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December 1773
Patriots protest British Taxes by throwing 340 chests of tea into
Boston Harbor, in what is known as the
Boston Tea Party.
April 19, 1775
Battle of Lexington, Mass. Battle started at dawn.
April 27, 1775 Colonel
Samuel
H. Parsons and Benedict Arnold plan, at Hartford,
Connecticut, the
capture of Fort Ticonderoga, N. Y.
April 29, 1775 Arnold leads
his company from New Haven to Boston
May 10, 1775 Fort Ticonderoga
captured by Ethan Allen
May 12, 1775 Crown Point, N.
Y., captured by Americans
May 16, 1775 Americans under
Benedict Arnold capture St. John, Canada
May 25, 1775 British Generals
Howe,
Clinton, and
Burgoyne arrive at Boston from England with
troops.
June 14, 1775 Congress votes
to raise 20,000 men.
June 15, 1775
George Washington
is unanimously elected by Congress commander-in- chief of the
American forces.
June 16-17
Battle of
Bunker Hill, and burning of Charlestown (June 17, 1775).
June 22, 1775 Congressional
Resolution, "That a sum not exceeding two million of Spanish milled
dollars be emitted by Congress in bills of credit for the defense of
America."
July 3, 1775
George
Washington takes command of the
army at Cambridge.
July 6, 1775 Declaration by
Congress, the causes and necessity for taking up arms.
July 10, 1773 First
provincial ship commissioned for naval warfare in the American
Revolution, sent out by Georgia.
July 15, 1775 Importation of
gunpowder, saltpeter, sulphur, and firearms permitted by act of
Congress.
July 20, 1775 Georgia joins
the United Colonies.
July 21, 1775 Congress
Considers Franklin's plan of confederation and perpetual union, "The United Colonies of North America."
July 27, 1775 Congress agrees
to create an army hospital.
August, 1775 British vessel,
the Betsy, surprised by a Carolina privateer off
St. Augustine bar,
and 111 barrels of powder captured by the colonists.
August 23, 1775 Things
continue to heat up as King
issues a proclamation for suppressing rebellion and sedition in the
colonies.
September, 1775 American
troops under General Richard Montgomery sent into Canada to cut
off British supplies.
September, 1775 Colonel
Benedict Arnold, with about 1,100 soldiers, marches against
Quebec.
September 17, 1775 British
ship seized off Tybee Island, Georgia, capturing 250 barrels of
powder.
September
25, 1775 British capture Col.
Ethan Allen and
thirty-eight men near Montreal.
October 7, 1775 Bristol,
Rhode Island, bombarded.
October 10, 1775
General
William Howe replaces General Gage as commander of the British army
in America, who leaves for England.
October 18, 1775 Falmouth,
Me., burned by British November 2, 1775
St. John, Canada, surrenders to Americans
November 4, 1775 Congress orders
a battalion to protect Georgia
November 7, 1775 British fleet
repulsed at Hampton, Virginia. (October 25, 1775), and
Lord Dunmore declares
open war.
November 12, 1775 Night attack of the British vessels Tamar and Cherokee on the
schooner Defence, in Hog Island Channel, S. C.
November 13, 1775 Americans
under Montgomery capture Montreal November 29, 1775
Benjamin Harrison, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Johnson,
John
Dickinson, and John Jay, appointed by Congress for secret
correspondence with allies of America in Great Britain, Ireland, and
other countries. December 9, 1775
Battle of Great Bridge, Virginia.
December 13, 1775
Congress appoints Silas Deane,
John Langdon, and
Christopher
Gadsden, to fit out two vessels of war( November 25) orders
thirteen vessels of war built and appoints
Esek Hopkins commander.
December, 1775 British vessels driven from Charleston Harbor, by artillery
company under Colonel Moultrie, stationed on Haddrell's Point.
December 31, 1775 American
forces united under Montgomery and Arnold repulsed at Quebec;
Montgomery killed.
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January 1, 1776 George
Washington unfurls the first Union flag of thirteen stripes at
Cambridge, Mass.
January. 1, 1776 Norfolk,
Va., partly burned by Governor Dunmore.
February 27, 1776
Battle of
Moore's Creek, North Carolina McDonald's loyalists routed by
militia; seventy killed and wounded.
March 2, 1776 Silas Deane appointed political agent to
the French Court. March 17, 1776
Howe evacuates Boston. March 23, 1776
Congress authorizes privateering.
April 6, 1776 Congress orders
the ports open to all nations.
April 22, 1776 North Carolina
declares for independence.
May 6, 1776 American forces under General
John Thomas retire from the siege of Quebec.
May, 1776
Rhode Island, (May 4); Massachusetts, (May 10); and Virginia, (May 14),
declare for independence. May 15, 1776
Congress advises each colony to form a government independent of
Great Britain.
June 7, 1776 Resolution
introduced in Congress by Richard Henry Lee, that "the United
Colonies are and ought to be free and independent States; that they
are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that
their political connection with Great Britain is and ought to be
totally dissolved " (Richard Henry Lee was the Great Uncle of
Robert
E. Lee) June 11, 1776
Committee appointed by Congress to prepare a form of confederation.
June 11, 1776 Committee
appointed by Congress to draw up a
Declaration of Independence.
June 12, 1776 Board of war and ordnance appointed by Congress, consisting of five
members; John Adams,
Roger Sherman, Benjamin Harrison,
James Wilson,
and Edward Rutledge; Richard Peters elected secretary.
June 18, 1776 American forces under
General Sullivan retire from Canada to Crown Point, N. Y.
June 28, 1776 Unsuccessful
attack on Fort Moultrie by British fleet under Sir Peter Parker.
July 4, 1776
Declaration of
Independence adopted by Congress.
July 9, 1776 Declaration of
Independence read to the army in New York by order of General George
Washington.
August 22, 1776
British General Lord Howe lands 10,000 men and forty guns near
Gravesend. August 27, 1776
Battle of Long Island. August 29-30, 1776
Washington withdraws his forces from Long Island to the city of New
York.
September 9, 1776 Congress
resolves "that all Continental commissions in which heretofore the
words 'United Colonies' have been used, bear hereafter the words 'United States' " September 14, 1776
Americans evacuate New York City. September 16, 1776
British repulsed at Harlem Heights.
September 22, 1776
Benjamin Franklin,
Silas Deane, and
Arthur Lee appointed ambassadors
to the Court of France.
September 22, 1776
Nathan Hale executed as a spy at New
York.
October 11-13, 1776
Battle on
Lake Champlain; British victory. October
18, 1776 Thaddeus Kosciuszko, arrives; recommended to
Washington by Dr. Franklin ; appointed colonel of engineers by
Congress. October 28, 1776
Battle of White Plains, New
York; British
victory.
October, 1776 Franklin sails
for France in the Reprisal, of sixteen guns, one of the new
Continental frigates, the first national vessel to appear in the
Eastern Hemisphere. November 1, 1776
Congress authorizes the raising of
$5,000,000 by lottery for expenses of the next campaign.
November 16, 1776
Fort
Washington on the Hudson captured by the British.
November, 1776 Americans
evacuate Fort Lee, November 18, and retreat across
New Jersey to
Pennsylvania.
November 28, 1776 Eight thousand
British troops land and take possession of Rhode Island.
December 8, 1776
Washington with his forces crosses the
Delaware into
Pennsylvania. December 8, 1776
Sir Peter Parker takes possession of Rhode Island, and blockades the
American fleet at Providence.
December 12 1776
Major General Charles Lee captured by
British at Baskingridge, N. J
December 26, 1776
Battle of
Trenton, New Jersey
December 30, 1776
Congress resolves to send commissioners to the courts of Vienna,
Spain, Prussia, and Tuscany.
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January 3, 1777
Battle of
Princeton.
January, 1777 Washington's
army encamps for the winter at Morristown.
January 23, 1777 Americans
under General Maxwell capture Elizabethtown,
New Jersey.
February 6, 1777
Letters of marque and reprisal granted by England against American
ships.
February 26, 1777 Five vessels belonging to a British supply fleet are sunk near
Amboy,
N. J.
April 8, 1777 Vermont declares
itself an independent State, (January, 1777), and presents a
petition to Congress for admission into the confederacy, which was
denied.
April 26, 1777 Danbury,
Connecticut, destroyed by troops under ex-Governor Tryon.
May 23, 1777 Colonel Meigs, with
whale-boats from Guilford, attacks the British forces at Sag Harbor,
destroying vessels and stores and taking ninety prisoners.
June 14, 1777
Stars and Stripes adopted by Congress.
June 30, 1777 British under General Howe evacuate New Jersey, crossing to Staten
Island.
July 1, 1777 British under
Burgoyne appear before Ticonderoga. July
6, 1777 American garrison withdraw from New York.
July 7, 1777
Battle of Hubbardton, Vermont.
July 10, 1777
British General Richard Prescott surprised and captured near Newport
by Lieutenant-Colonel Barton.
July 27, 1777 Miss Jane
McCrea captured by Indians in British employ at Fort Edward, New
York, was shot and scalped. July 29, 1777
On the approach of Burgoyne General Schuyler evacuates Fort Edward,
and retreats down the Hudson Valley. July
31, 1777 General Lafayette, who volunteers his services
to Congress, is commissioned major-general.
August 3, 1777 Lafayette
introduced to Washington in Philadelphia, and attached to his
personal staff.
August 6, 1777
Battle of Oriskany,
New York. August 16, 1777
Battle of Bennington, Vermont.
August 19, 1777
Gen. Philip Schuyler succeeded by Gen.
Horatio Gates in command of
the Northern army. August 22, 1777
General Arnold sent to relieve
Fort Schuyler, invested by British
under St. Leger, who retreats and returns
to Montreal.
September 11, 1777
Battle of Brandywine, Washington defeated.
September 15, 1777 Count Pulaski commissioned brigadier-
general by Congress.
September 19, 1777
Battle of
Stillwater, New York; Results are indecisive.
September 20-21,
1777 Three hundred of Wayne's troops slaughtered at Paoli.
September 27, 1777 British
army occupies Philadelphia.
October 4, 1777
Battle of Germantown; Americans repulsed.
October 6, 1777 Forts Clinton and Montgomery captured
by the British.
October 7, 1777 Battle of Saratoga, New York.
October 17, 1777 General
Burgoyne's army surrenders.
October 22-23, 1777
Successful defense of Fort Mifflin and
Fort Mercer.
October, 1777 Congress creates a new board of war,
General Gates presiding
November 15, 1777
Articles of
Confederation adopted. November 16-20, 1777
Forts Mifflin and Mercer besieged by the
British and captured.
November, 1777 Congress recommends to the several
States to raise by taxes $5,000,000 for the succeeding year.
December 4, 1777 Howe leaves Philadelphia with 14,000
men to drive Washington from his
position at Whitemarsh, but does not
attack
December 8, 1777 Howe hurriedly returns to Philadelphia.
December 18, 1777 American army goes into
winter quarters at Valley
Forge, on the Schuylkill.
December, 1777
General Charles Lee released in exchange
for General Prescott.
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January 5, 1778 Battle of the Kegs.
February 6, 1778 Louis XVI.
acknowledges the independence of the colonies, and signs a treaty of
alliance and commerce.
February, 1778 Baron Steuben
joins the camp at Valley Forge.
April 22, 1778 Bill
introduced by Lord North in Parliament concerning peace negotiations
with America reaches Congress and is rejected.
May 2, 1778 French treaty reaches Congress by messenger.
May 4, 1778 Deane's treaty with France ratified.
May 18, 1778 Mischianza, a festival, is given at Philadelphia by the British
officers in honor of Sir William Howe (who had been succeeded by
Sir
Henry Clinton), six days before his return to England.
May 20, 1778 Affair at Barren
Hill.
May 25, 1778 British raid in
Warren and Bristol, Rhode Island. May 31, 1778
Colonel Ethan Allen, released from imprisonment, returns to
Bennington, Vermont.
June 10, 1778 Earl of Carlisle, George Johnstone, and William Eden, appointed
peace commissioners to America, with Prof. Adam Ferguson as
secretary.
June 18, 1778 British evacuate Philadelphia and retire across the Delaware into
New Jersey. June 18, 1778 Americans break camp at Valley Forge
and follow.
June 28, 1778
Battle of
Monmouth Courthouse, New Jersey, British retreat.
June 29, 1778 "Molly Pitcher" commissioned sergeant by Washington for bravery at
Monmouth.
July 4, 1778
Massacre of inhabitants in Wyoming Valley, Pa., by Indians and
Tories.
July 4, 1778 Expedition from Virginia under Maj. George Rogers Clarke captures
the British fort at Kaskaskia. July 9, 1778
Articles of Confederation signed by delegates from eight
States—New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut,
Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, and
South Carolina.
July 21, 1778 Delegates from North Carolina sign
them
Delegates from Georgia sign them
July 24, 1778.
July 29, 1778 French fleet, under Count D'Estaing, enters Narraganset
Bay.
August 6, 1778 M. Gerard,
minister from France to America, received in Congress.
August 11, 1778 Congress rejects the bills of Parliament, and refuses to negotiate
with Great Britain until her fleets and armies are withdrawn and she
acknowledges the independence of the colonies.
August 12, 1778 General Charles Lee by court-martial for disobedience, misbehavior, and
disrespect to Washington, suspended from
command for one year.
August 29, 1778 Battle of Rhode Island.
August 31, 1778 Americans evacuate Rhode Island,
August30, and British occupy Newport.
September 5, 1778 British under General Grey burn Bedford village, in Dartmouth,
Mass., and seventy American vessels lying
at the wharfs.
September 14, 1778 Benjamin Franklin appointed minister
to the Court of France.
November 10, 1778 Massacre by Indians and Tories at
Cherry Valley, N. Y.
December 29, 1778 British
troops under Howe capture Savannah; the Americans retreat across
the Savannah River.
1778-79 Northern American army hutted in cantonments from Danbury, Conn., to
Elizabethtown, N. J., for the winter.
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Major General Benjamin Lincoln, commanding the Southern forces,
establishes his first post at Purysburg, on the Savannah River.
January 2, 1779 Congress calls upon the States for their quotas of $15,000,000 for
the year, and $6,000,000 annually for eighteen years to follow as a
sinking-fund. January, 1779
Vincennes, Ind., captured by the British
January 12, 1779 British under General McLane take possession of Castine, Me.
February 3, 1779 British under Major Gardiner driven from Port Royal Island by
General
Moultrie.
February, 1779 Franklin commissioned sole minister plenipotentiary to France, and
Adams recalled. February 14, 1779
Battle of Kettle Creek, Ga , American victory.
February 20, 1779 Americans under Major Clarke capture
Vincennes.
March 3, 1779
Battle of Brier Creek, Georgia,
British victory.
March
26, 1779 Salt works at Horseneck, Conn., destroyed by
General Tryon.
April, 1779 American ministers recalled, except at
Versailles and Madrid.
June 20, 1779 Americans repulsed at
Stono Ferry,
S. C.
June, 1779 Spain declares war against Great
Britain.
July 12, 1779 British under Tryon plunder
New Haven
(July 5), and burn Fairfield (July 8), and Norwalk.
July 16, 1779 Americans under Wayne take by storm
Fort Stony Point, N. Y.
July 25, 1779 Expedition against the British at Fort
Castine, Me., repulsed.
August 13, 1779 American fleet arrive at Penobscot, and are dispersed by
British
fleet. August 14, 1779 Congress agrees to a basis of terms for
a peace with Great Britain.
July-Sept., 1779 General Sullivan's campaign against the
Six Nations; the Indian villages of the Genesee Valley destroyed.
September 3, 1779 British fleet at Tybee captured by Count D'Estaing.
September, 1779 Congress votes thanks and a gold medal to Major Lee, for surprising
and capturing (August 19) the British garrison
at Paulus's Hook.
September 17, 1779 Congress guarantees the Floridas to
Spain if she takes them from Great
Britain, provided the United States
should enjoy the free navigation of
the Mississippi River.
September 23, 1779 Naval engagement off Flamborough
Head, England ; the Bon Homme Richard (American),
Paul Jones
commander, captures the British gun-ship Serapis.
September 27, 1779 John Jay appointed minister to Spain,
and John Adams to negotiate a peace
with Great Britain.
September 23-October 9, 1779
Siege of Savannah, Georgia, by Americans
and French, fails; Pulaski killed.
October 1, 1779 A company of British regulars and four
armed vessels in the Ogeechee River, Ga., surrenders to Colonel
White.
October 11-25, 1779 British evacuate Rhode Island.
November 17, 1779 M. Gerard succeeded by the Chevalier de la Luzerne as minister from
France to the United States.
December, 1779 American army winters at
Morristown.
December 26, 1779 General Clinton sails from New York against
Charleston.
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January, 1780 Washington
reprimands General Arnold, by order of Congress, for misconduct
charged by the council of Philadelphia.
January 10, 1780 General Charles Lee dismissed from the army.
March, 1780 Congress sends
General Gates to succeed Baron de Kalb, who, by the surrender of
General Lincoln, had been commander-in-chief in the South.
April 10, 1780 General Clinton lays
siege to Charleston.
April 14, 1780 Battle at Monk's Corner, S. C.
May 11, 1780
Lafayette
rejoins the army, after a visit to France, bringing a commission
from the French government to Washington as lieutenant-general and
vice-admiral of France, so that he may be commander-in-chief of the
united forces of France and the United States.
May 6, 1780
Fort Moultrie, S. C., surrendered to Captain Hudson of the British
navy.
May 12, 1780 Charleston, S. C., capitulates.
May 29, 1780 Massacre of Americans under
Colonel Buford at Waxhaw, on the North
Carolina border, by British under
Tarleton.
June 3, 1780 General Clinton
proclaims South Carolina subject to England.
June 20, 1780 Battle of Ramsour's Mills, N. C.
June 23, 1780 Battle at
Springfield, N. J.; General Clinton burns the town.
July 10, 1780 French army of
6,000 men, under Rochambeau, reaches Newport Harbor, R. I.
July 30, 1780
Battle of Rocky Mount, S. C.
August 3, 1780 Command in the highlands of the Hudson with West Point given to General
Benedict Arnold. August 6, 1780
Battle of Hanging Rock, S. C.
August 16, 1780
Battle of Camden, S. C. ; Gates defeated.
August 18, 1780 Battles of
Musgrove Mills and
Fishing Creek,
S. C.
September 21, 1780
Major John Andre, British adjutant-general, meets Benedict Arnold
near Stony Point, N. Y.
September 23, 1780 Major Andre captured near Tarrytown.
September 24, 1780 Arnold escapes to the British vessel
Vulture.
September 26, 1780 Battle of Charlotte, N. C
October 2, 1780 Andre convicted as a spy by military board,
General Nathanael Greene,
president, September 29, and hung at Tappan,
N. Y.
Oct., 1780 Congress votes
John Paulding, David Williams, and Isaac Van Wart, captors of Andre, its thanks, a silver medal, and a pension of $200
each yearly, for life.
October 6, 1780
Henry Laurens, minister from United States, seized on his way to
Holland by a British frigate, September 3, and imprisoned in the
Tower of London. October 7, 1780
Battle of King's Mountain, S. C.
October 10, 1780 Congress resolves that western lands to be ceded shall be formed
into republican States, and become equal members of the Union.
October 14, 1780 Gen.
Nathanael Greene appointed to command of the armies in the South,
superseding General Gates.
Dec., 1780
Colonel John Laurens
appointed a special minister to France to secure a loan.
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January 1, 1781 Pennsylvania troops break camp at Morristown,
January 1, demanding back
pay. Congress appoints a commission, which accedes to their demand.
January 5-6, 1781 Benedict Arnold plunders Richmond, Virginia. Jan., 1781
Robert R.
Livingston appointed secretary of foreign affairs by Congress.
January 17, 1781
Battle of Cowpens, S. C.; American victory.
January 23-27, 1781 Mutiny of New Jersey troops quelled
by General Robert Howe. February 2, 1781
Young's house, near White Plains, surprised by British.
January 28 - February 13, 1781
Skilful retreat of Americans under General Greene from
Cowpens to
the River Dan, pursued by
Cornwallis.
March 1, 1781 Final
ratification of Articles of Confederation announced by order of
Congress. March 15, 1781 Battle of Guildford Courthouse, N. C.
April 24, 1781 British under Generals Phillips and
Benedict Arnold occupy Petersburg. April
25, 1781 Battle of Hobkirk's Hill, S. C. .
May, 1781 Union of Vermont
with the British proposed to Col. Ira Allen at Isles aux Noix,
Canada.
May 20, 1781 Cornwallis joins Arnold at Petersburg,
Va
September 14, 1780 Augusta,
Ga., taken by Colonel Clark ; retaken by British, September 17, 1780 ; capitulates to Americans June 5, 1781
June 18, 1781 General Wadsworth captured, and imprisoned at Castine,
Me.
June 21, 1781 British abandon
Fort Ninety-six.
June 22, 1781 Jonas Fay, Ira Allen, and Bazaleel
Woodward appointed to represent the
cause of Vermont in the Continental Congress.
August 4, 1781 General Lafayette attacks Cornwallis,
near Green Springs, Virginia, and is repulsed July 6, 1781.
August, 1781 Cornwallis retires with his army to
Yorktown
It. Livingston appointed secretary of foreign affairs by Congress.
August 20, 1781 Congress requires Vermont to relinquish territory east of the
Connecticut and west of the present New York line before admission
as a State.
August 25, 1781 Combined armies of
Americans and French start for Yorktown, Va., from
the Hudson River.
August 30, 1781 Count de
Grasse, with the French fleet, arrives in the Chesapeake.
September 5, 1781 Lafayette joins
French troops under Count de St. Simon at Green Springs, September 3,
and they occupy Williamsburg, about 15 miles from Yorktown.
September 6, 1781 Benedict Arnold plunders and burns New London, Conn., and captures
Fort Griswold.
September 7, 1781 British fleet under Admiral Graves
appears in the Chesapeake.
September 8, 1781 Indecisive
battle of Eutaw
Springs, S. C.
September 14, 1781 Washington and
Count Rochambeau reach Williamsburg
October 5-19, 1781
Siege of Yorktown
October 19, 1781 Cornwallis
surrenders at Yorktown. October 29, 1781
Sir Henry Clinton, with fleet of thirty-five vessels and 7,000
troops, arrives at the Chesapeake, October 24, and returns to
New York.
December 13, 1781
Benjamin Lincoln appointed Secretary of War by Congress
October 30, Day
of public thanksgiving and prayer observed throughout the United
States.
December 31, 1781
Henry
Laurens released from imprisonment in the Tower of London.
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April 19, 1782 Holland
recognizes the independence of United States.
May 5, 1782 Sir Guy Carleton,
appointed to succeed Clinton, lands in New York.
June 14, 1782 Orders received by Sir James Wright at Savannah for the
evacuation of the province.
July 11, 1782
Savannah, Ga.,
evacuated by the British.
October 8, 1782 Treaty of
amity and commerce concluded by Mr. Adams, on part of the United
States, with Holland. November 30, 1782
Preliminary articles of
peace signed at
Paris by Richard Oswald for Great
Britain, and by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and
Henry
Laurens for the United States.
December 14, 1782 British evacuate Charleston, S. C.
December 24, 1782 French army embarks from Boston for
San Domingo, having been in the
United States two years five months
and fourteen days.
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February 5, 1783 Sweden recognizes independence of
United States.
February 25, 1783 Denmark recognizes independence of
United States.
March 15, 1783 Congress being unable to pay either
officers or men of the army, an anonymous address is circulated,
March 11,
1783, advising the army at Newburg, N. Y., to enforce its claims.
The situation is critical, but Washington, by an admirable address,
obtains from the officers a declaration of confidence in Congress
and the country.
March 22, 1783 Congress grants five years' full pay to officers in lieu of half-pay
for life, promised October 21, 1780.
March 24, 1783 Spain recognizes independence of United
States.
April 15, 1783 Congress ratifies the preliminary treaty
with Great Britain.
April 19, 1783 Congress proclaims a cessation of hostilities, April 11, 1783, which
is read
to the army.
July, 1783 Independence of
the United States recognized by Russia
September 3, 1783 Definitive
treaty signed by David Hartley on the part of Great
Britain, and by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay on the
part of the
United States.
November 2, 1783 Washington issues his "Farewell Address to the Army" from Rocky
Hill,
near Princeton, N. J.
November 3, 1783 By general order of Congress, proclaimed
October 18, the army is
disbanded, a small force remaining at West Point.
November 25, 1783 British evacuate New York City
December 4, 1783 General Washington bids farewell to his officers at Fraunce's
tavern, corner Pearl and Broad Streets, New York
City.
December 4, 1783 British evacuate Long Island and Staten Island (withdrawing their
last armed man sent for the purpose of reducing the colonies to
subjection) December 23, 1783 Washington resigns his
commission as commander-in-chief at the State-house, Annapolis, Md.,
and retires
to Mount Vernon
January 14, 1784 Congress ratifies the definitive treaty
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