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Learn how to explore the battlefields, historic sites, and museums of the Revolutionary War.
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Explore the Revolutionary War travel guides chronologically to find a particular event.
1775
march 23, 1775
Patrick Henry's Speech
April 18, 1775
Patriots' Midnight Run
April 19, 1775
Battle of Lexington and Concord
April 19, 1775 - March 17, 1776
Siege of Boston
May 10, 1775
Second Continental Congress
May 10, 1775
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
June 17, 1775
Battle of Bunker Hill
November 19, 1775
Battle of Ninety Six
When the South Carolina Militia arrested Loyalists for stealing gunpowder, the Loyalists responded in force, leading to South Carolina’s first battle of the Revolutionary War.
December 9, 1775
Battle of Great Bridge
December 31, 1775
Battle of Quebec
1776
February 27, 1776
Battle of Moores Creek
April 12, 1776
Halifax Resolves
June 28, 1776
Battle of Sullivan's Island
July 1, 1776
Cherokee War of 1776 Begins
July 4, 1776
Declaration of Independence Adopted
July 21, 1776
Battle of Sycamore Shoals
August 2, 1776
Declaration of Independence Signed
August 27-29, 1776
Battle of Brooklyn
September 15-16, 1776
Battle of Harlem Heights
October 11, 1776
Battle of Lake Champlain
October 28, 1776
Battle of White Plains
November 16, 1776
Battle of Fort Washington
November 20, 1776
Battle of Fort Lee
December 26, 1776
First Battle of Trenton
1777
Jan 2, 1777
Second Battle of Trenton
Jan 3, 1777
Battle of Princeton
June 14, 1777
Flag Resolution
July 7, 1777
Battle of Hubbardton
Sep 11, 1777
Battle of Brandywine
September 26, 1777
British Capture Philadelphia
October 4, 1777
Battle of Germantown
October 7, 1777
Second Battle of Saratoga
1778
May 20, 1778
Battle of Barren Hill
June 18, 1778
British Evacuate Philadelphia
June 28, 1778
Battle of Monmouth
December 29, 1778
British Capture Savannah, GA
1779
February 3, 1779
Battle of Port Royal
February 14, 1779
Battle of Kettle Creek
February 23 - 25, 1779
Siege of Fort Vincennes
August 29, 1779
Battle of Newtown
September 12-21, 1779
Battle of Baton Rouge
September 16 - October 18, 1779
Siege of Savannah
1780
March 29 - May 12, 1780
Siege of Charleston
April 14, 1780
Battle of Monck's Corner
May 12, 1780
British Capture Charleston
May 29, 1780
Battle of the Waxhaws
July 1, 1780
British Capture Georgetown, SC
July 12, 1780
Battle of Huck's Defeat
August 1, 1780
Battle of Rocky Mount
August 6, 1780
Battle of Hanging Rock
August 16, 1780
Battle of Camden
August 18, 1780
Battle of Fishing Creek
August 27, 1780
Battle of Kingstree
October 7, 1780
Battle of Kings Mountain
1781
January 7, 1781
Battle of Mobile
January 17, 1781
Battle of Cowpens
March 5, 1781
Battle of Guilford Courthouse
March 9 - May 10, 1781
Siege of Pensacola
April 25, 1781
Battle of Hobkirk Hill
May 22 - June 19, 1781
Siege of Ninety Six
September 8, 1781
Battle of Eutaw Springs
September 28 - October 19, 1781
Siege of Yorktown
October 19, 1781
General Lord Cornwallis Surrenders at Yorktown
October 22, 1781
Hilton Head Island Ambush
Patriot Charles Davant becomes Hilton Head Island’s only casualty of the Revolutionary War when he is ambushed by Loyalist Captain Martinangel.
October 19, 1781
Attack on Fair Lawn Barony
1782
1783
september 23, 1783
Treaty of Paris
After a lengthy delay and almost two years after Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, the final peace treaty is signed by British and American representatives in Paris.
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