February 29: Deerfield, a frontier settlement in western Massachusetts, is attacked by a French and Native American force.
1750-1799
1754
July 3: George Washington surrenders to the French at Fort Necessity during the 7 Years War.
1756
August 14: French capture Fort Oswego, New York.
1765
August 14: Massachusetts colonists challenge British rule by an Elm tree, known as the Liberty Tree.
1773
December 16: The Boston Tea Party takes places in Boston Harbor.
1774
March 7: The British close the port of Boston to all commerce.
March 28: Britain passes the Coercive Act against Massachusetts.
1775
March 23: American revolutionary Patrick Henry declares, "give me liberty, or give me death!"
June 16: The Battle of Bunker Hill begins.
June 17: The British take Bunker Hill outside of Boston.
July 3: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army of the American colonies at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
July 10: Horatio Gates issues an order excluding blacks from the Continental Army.
October 13: United States Navy's birthday - Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy.
November 10: United States Marine Corps' birthday - Continental Congress establishes the Continental Marines.
1776
July 4: The United States wins its independence from England.
July 24: In a letter to Major General Phillip Schuyler, Congressional President John Hancock accuses the officer of
tolerating discord among Soldiers from different states under his command.
November 16: British troops capture Fort Washington during the American Revolution.
1777
June 14: The Stars and Stripes is adopted as the United States flag, replacing the Grand Union flag.
July 31: Marquis de Lafayette, a 19-year-old French nobleman, becomes a major-general in the Continental Army of the
United States.
1778
June 18: Britain evacuates Philadelphia during the Revolutionary war.
June 19: General George Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge.
July 3: British forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pennsylvania.
1780
May 29: The treatment of Patriot prisoners by British Colonel Banastre Tarleton and his Loyalist troops coins the phrase,
“Tarleton’s Quarter”, which defines British brutality for the rest of the War for Independence.
1781
May 15: Major Andrew Maxwell, commander of a loyalist force, surrenders a fortified frame building, named "Fort
Granby," to a Patriot force in South Carolina.
May 22: Major General Nathanael Greene and 1,000 Patriots attempt an attack on the critical village of Ninety-Six in the
South Carolina backcountry.
September 28: American forces begin the siege on Yorktown Heights, VA during the Revolutionary War.
1782
August 7: George Washington creates the Order of the Purple Heart.
November 30: The United States and Britain sign preliminary peace articles in Paris, ending the Revolutionary War.
1784
January 14: The Revolutionary War formally ends.
1787
December 18: New Jersey becomes the 3rd United State.
1788
March 9: Connecticut becomes the 5th United State.
1789
August 7: The U.S. War Department is established by Congress.
1790
May 29: Rhode Island becomes the 13th United State.
July 17: The United States Coast Guard is founded.
1792
May 8: The Militia Act establishes conscription under federal law.
1798
April 30: The Department of the Navy is established.
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