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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. David Green Roland Jaworski Sefa Schell. French-Indian (Seven Years) War. Stamp Act of 1765. Townshend Acts. “No Taxation Without Representation”. The Boston Massacre. Committees of Correspondence. The Boston Tea Party. Intolerable Acts. Continental Congress.
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THEAMERICAN REVOLUTION David Green Roland Jaworski Sefa Schell
Battles (Chronological Order) 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord – April 19 Siege of Boston – April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776 Gunpowder Incident – April 20* Capture of Fort Ticonderoga – May 10* Battle of Chelsea Creek – May 27–28 Battle of Machias – June 11–12 Battle of Bunker Hill – June 17 (also known as the Battle of Breed's Hill) Battle of Gloucester, MA – August 8 Shelling of Stonington – August 30 Siege of Fort St. Jean – September 17 – November 3(also called St. John's) Burning of Falmouth – October 18* Battle of Kemp's Landing – November 14 Battle of Great Bridge – December 9, 1775 Siege of Savage's Old Fields – November 19–21 (also called the Siege of Ninety-Six) Snow Campaign - December 23 Battle of Quebec – December 31 1776 Burning of Norfolk – January 1 Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge – February 27 Battle of the Rice Boats – March 2–3 Battle of Nassau – March 3–4 Fortification of Dorchester Heights – March 4* Battle of Saint-Pierre – March 25 Battle of Block Island – April 6 Battle of The Cedars – May 18–27 Battle of Trois-Rivières – June 8 Battle of Sullivan's Island – June 28 Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet – June 29 Battle of Lindley's Fort – July 15 Battle of Long Island – August 27 (also known as the Battle of Brooklyn) Landing at Kip's Bay – September 15 Battle of Harlem Heights – September 16 Battle of Valcour Island – October 11 (naval battle) Battle of White Plains – October 28 Battle of Fort Cumberland – November 10–29 Battle of Fort Washington – November 16 Ambush of Geary – December 14 Battle of Iron Works Hill – December 22–23 (also known as the Battle of Mount Holly) Battle of Trenton – December 26 1777 Second Battle of Trenton – January 2 Battle of Princeton – January 3 Battle of Millstone – January 20 Forage War – Winter Battle of Punk Hill - March 8 Battle of Bound Brook – April 13 Battle of Ridgefield – April 27 (also known as the Danbury Raid) Battle of Thomas Creek – May 17 Meigs Raid – May 24 (also known as the Battle of Sag Harbor) Battle of Short Hills – June 26 (also known as the Battle of Metuchen Meetinghouse) Siege of Fort Ticonderoga – July 5 – 6 Battle of Hubbardton – July 7 Battle of Fort Ann – July 8 Siege of Fort Stanwix – August 2 – 23 Battle of Oriskany – August 6 Second Battle of Machias – August 13 – 14 Battle of Bennington – August 16 Battle of Staten Island – August 22 Battle of Setauket – August 22 First Siege of Fort Henry – September Battle of Cooch's Bridge – September 3 Battle of Brandywine – September 11 Battle of the Clouds – September 16 Battle of Saratoga I – September 19 (also known as the Battle of Freeman's Farm & The Turning Point of the War) Battle of Paoli – September 21 Siege of Fort Mifflin – September 26 – November 15 Battle of Germantown – October 4 Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery – October 6 Battle of Saratoga II – October 7 (also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights) Battle of Red Bank – October 22 (also known as the Battle of Fort Mercer) Battle of Gloucester, NJ – November 25 Battle of White Marsh – December 5–8 Battle of Matson's Ford – December 11 1778 Battle off Barbados – March 7 Battle of Quinton's Bridge – March 18 North Channel Naval Duel – April 24 Battle of Crooked Billet – May 1 Battle of Barren Hill – May 20 Mount Hope Bay raids – May 25 and 30 Battle of Cobleskill – May 30 Battle of Monmouth – June 28 Battle of Alligator Bridge – June 30 Wyoming Massacre – July 3 First Battle of Ushant – July 27 Siege of Pondicherry – August 21 – October 19 Battle of Rhode Island – August 29 (also known as Battle of Newport or Quaker Hill) Grey's raid – September 5–17 Invasion of Dominica – September 7 Siege of Boonesborough – September 7–18 Attack on German Flatts – September 17 Baylor Massacre – September 27 Raid on Unadilla and Onaquaga – October 2–16 Battle of Chestnut Neck – October 6 Little Egg Harbor massacre – October 16 Carleton's Raid – October 24 – November 14 Cherry Valley Massacre – November 11 Battle of St. Lucia – December 15 (naval battle) Capture of St. Lucia – December 18–28 Capture of Savannah – December 29 1779 Battle of Beaufort – February 3 (also known as the Battle of Port Royal Island) Battle of Kettle Creek – February 14 Battle of Vincennes – February 23–25 Battle of Brier Creek – March 3 Battle of Chillicothe – May Chesapeake raid – May 10–24 Armada of 1779 – June – September Sullivan Expedition – June – October Capture of Saint Vincent – June 16–18 Battle of Stono Ferry – June 20 Great Siege of Gibraltar – June 24, 1779 – February 7, 1783 Capture of Grenada – July 2 Tryon's raid – July 5–14 Battle of Grenada – July 6 Battle of Stony Point – July 16 Battle of Minisink – July 22 Penobscot Expedition – July 24 – August 29 Battle of Paulus Hook – August 19
Battles (continued) Battle of Rocky Mount – August 1 Battle of Hanging Rock – August 6 Battle of Pekowee – August 8 (also known as the Battle of Piqua) Action of 9 August 1780 – August 9 Battle of Camden – August 16 Battle of Fishing Creek – August 18 Battle of Musgrove Mill – August 18 Battle of Black Mingo – August 28 Battle of Wahab's Plantation – September 20 Battle of Charlotte – September 26 Battle of Kings Mountain – October 7 Royalton Raid – October 16 Battle of Klock's Field – October 19 La Balme's Defeat – November 5 Battle of Fishdam Ford – November 9 Battle of Blackstock's Farm – November 20 Battle of Fort St. George – November 23 1781 Battle of Jersey – January 6 Battle of Mobile – January 7 Battle of Cowpens – January 17 Battle of Cowan's Ford – February 1 Capture of Sint Eustatius – February 3 Battle of Haw River – February 25 Battle of Wetzell's Mill – March 6 Battle of Pensacola – March 9 – May 8 Battle of Guilford Court House – March 15 Battle of Cape Henry – March 16 Siege of Fort Watson – April 15 – 23 Battle of Porto Praya – April 15 Battle of Blanford – April 25 (also known as the Battle of Petersburg) Battle of Hobkirk's Hill – April 25 (also known as the Second Battle of Camden) Battle of Fort Royal – April 29 Action of 1 May 1781 – May 1 Battle of Fort Motte – May 8–12 Siege of Augusta – May 22 – June 6 Siege of Ninety-Six – May 22 – June 19 Invasion of Tobago – May 24 – June 2 Action of 30 May 1781 – May 30 Battle of Spencer's Ordinary – June 26 Francisco's Fight – July Battle of Green Spring – July 6 Naval battle of Louisbourg – July 21 Battle of Dogger Bank – August 5 Invasion of Minorca – August 19, 1781 – February 5, 1782 Lochry's Defeat – August 24 Capture of USS Trumbull – August 29 Battle of the Chesapeake – September 5 Battle of Groton Heights – September 6 (also known as the Battle of Fort Griswold) Battle of Eutaw Springs – September 8 Battle of Lindley's Mill – September 13 Long Run Massacre – September 13 Siege of Yorktown – September 28 – October 19 Battle of Fort Slongo – October 3 Siege of Negapatam – October 21 – November 11 Battle of Johnstown – October 25 Second Battle of Ushant – December 12 1782 Siege of Brimstone Hill – January 11 – February 13 Capture of Trincomalee – January 11 Capture of Demerara and Essequibo – January 22 – February 5 Battle of Saint Kitts – January 25–26 Battle of Sadras – February 17 Capture of Montserrat – February 22 Gnadenhütten massacre – March 8 Battle of Roatán – March 16 Action of 16 March 1782 – March 16 Battle of Little Mountain – March 22 Battle of Delaware Bay – April 8 Battle of the Saintes – April 9–12 Battle of Providien – April 12 Battle of the Black River – April 13 – August 23 Battle of the Mona Passage – April 19 Action of 20–21 April 1782 – April 20–21 Capture of the Bahamas – May Crawford expedition – May 25 – June 12 Battle of Newtown – August 29 Capture of Fort Bute – September 7 Battle of Lake Pontchartrain – September 10 Boyd and Parker ambush – September 13 Action of 14 September 1779 – September 14 Capture of Cayo Cocina – September 15 Siege of Savannah – September 16 – October 18 Battle of Baton Rouge – September 20–21 Battle of Flamborough Head – September 23 Battle of San Fernando de Omoa – October 16 – November 29 Action of 11 November 1779 – November 11 First Battle of Martinique – December 18 1780 Action of 8 January 1780 – January 8 Battle of Cape St. Vincent – January 16 Battle of Young's House – February 3 San Juan Expedition – March – November Battle of Fort Charlotte – March 2–14 Siege of Charleston – March 29 – May 12 Battle of Monck's Corner – April 14 Second Battle of Martinique – April 17 Battle of Lenud's Ferry – May 6 Bird's invasion of Kentucky – May 25 – August Battle of St. Louis – May 25 Battle of Waxhaws – May 29 Battle of Connecticut Farms – June 7 Battle of Mobley's Meeting House – June 10? Battle of Ramsour's Mill – June 20 Battle of Springfield, NJ – June 23 Huck's Defeat – July 12 Battle of Bull's Ferry – July 20–21 Battle of Colson's Mill – July 21
Battles (continued x 2) Naval battle off Halifax – May 28–29 Raid on Lunenburg – July 1 Battle of Negapatam – July 6 Battle of Piqua – August 8 Hudson Bay Expedition – August 8 Siege of Bryan Station – August 15–17 Battle of Blue Licks – August 19 Battle of the Combahee River – August 26 Battle of Trincomalee – August 25 – September 3 Siege of Fort Henry – September 11–13 Action of 18 October 1782 – October 18 Battle of Cape Spartel – October 20 Action of 6 December 1782 – December 6 Action of 12 December 1782 – December 12 1783 Action of 22 January 1783 – January 22 Capture of the Turks and Caicos Islands – February 12 Capture of the Bahamas – April 14–18 Battle of Cuddalore – June 20 (naval battle) Siege of Cuddalore – June 7–25 (land siege) • Battles to be Explained: • Battle of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775) • Battle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775) • -Battle of Long Island (Brooklyn) (August 27, 1776) • -Battle of Trenton (December 26, 1776) • -Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (July 5-6, 1777) • -Battles of Saratoga (September 19, 1777, October 7, 1777) • -Siege of Yorktown (September 28 – October 19, 1781)
Declaration of Independence Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton, Samuel Adams, John Adams, John Hancock, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry, Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery, Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris, Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark, Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross, George Read, Caesar Rodney, Thomas McKean, Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton, William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn, Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton, Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton
