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| April 21st, 1777: British attack Danbury, Connecticut |
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| April 22nd, 1778: John Paul Jones leads American raid on Whitehaven, England |
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| May 27th - Opening Ceremony of the Annual Flag Placement at the National Cemetery at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas
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| February 11th - Governor Rick Perry received the SAR Gold Good Citizenship Medal |
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| March 26th - TXSSAR State Meeting |
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| April 10th - Tejeda Middle School History Fair |
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| April 13th - Hospital Visit to Wounded Veterans |
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| April 19th - Pilgrimage to the Alamo |
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| April 21st - San Antonio SAR Chapter Birthday |
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| April 24th - Fiesta de los Ninos Parade |
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| April - JROTC High School Awards |
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| May 1st - Presentation of Sons of the American Revolution Books to the San Antonio Public Library |
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| June 4th - Price Induction Ceremony |
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| July 3rd - Terrell Hills Independence Day Parade |
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| July 4th - Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery |
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| July 13th - Dinner Honoring Mimi Lozano and Robert Thonhoff |
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| July 20th - Royally Welcoming U. S. Troops Back from Afghanistan at DFW Airport |
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| October 27th - Presentation to the Schertz Public Library |
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| 2009 |
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| February 22nd - Washington's Birthday Celebration in Laredo, Texas |
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| March 15th - The Texas Society Daughters of the American Revolution Dedication of the |
| TSDAR Patriot Monument at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas |
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| May 11th - NSSAR in Kentucky Derby Parade |
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| May 13th - Texas State Senator Jeff Wentworth Received the SAR Silver Good Citizenship Medal |
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| May 14th - Revolutionary War Reenactment in Boerne, Texas |
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| December 29th - Ed Butler KTSA Radio Interview |
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| 2008 |
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| April 5th - History Fair at Frank Tejeda Middle School |
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| April 12th - Dixie Flag Company 50th Anniversary |
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| April 21st - Pilgrimage to the Alamo |
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| May 23rd - SAR Meets with the Cub Scouts |
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| July 2nd - Frank Rohrbough and Peter Baron on Great Day SA Televison Show |
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| July 4th - Fort Sam Houston |
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| July 4th - "Let Freedom Ring" Ceremony at The Alamo |
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| September 14th - Ed Butler and Joe Ware in Paris |
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| October 18th - Commemoration of the 227th Anniversary of the Battle of the Hook |
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| November 11th - Veterans' Day at Fort Sam Houston |
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| November 15 - City of Von Ormy Parade |
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| November 29th - Heroism medal presentations at the Rampage Hockey Game |
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| December 13th - Joint DAR, SAR, CAR Meeting at the San Antonio Country Club |
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| December 13th - Wreath Laying at Fort Sam Houston |
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| February 19th - Presidents' Day Parade in Laredo, Texas |
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| March 23-25 - TXSSAR State Convention |
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| Historical Accounts |
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| June 15, 1215: Magna Carta sealed |
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| December 25, 1659: Christmas Celebration Outlawed |
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| April 26, 1711: David Hume is born |
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| August 11, 1718: Sir Frederick Haldimand is born |
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| April 11, 1721: Moravian missionary David Zeisberger is born |
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June 5, 1723: Adam Smith, author of The Wealth of Nations, is baptized in Scotland
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| March 13, 1733: Unitarian Joseph Priestley is born in Yorkshire |
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| March 19, 1734: Thomas McKean is born |
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| November 17, 1736: Boston Tea Party Raider Born |
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| January 21, 1738: Ethan Allen is born |
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| April 16, 1738: General Sir Henry Clinton is born |
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| June 16, 1738: Patriot, printer, publisher, and postmistress, Mary Katharine Goddard, is born |
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| May 2, 1740: Elias Boudinot is born |
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| June 25, 1745: South Carolina Patriot Thomas Tudor Tucker born in Bermuda |
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| December 24, 1745: Benjamin Rush is born |
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| November 27, 1746: The Chancellor is born |
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| January 19, 1749: Isaiah Thomas was Born |
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| November 23, 1749: Reluctant Patriot Edward Rutledge is born |
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| March 16, 1751: James Madison, "Father of the Constitution", is born |
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| January 31, 1752: Gouverneur Morris is born |
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May 28, 1754: Lieutenant Colonel George Washington begins the Seven Years' War |
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June 4, 1754: Lieutenant Colonel George Washington builds Fort Necessity |
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| August 21, 1754: Bloody Ban Tarleton born in Britain |
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| November 14, 1754: Mercy Otis Marries James Warren |
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May 21, 1758: Lenape Indians abduct Mary Campbell from western Pennsylvania |
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| December 21, 1761: Patriot Robert Barnwell is born |
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May 7, 1763: Pontiac's plot is foiled |
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| January 19, 1764: John Wilkes expelled from Parliament |
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| March 22, 1765: Stamp Act imposed on American colonies |
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| March 24, 1765: Parliament passes the Quartering Act |
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| August 14, 1765: Boston Mob Protests Stamp Act |
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| November 1, 1765: Parliament enacts the Stamp Act |
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| March 18, 1766: Parliament repeals the Stamp Act |
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| October 18, 1767: Mason and Dixon draw a line |
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| June 21, 1768: James Otis, Jr. Enrages Colonial Governor |
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May 17, 1769: Washington criticizes "taxation without representation" |
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| March 5, 1770: Five Die in Boston Massacre |
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| March 5, 1770: Civilians and soldiers clash in the Boston Massacre |
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| April 12, 1770: British repeal hated Townshend Act |
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June 9, 1772: British customs vessel, Gaspee, burns off Rhode Island |
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| March 1, 1773: Bedford Responds to "Boston Pamphlet" |
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| April 27, 1773: Parliament passes the Tea Act |
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| October 16, 1773: Philadelphia Resolutions criticize Tea Act |
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| December 16, 1773: The Boston Tea Party |
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| March 25, 1774: Parliament passes the Boston Port Act |
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| March 28, 1774: British Parliament adopts the Coercive Acts |
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| April 5, 1774: Benjamin Franklin publishes "An Open Letter to Lord North" |
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June 2, 1774: Parliament completes the Coercive Acts with the Quartering Act |
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August 1, 1774: Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen |
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| August 28, 1774: St. Elizabeth born in New York City |
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September 5, 1774: First Continental Congress convenes |
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| October 20, 1774: Congress creates the Continental Association |
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| October 25, 1774: Congress petitions English king to address grievances |
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| January 11, 1775: Jewish Patriot joins Provincial Congress of South Carolina |
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| January 23, 1775: London merchants petition for reconciliation with America |
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| February 2, 1775: Abigail Adams Knows "the Die is Cast" |
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| February 7, 1775: Benjamin Franklin publishes "An Imaginary Speech" |
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| March 23, 1775: Patrick Henry voices American opposition to British policy |
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| March 23, 1775: Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death - Patrick Henry |
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| March 27, 1775: Thomas Jefferson elected to the Continental Congress |
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| March 30, 1775: King George endorses New England Restraining Act |
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| April 11, 1775: "John Howe" Spies on Concord - or Not |
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| April 14, 1775: First American abolition society founded in Philadelphia |
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| April 18, 1775: Revere and Dawes ride |
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April 19, 1775: Battle Begins on Lexington Common |
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| May 3, 1775: Dartmouth tells Martin to organize North Carolina Loyalists |
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May 6, 1775: William Franklin warns Dartmouth of repercussions from Lexington and Concord |
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May 10, 1775: Second Continental Congress assembles as Ticonderoga falls |
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| May 23, 1775: Meigs Expedition claims sole Patriot victory on Long Island |
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May 24, 1775: John Hancock becomes president of Congress |
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| May 31, 1775: Mecklenburg Resolutions reject the power of the British in North Carolina |
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June 6, 1775: New York Patriot Marinus Willet seizes British weapons |
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June 10, 1775: John Adams proposes a Continental Army |
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June 17, 1775: Battle of Bunker Hill begins |
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| June 22, 1775: Congress issues Continental currency |
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| June 27, 1775: Schuyler dispatched to Ticonderoga and Crown Point |
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| June 30, 1775: Congress impugns Parliament and adopts Articles of War |
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| July 1, 1775: Congress resolves to forge Indian alliances |
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July 3, 1775: Washington takes command of Continental Army |
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July 5, 1775: Congress adopts Olive Branch Petition |
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| July 6, 1775: Congress issues a "Declaration on the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms" |
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July 21, 1775: Battle of Brewster Island |
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July 26, 1775: U.S. postal system established |
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August 8, 1775: Morgan and Virginians arrive in Cambridge |
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| August 30, 1775: Battle of Stonington, Connecticut |
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September 1, 1775: King George refuses Olive Branch Petition |
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| September 2, 1775: Washington Commissions First Naval Officer |
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| October 5, 1775: Washington informs Congress of espionage |
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| October 9, 1775: Lord Dartmouth orders British officers to North Carolina |
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| October 10, 1775: Howe named commander in chief of British army |
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| October 13, 1775: Continental Congress authorizes first naval force |
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| October 18 - 19, 1775: The Burning of Falmouth, Massachusetts |
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| October 22, 1775: Peyton Randolph dies |
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| October 24, 1775: British naval fleet attacks Norfolk, Virginia |
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| October 27, 1775: King George III speaks to Parliament of American rebellion |
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| October 28, 1775: British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston |
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| October 30, 1775: Naval committee established by Congress |
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| November 5, 1775: Washington condemns Guy Fawkes festivities |
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| November 8, 1775: Washington seeks to make militias into a military |
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| November 10, 1775: Birth of the U.S. Marine Corps |
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| November 12, 1775: Abigail Adams leads rhetorical charge against Britain |
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| November 13, 1775: Patriots take Montreal |
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| November 29, 1775: Congress creates Committee of Secret Correspondence |
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| December 8, 1775: Americans begin siege of Quebec |
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| December 9, 1775: Patriots gain control of Virginia |
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| December 22, 1775: Continental Congress creates a Continental Navy |
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| December 31, 1775: Patriots are defeated at Quebec |
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| January 2, 1776: Congress publishes the Tory Act |
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| January 7, 1776: Samuel Adams writes that the confederation "is not dead, but sleepeth" |
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| January 9, 1776: Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense |
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| January 10, 1776: North Carolina governor calls on Loyalists to combat rebels |
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| January 13, 1776: British raid Prudence Island in Narragansett Bay |
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| January 18, 1776: Georgia's royal governor is arrested |
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| January 24, 1776: Henry Knox Brings Cannon to Boston |
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| January 25, 1776: First national memorial is ordered by Congress |
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| February 9, 1776: Future New Jersey governor is promoted |
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| February 11, 1776: Georgia's governor escapes imprisonment |
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| February 13, 1776: Patrick Henry named colonel of First Virginia battalion |
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| February 15, 1776: Nova Scotia governor sends word of potential American invasion |
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| February 18, 1776: Lord Dunmore dispatches note of "inexpressible mortification" |
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| February 27, 1776: Patriots score early victory at Moores Creek, North Carolina |
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| March 2, 1776: The Siege of Boston |
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| March 3, 1776: Silas Deane embarks on secret mission to France |
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| March 4, 1776: American forces occupy Dorchester Heights |
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| March 6, 1776: New York demands Sandy Hook lighthouse be dismantled |
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| March 12, 1776: Public Notice urges recognition of "humane ladies" |
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| March 14, 1776: Alexander Hamilton is named captain of artillery company |
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| March 17, 1776: British evacuate Boston |
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| March 26, 1776: South Carolina approves new constitution |
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| March 29, 1776: Putnam named commander of New York troops |
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| March 31, 1776: Abigail Adams urges husband to "remember the ladies" |
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| April 3, 1776: Congress authorizes privateers to attack British vessels |
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| April 4, 1776: Washington begins march to New York |
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| April 6, 1776: Congress opens all U.S. ports to international trade |
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| April 7, 1776: U.S. Navy captures first British warship |
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| April 28, 1776: Colonel McIntosh writes to Washington |
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April 29th, 1776: Nathanael Greene takes command of Long Island |
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April 30th, 1776: Samuel Adams Writes of Hope for More Battles |
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May 4, 1776: Rhode Island Declares Independence |
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May 5, 1776: British Lieutenant General Henry Clinton excludes Howe and Harnett from amnesty offer |
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May 11, 1776: Washington recommends using German-American troops to Congress |
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June 7, 1776: "Lee's Resolution" presented to Continental Congress |
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June 8, 1776: Patriots retreat from Battle of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec |
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June 11, 1776: Congress appoints "Committee of Five" to draft the Declaration of Independence |
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| June 12, 1776: Virginia adopts George Mason's Declaration of Rights |
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| June 15, 1776: Delaware declares independence |
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June 23, 1776: Commodore Parker prepares for a naval strike on Charleston |
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| June 29, 1776: South Carolina's Edward Rutledge opposes independence |
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July 2, 1776: Congress votes for independence |
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| July 4, 1776: U.S. declares independence |
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| July 8, 1776: The Liberty Bell rings |
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| July 17, 1776: Congress learns of war of words |
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July 24, 1776: Hancock scolds Schuyler |
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July 27, 1776: Silas Deane writes Congress of success |
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| July 28, 1776: Sargent and Hutchinson arrive at Horn's Hook, New York |
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August 2, 1776: Delegates sign Declaration of Independence |
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| August 9, 1776: Guy Johnson predicts Indian allegiances |
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August 10, 1776: London learns of American independence |
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August 12, 1776: Washington anticipates British strategy |
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August 14, 1776: Stamp Act remembered |
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August 22, 1776: Redcoats land at Long Island |
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| August 24, 1776: General Lee recognizes Georgia's value |
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August 25, 1776: David Hume dies |
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| August 26, 1776: Washington urges Hessians to desert |
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| August 27, 1776: Howe brothers defeat Washington in Battle of Brooklyn Heights |
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September 7, 1776: World's first submarine attack |
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| September 9, 1776: Congress renames the nation "United States of America" |
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September 10, 1776: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy behind British lines |
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September 16, 1776: Battle of Harlem Heights restores American confidence |
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| September 18, 1776: Washington reports to Congress on Battle of Harlem Heights |
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| September 26, 1776: Congress elects agents to negotiate treaty with France |
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| September 30, 1776: Washington blames militia for problems |
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| October 1, 1776: Patriots learn of increased French support |
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| October 11, 1776: Benedict Arnold fights valiantly at Valcour Island |
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| October 12, 1776: British troops head up East River |
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| October 26, 1776: Benjamin Franklin sets sail for France |
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| October 31, 1776: King speaks for first time since independence declared |
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| November 7, 1776: Post office stays in the Franklin family |
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| November 14, 1776: Benjamin Franklin takes sides |
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| November 16, 1776: Hessians capture Fort Washington |
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| November 18, 1776: Fort Washington becomes Fort Knyphausen |
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| November 19, 1776: Congress pleads for soldiers |
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| November 21, 1776: Washington orders General Lee to New Jersey |
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| November 26, 1776: Peyton Randolph laid to rest at William and Mary |
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| November 30, 1776: Howe brothers offer amnesty |
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| December 3, 1776: Washington arrives at the banks of the Delaware |
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| December 5, 1776: Phi Beta Kappa is founded while army flounders |
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| December 13, 1776: General Charles Lee leaves his troops for Widow White's tavern |
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| December 19, 1776: Thomas Paine publishes American Crisis |
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| December 25, 1776: Washington crosses the Delaware |
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| December 26, 1776: Washington wins first major U.S. victory at Trenton |
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| January 3, 1777: The Battle of Princeton |
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| January 6, 1777: Washington sets up winter quarters in Morristown |
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| January 12, 1777: Hugh Mercer dies from wounds received in Battle of Princeton |
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| January 15, 1777: New Connecticut (Vermont) declares independence |
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| January 20, 1777: Battle of Millstone, New Jersey |
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| January 28, 1777: British plan to isolate New England |
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| January 29, 1777: Americans retreat from Fort Independence |
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| February 5, 1777: Georgia constitution abolishes primogeniture and entail |
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| February 8, 1777: Former POW Timothy Bigelow is named colonel |
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| February 19, 1777: Congress overlooks Benedict Arnold for promotion |
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| February 21, 1777: George Weedon is promoted to brigadier general |
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| February 22, 1777: Archibald Bulloch dies under mysterious circumstances |
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| March 7, 1777: Five letters pass between Abigail and John Adams |
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| April 2, 1777: Ebenezer Learned is promoted to brigadier general |
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| April 13, 1777: British attack at Bound Brook, New Jersey |
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| April 20, 1777: New York adopts state constitution |
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| April 21st, 1777: British attack Danbury, Connecticut |
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| April 27, 1777: The Battle of Ridgefield |
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| May 1, 1777: Agrippa Hull Enlists |
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May 16, 1777: Georgia Patriot Button Gwinnett receives fatal wound in duel |
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June 13, 1777: Lafayette arrives in South Carolina |
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June 14, 1777: Continental Congress chooses national flag |
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| July 6, 1777: The British capture Fort Ticonderoga |
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July 7, 1777: Battle of Hubbardton |
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July 9, 1777: New York elects its first governor |
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| July 10, 1777: British General Richard Prescott captured in Rhode Island |
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July 31, 1777: Marquis de Lafayette becomes a major-general without pay |
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August 6, 1777: General Nicholas Herkimer falls at the Battle of Oriskany |
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| August 16, 1777: The Battle of Bennington |
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August 31, 1777: Sam Mason survives Indian attack |
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September 11, 1777: The Battle of Brandywine begins |
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September 12, 1777: Congress receives news of defeat at Brandywine |
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| September 19, 1777: Arnold and Gates argue at First Battle of Saratoga |
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| October 4, 1777: Both sides battered at Germantown |
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| October 6, 1777: British capture Forts Montgomery and Clinton |
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| October 17, 1777: Americans win more than a battle at Saratoga |
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| October 23, 1777: British fleet suffers defeat at Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania |
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| October 29, 1777: Hancock resigns as president of Congress |
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| November 2, 1777: John Paul Jones sets sail |
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| November 3, 1777: Washington learns of Conway cabal |
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| November 15, 1777: Articles of Confederation adopted |
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| November 17, 1777: Articles of Confederation submitted to the states |
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| November 28, 1777: John Adams replaces Silas Deane |
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| December 2, 1777: Philadelphia nurse overhears British plans to attack Washington |
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| December 6, 1777: Whitemarsh skirmishes turn in Americans' favor |
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| December 11, 1777: British delay Washington's march to Valley Forge |
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| December 14, 1777: Thomas Conway is named Inspector General |
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| December 17, 1777: France formally recognizes the United States |
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| December 18, 1777: States give thanks |
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| February 6, 1778: Franco-American alliances signed |
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| February 16, 1778: John Adams prepares to sail for France |
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| February 23, 1778: Friedrich von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge |
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| March 20, 1778: King Louis XVI receives U.S. representatives |
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| March 21, 1778: Massacre at Hancock's Bridge |
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| April 8, 1778: John Adams arrives in Paris to replace Silas Deane |
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| April 9, 1778: Jeremiah Wadsworth named commissary general |
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| April 10, 1778: John Paul Jones sets out to raid British ships |
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April 22nd, 1778 : John Paul Jones leads American raid on Whitehaven, England |
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| April 23, 1778: John Paul Jones burns Whitehaven, England |
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| May 1, 1778: The Battle of Crooked Billet, Pennsylvania |
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May 20, 1778: Battle of Barren Hill, Pennsylvania |
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June 18, 1778: British abandon Philadelphia |
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| July 29, 1778: French navy contacts Continentals |
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| September 17, 1778: Indians and Loyalists burn German Flats, New York |
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| October 8, 1778: Continentals raid Unadilla |
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| November 11, 1778: Poor leadership leads to Cherry Valley Massacre |
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| December 10, 1778: John Jay is elected president of the Continental Congress |
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| December 29, 1778: British capture Savannah, Georgia |
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| January 22, 1779: Claudius Smith, "Cowboy of the Ramapos," hangs |
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| January 26, 1779: Engagement at Burke County Jail |
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| February 10, 1779: The Battle of Carr's Fort |
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| February 14, 1779: Patriots defeat Loyalists at Kettle Creek |
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| February 25, 1779: British surrender Fort Sackville |
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| March 11, 1779: Congress establishes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
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June 1, 1779: Benedict Arnold is court-martialed |
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| July 16, 1779: Anthony Wayne earns nickname |
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July 19, 1779: Massachusetts begins ill-fated Penobscot expedition |
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July 22, 1779: Battle of Minisink Ford, New York |
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August 5, 1779: DeLancey and Hull battle for the Bronx |
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| August 19, 1779: Americans raid Paulus Hook, New Jersey |
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August 29, 1779: Battle of Chemung or Newtown, New York |
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September 14, 1779: Brodhead completes Allegheny River expedition |
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| September 15, 1779: French capture British ships |
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| September 27, 1779: John Jay is appointed minister to Spain |
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| September 27, 1779: John Adams appointed to negotiate peace terms with British |
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| October 21, 1779: Henry Laurens named minister to Holland |
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| December 1, 1779: Washington establishes winter quarters at Morristown |
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| January 16, 1780: British demonstrate naval supremacy in The Moonlight Battle |
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| April 14, 1780: The Battle at Monck's Corner |
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May 12, 1780: Americans suffer worst defeat of revolution at Charleston |
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May 29, 1780: Tarleton gives "quarter" in South Carolina |
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| May 29, 1780: The Battle of Waxhaws and Buford's Massacre |
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June 3, 1780: Former Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchinson dies in England |
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June 16, 1780: Massachusetts Approves State Constitution |
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| July 12, 1780: The Battle of Huck's Defeat at Brattenville, South Carolina |
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July 20, 1780: Mad Anthony Wayne loses to Loyalists in New Jersey |
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July 25, 1780: General Gates takes command of the southern army |
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July 30, 1780: Isaac Shelby takes Fort Thicketty, South Carolina |
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| August 15, 1780: "Swamp Fox" routs loyalists while Gates' men fall ill |
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| August 16, 1780: Continentals routed at Camden, South Carolina |
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| August 18, 1780: British win at Fishing Creek, lose at Musgrove’s Mill |
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September 4, 1780: Bravery of Swamp Fox wins recruits at Blue Savannah |
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| September 29, 1780: British spy John André sentenced to death |
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| October 2, 1780: British spy executed in Arnold affair |
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| October 7, 1780: Patriots prevail in Carolinas |
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| October 14, 1780: Patriots sting Loyalists at Shallow Ford, North Carolina |
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| October 15, 1780: British retreat from Middleburgh |
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| November 9, 1780: Sumter evades Wemyss in South Carolina |
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| December 4, 1780: Washington's cousin tricks Loyalists |
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| December 27, 1780: Americans raid Hammonds Store |
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| January 1, 1781: Mutiny of the Pennsylvania Line |
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| January 5, 1781: Benedict Arnold captures and destroys Richmond |
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| January 17, 1781: Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina |
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| January 24, 1781: "Light Horse" and "Swamp Fox" raid Georgetown, South Carolina |
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| January 30, 1781: Maryland finally ratifies Articles of Confederation |
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| February 1, 1781: Davidson College namesake killed at Cowan's Ford |
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| February 2, 1781: Nathanael Greene finds fortification at Steele's Tavern |
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| February 3, 1781: Greene crosses the Yadkin with Kosciusko's boats |
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| March 1, 1781: Articles of Confederation are ratified |
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| March 9, 1781: Spanish siege of Pensacola begins |
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April 24th, 1781: Battle of Petersburg Begins |
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April 25th, 1781: Cornwallis retreats from Guilford Courthouse |
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May 15, 1781: Continentals capture Fort Granby, South Carolina |
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May 22, 1781: Patriot siege of Ninety Six, South Carolina, begins |
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August 13, 1781: Patriots ambush Loyalists as French set sail |
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September 6, 1781: Arnold orders burning of New London |
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September 8, 1781: Bloody battle begins at Eutaw Springs, South Carolina |
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| September 28, 1781: Battle of Yorktown begins |
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| October 3, 1781: French and Americans cut off British supplies at Gloucester |
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| October 19, 1781: Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown |
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| December 9, 1781: Loyalist Despairs at British Defeat |
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| December 28, 1781: British post troops on John's Island |
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| February 17, 1782: French and British battle in the Indian Ocean |
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| March 8, 1782: Pennsylvania militiamen senselessly murder Patriot allies |
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May 26, 1782: Colonel William Crawford proceeds toward the Ohio |
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| June 20, 1782: Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States |
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| July 11, 1782: British evacuate Savannah, Georgia |
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August 7, 1782: Washington creates the Purple Heart |
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| August 19, 1782: The Battle of Blue Licks at Blue Licks, Kentucky |
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| March 15, 1783: Washington puts an end to the Newburgh Conspiracy |
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| April 15, 1783: Congress ratifies peace with Great Britain |
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| April 17, 1783: Colbert launches raid on Fort Carlos, Arkansas |
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May 18, 1783: United Empire Loyalists reach Canada |
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September 3, 1783: Treaty of Paris signed |
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| November 22, 1783: John Hanson, first president under the Articles of Confederation, dies |
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| November 25, 1783: Last British soldiers leave New York |
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| December 20, 1783: Virginia cedes western land to federal government |
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| December 23, 1783: George Washington resigns as commander in chief |
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| January 14, 1784: Continental Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris |
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| February 28, 1784: John Wesley charters first Methodist Church in U.S. |
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| June 26, 1784: Delaware Patriot Caesar Rodney dies |
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August 23, 1784: State of Franklin declares independence |
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| January 27, 1785: Georgia incorporates the first state university |
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August 17, 1785: Connecticut Patriot Jonathan Trumbull dies |
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| January 25, 1787: Rebels Attack Springfield Arsenal |
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May 14, 1787: Constitutional Convention delegates begin to assemble |
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May 25, 1787: Constitutional Convention convenes in Philadelphia |
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| July 13, 1787: Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance |
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| December 7, 1787: Delaware ratifies the Constitution |
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| December 12, 1787: Pennsylvania ratifies the Constitution |
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| June 21, 1788: U.S. Constitution ratified |
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| January 7, 1789: First U.S. presidential election |
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| February 4, 1789: Washington unanimously elected by Electoral College to first and second terms |
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| February 12, 1789: Ethan Allen dies |
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| April 1, 1789: First U.S. House of Representatives elects speaker |
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July 15, 1789: Lafayette selected colonel-general of the National Guard of Paris |
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September 2, 1789: Congress founds U.S. Treasury |
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| October 3, 1789: George Washington Issues Thanksgiving Proclamation |
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| November 6, 1789: John Carroll named first Catholic bishop in U.S. |
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| November 20, 1789: New Jersey ratifies the Bill of Rights |
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| January 8, 1790: President George Washington delivers first State of the Union |
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| April 17, 1790: Benjamin Franklin dies |
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May 9, 1791: Patriot politician and composer Francis Hopkinson dies |
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| December 15, 1791: The Bill of Rights becomes law |
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| February 20, 1792: Postal Service Act regulates United States Post Office Department |
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| March 10, 1792: The Right Honourable John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute, dies |
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May 8, 1792: Militia Act establishes conscription under federal law |
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July 18, 1792: Naval hero John Paul Jones dies in Paris |
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August 4, 1792: British General John Burgoyne dies |
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| July 23, 1793: Connecticut Patriot Roger Sherman dies |
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August 20, 1794: Battle of Fallen Timbers |
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May 19, 1795: New Hampshire Patriot Josiah Bartlett dies |
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| January 4, 1796: Congress accepts Colors of the French Republic |
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August 3, 1797: Lord Jeffrey Amherst dies |
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| October 21, 1797: USS Constitution Launched in Boston |
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July 14, 1798: Sedition Act becomes federal law
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| February 25, 1799: William Dawes Dies |
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| December 14, 1799: George Washington dies |
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| October 28, 1800: Revolutionary War Commander Artemas Ward Dies |
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| November 4, 1801: Patriot, politician and physician William Shippen dies |
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| March 26, 1802: Deborah Sampson Performs in Boston |
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| February 24, 1803: Marbury v. Madison establishes judicial review |
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June 24, 1803: New Hampshire Patriot Matthew Thornton dies |
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| October 2, 1803: Samuel Adams Dies |
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| December 30, 1803: Francis Lewis dies |
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| July 11, 1804: Burr slays Hamilton in duel |
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May 30, 1806: Patriot and future President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson |
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September 13, 1806: American sympathizer Charles James Fox dies in Britain |
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May 13, 1807: Connecticut Patriot Eliphalet Dyer dies |
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| November 24, 1807: Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant dies |
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| February 26, 1813: "The Chancellor", New York Patriot Robert R. Livingston, Dies |
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May 27, 1813: Thomas Jefferson writes to John Adams |
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July 4, 1826: John Adams Dies |
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| June 28, 1836: Former President James Madison dies |
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| June 19, 1885: Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor |
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| March 17, 1901: Boston Celebrates First Evacuation Day |
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| The EIGHT MISSING Presidents |
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| The Americans Who Risked Everything |
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| Researchers Take Aim at a Forgotten Battle |
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| Open Letter from the Paul Carrington Chapter No. 5, TXSSAR dated January 4th, 1956 |
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| Spy network gave Washington victory |
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Bunker Hill dead may lie under gardens |
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| Archeologist studies 37 tombs under Old North Church |
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1764-1776: Coming of the American Revolution |
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| TOP SECRET, NOW DECLASSIFIED - A World War II Invasion Plan Not Found in the History Books |
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| British warship that Paul Revere eluded surfaces in Cape Cod sands |
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In Honor of Officers Lost |
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| Annual Report to State |
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| Chapter By-Laws |
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| Chapter By-Laws - 6th Amended By-Laws |
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| Links to Related Sites |
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| National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution |
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| National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution |
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| National Society of the Children of the American Revolution |
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| Library of Virginia - Research Recommendations |
