American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War (1775 – 1783) or American War of Independence[1] began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen former British colonies in North America, and concluded in a global war between several European great powers.

The war was the culmination of the political American Revolution, whereby the colonists rejected the legitimacy of the Parliament of Great Britain to govern them without representation, claiming that this violated the Rights of Englishmen. In 1775, revolutionaries gained control of each of the thirteen colonial governments, set up the Second Continental Congress, and formed a Continental Army. Petitions to the king to intervene with the parliament for them resulted in Congress being declared traitors and the states in rebellion the following year. The Americans responded in 1776 by formally declaring their independence as a new nation — the United States of America — claiming sovereignty and rejecting any allegiance to the British monarchy.

France provided supplies, ammunition and weapons to the rebels from 1776, and the Continentals' capture of a British army in 1777 led France to enter the war in early 1778, which evened the military strength with Britain. Spain and the Dutch Republic – French allies – also went to war with Britain over the next two years, threatening an invasion of England and severely testing British military strength with campaigns in Europe — including attacks on Minorca and Gibraltar — and an escalating global naval war. Spain's involvement culminated in the expulsion of British armies from West Florida, securing the American colonies' southern flank.

Throughout the war, the British were able to use their naval superiority to capture and occupy American coastal cities, but control of the countryside (where 90% of the population lived) largely eluded them because of the relatively small size of their land army. French involvement proved decisive, with a French naval victory in the Chesapeake leading at Yorktown in 1781 to the surrender of a second British army. In 1783, the Treaty of Paris ended the war and recognized the sovereignty of the United States over the territory bounded by what is now Canada to the north, Florida to the south, and the Mississippi River to the west.

Major campaigns, theaters, and expeditions of the war

Boston campaign (1774–76)

Invasion of Canada (1775) (1775–76)

New York and New Jersey campaigns (1776–77)

Saratoga campaign (1777)

Philadelphia campaign (1777–78)

Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War after Saratoga (1778–81)

West Indies and Gulf Coast campaigns (1779–82)

Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War (1775–83)

Western theater of the American Revolutionary War (1779–82)

Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War

Battles (in chronological order

1774

Powder Alarm – September 1, 1774*

1775

Battles of Lexington and Concord – April 19, 1775

Siege of Boston – April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776

Gunpowder Incident – April 20, 1775*

Capture of Fort Ticonderoga – May 10, 1775*

Battle of Chelsea Creek – May 27 – May 28, 1775

Battle of Machias – June 11 – June 12, 1775

Battle of Bunker Hill – June 17, 1775 (also known as the Battle of Breed's Hill)

Battle of Gloucester, MA – August 8, 1775

Shelling of Stonington – August 30, 1775

Siege of Fort St. Jean – September 17 – November 3, 1775 (also called St. John's)

Burning of Falmouth – October 18, 1775*

Battle of Kemp's Landing – November 14, 1775

Battle of Great Bridge – November 28 – December 9, 1775

Battle of Quebec – December 31, 1775

1776

Burning of Norfolk – January 1, 1776

Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge – February 27, 1776

Battle of Nassau – March 2 – March 3, 1776

Battle of the Rice Boats – March 2 – March 3, 1776

Fortification of Dorchester Heights – March 4, 1776*

Battle of Saint-Pierre – March 25, 1776

Battle of the Cedars – May 15 – May 16, 1776

Battle of Trois-Riviθres – June 8, 1776

Battle of Sullivan's Island – June 28, 1776

Battle of Long Island – August 27, 1776 (also known as the Battle of Brooklyn)

Landing at Kip's Bay – September 15, 1776

Battle of Harlem Heights – September 16, 1776

Battle of Valcour Island – October 11, 1776

Battle of White Plains – October 28, 1776

Battle of Fort Cumberland – November 10 – November 28, 1776

Battle of Fort Washington – November 16, 1776

Battle of Fort Lee – November 19, 1776

Battle of Trenton – December 26, 1776

1777

Second Battle of Trenton – January 2, 1777

Battle of Princeton – January 3, 1777

Battle of Millstone – January 20, 1777

Forage War – Winter 1777

Battle of Bound Brook – April 13, 1777

Battle of Ridgefield – April 27, 1777 (also known as the Danbury Raid)

Battle of Thomas Creek – May 17, 1777

Battle of Short Hills – June 26, 1777 (also known as the Battle of Metuchen Meetinghouse)

Second Battle of Ticonderoga – July 5 – July 6, 1777

Battle of Hubbardton – July 7, 1777

Battle of Fort Ann – July 8, 1777

Siege of Fort Stanwix – August 2 – August 23, 1777

Battle of Oriskany – August 6, 1777

Battle of Bennington – August 16, 1777

Battle of Staten Island – August 22, 1777

Battle of Cooch's Bridge – September 3, 1777

Battle of Brandywine – September 11, 1777

Battle of the Clouds – September 16, 1777

Battle of Freeman's Farm – September 19, 1777 (also known as the First Battle of Saratoga)

Battle of Paoli – September 21, 1777

Battle of Germantown – October 4, 1777

Battle of Red Bank – October 5 – November 25, 1777

Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery – October 6, 1777

Battle of Bemis Heights – October 7, 1777 (also known as the Second Battle of Saratoga)

Battle of Fort Mercer – October 22, 1777

Bombardment of Fort Mifflin – November 10 – November 15, 1777 Battle of Gloucester, NJ – November 25, 1777

Battle of White Marsh – December 5 – December 8, 1777

Battle of Matson's Ford – December 11, 1777

1778

Battle of Quinton's Bridge – March 18, 1778

Battle of Crooked Billet – May 1, 1778

Battle of Barren Hill – May 20, 1778

Battle of Freetown – May 25, 1778

Battle of Monmouth – June 28, 1778

Battle of Alligator Bridge – June 30, 1778

Wyoming Massacre – July 3, 1778

First Battle of Ushant – July 27, 1778

Siege of Pondicherry – August 21 – October 19, 1778

Battle of Rhode Island – August 29, 1778 (also known as Battle of Newport or Quaker Hill)

Siege of Boonesborough - September 7 - September 18, 1778

Baylor Massacre – September 27, 1778

Little Egg Harbor massacre – October, 1778

Battle of Chestnut Neck – October 6, 1778

Carleton's Raid – October 24 – November 14, 1778

Cherry Valley Massacre – November 11, 1778

Capture of Savannah – December 29, 1778

1779

Battle of Beaufort – February 3, 1779 (also known as the Battle of Port Royal Island)

Battle of Kettle Creek – February 14, 1779

Battle of Vincennes – February 23 – February 25, 1779

Battle of Briar Creek – March 3, 1779

Battle of Stono Ferry – 20 June 1779

Battle of Stony Point – July 16, 1779

Penobscot Expedition – July 24 – August 29, 1779

Battle of Paulus Hook – August 19, 1779

Battle of Newtown – August 29, 1779

Siege of Savannah – September 16 – October 18, 1779

Battle of Flamborough Head – September 23, 1779

Battle of San Fernando de Omoa – October 16 – November 29, 1779

1780

Battle of Cape St. Vincent – January 16, 1780

Battle of Young's House – February 3, 1780

Siege of Charleston – March 29 – May 12, 1780

Battle of Monck's Corner – April 14, 1780

Battle of Lenud's Ferry – May 6, 1780

Bird's invasion of Kentucky – May 25 – August, 1780

Battle of St. Louis - May 25, 1780

Battle of Waxhaws – May 29, 1780

Battle of Connecticut Farms – June 7, 1780

Battle of Mobley's Meeting House – June 10?, 1781

Battle of Ramsour's Mill – June 20, 1780

Battle of Springfield, NJ – June 23, 1780

Huck's Defeat – July 12, 1780

Battle of Colson's Mill – July 21, 1780

Battle of Rocky Mount – August 1, 1780

Battle of Hanging Rock – August 6, 1780

Battle of Pekowee – August 8, 1780 (also known as the Battle of Piqua)

Battle of Camden – August 16, 1780

Battle of Fishing Creek – August 18, 1780

Battle of Musgrove Mill – August 18, 1780

Battle of Black Mingo – August 28, 1780

Battle of Wahab's Plantation – September 20, 1780

Battle of Charlotte – September 26, 1780

Battle of Kings Mountain – October 7, 1780

Royalton Raid – October 16, 1780

Battle of Klock's Field – October 19, 1780

La Balme's Defeat - November 5, 1780

Battle of Fishdam Ford – November 9, 1780

Battle of Blackstock's Farm – November 20, 1780

1781

Battle of Jersey – January 6, 1781

Battle of Cowpens – January 17, 1781

Battle of Cowan's Ford – February 1, 1781

Battle of Haw River – February 25, 1781

Battle of Wetzell's Mill – March 6, 1781

Battle of Guilford Court House – March 15, 1781

Siege of Fort Watson – April 15 – 23, 1781

Battle of Porto Praya – April 15, 1781

Battle of Blanford – April 25, 1781 (also known as the Battle of Petersburg)

Battle of Hobkirk's Hill – April 25, 1781 (also known as the Second Battle of Camden)

Battle of Fort Motte – May 8 – May 12, 1781

Siege of Augusta – May 22 – June 6, 1781

Siege of Ninety-Six – May 22 – June 19, 1781

Battle of Spencer's Ordinary – June 26, 1781

Francisco's Fight – July, 1781

Battle of Green Spring – July 6, 1781

Lochry's Defeat - August 24, 1781

Battle of the Chesapeake - September 5, 1781

Battle of Groton Heights – September 6, 1781 (also known as the Battle of Fort Griswold)

Battle of Eutaw Springs – September 8, 1781

Battle of Lindley's Mill – September 13, 1781

Long Run Massacre - September 13, 1781

Siege of Yorktown – September 28 – October 17, 1781

Siege of Negapatam – October 21 – November 11, 1781

Battle of Johnstown – October 25, 1781

Second Battle of Ushant – December 12, 1781

1782

Capture of Trincomalee – January 11, 1782

Battle of Sadras – February 17, 1782

Gnadenhutten massacre – March 8, 1782

Battle of Roatαn – March 16, 1782

Battle of Little Mountain – March 22, 1782

Battle of Providien – April 12, 1782

Crawford expedition – May 25, – June 12, 1782

Battle of Negapatam – July 6, 1782

Battle of Piqua – August 8, 1782

Siege of Bryan Station – August 15 – August 17, 1782

Battle of Blue Licks – August 19, 1782

Battle of the Combahee River – August 26, 1782

Battle of Trincomalee – August 25 – September 3, 1782

Battle of Chillicothe – November 10, 1782

1783

Battle of Cuddalore – June 20, 1783 (naval battle)

Siege of Cuddalore – June 7 – June 25, 1783 (land siege)

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