 19 | Lewis’s army reaches 3rd Ohio Camp. |
| October 20 | Lewis’s army reaches 4th Ohio Camp. Congress votes to create American Association. |
| October 21 | Lewis’s army reaches 5th Ohio Camp. |
| October 22 | Lewis’s army reaches 6th Ohio Camp. |
| October 23 | Lewis’s army reaches 7th Ohio Camp. |
| October 24 | Advance of Lewis’s army stopped by Dunmore. |
| October 25 | Lewis’s army leaves 7th Ohio Camp. Crawford advances toward Seekunk. |
| October 26 | Congress dissolves with announcement that it will reconvene on May 10, 1775. |
| October 27 | Battle of Seekunk. |
| October 31 | Dunmore’s army leaves Camp Charlotte. |
| November 5 | Dunmore’s officers agree on Fort Gower Resolves. |
| December 22 | Fort Gower Resolves appears in Virginia Gazette. |
| 1775 | |
| April 19 | Battles of Lexington and Concord. |