for independence in 1775-83; also known in American history as the first war for independence.
For a detailed statement of causes the reader is referred to
| Battle of Lexington, Mass., at dawn of | April 19, 1775 |
| Col. Samuel H. Parsons and Benedict Arnold plan, at Hartford, Conn.
the capture of Fort Ticonderoga, N. Y. | April 27. 1775 |
| Arnold leads his company from New Haven to Boston, arriving | April 29, 1775 |
| Fort Ticonderoga captured by Ethan Allen | May 10, 1775 |
| Crown Point, N. Y., captured by Americans | May 12, 1775 |
| Americans under Benedict Arnold capture St. John, Canada | May 1, 1775 |
| British Generals Howe, Clinton, and Burgoyne arrive at Boston from England with troops | May 25, 1775 |
| Congress votes to raise 20,000 men | June 14, 1775 |
| George Washington is unanimously elected by Congress commander-in-chief of the American forces. | June 15, 1775 |
| Battle of Bunker Hill, June 16-17: and burning of Charlestown | June 17, 1775 |
| Resolved by Congress, “That a sum not exceeding two million of Spanish milled dollars be emitted by Congress in bills of credit for the defence of America.”
| June 22, 1775 |
| Washington takes command of the army at Cambridge | July 3, 1775 |
| Declaration by Congress, the causes and necessity for taking up arms | July 6, 1775 |
| First provincial vessel commissioned for naval warfare in the Revolution, sent out by Georgia | July 10, 1775 |
| Importation of gunpowder, saltpetre, sulphur, and fire-arms permitted by act of Congress | July 15, 1775 |
| Georgia joins the United Colonies | July 20, 1775 |
| Franklin's plan of confederation and perpetual union, “The United colonies of North America,” considered by Congress | July 21, 1775 |
| Congress resolves to establish an army hospital | July 27, 1775 |
| British vessel, the Betsy, surprised by a Carolina privateer off St. Augustine bar, and 111 barrels of powder captured | Aug., 1775 |
| King issues a proclamation for suppressing rebellion and sedition in the colonies | Aug. 23, 1775 |
| American troops under Gen. Richard Montgomery sent into Canada to cut off British supplies | Sept., 1775 |
| Col. Benedict Arnold, with a force of about 1,100 men, marches against Quebec via Kennebec River | Sept., 1775 |
| English ship seized off Tybee Island, Ga., by the Liberty people, with 250 barrels of powder | Sept. 17, 1775 |
| British capture Col. Ethan Allen and thirty-eight men near Montreal | Sept. 25, 1775 |
| Bristol, R. I., bombarded | Oct. 7, 1775 |
| Gen. William Howe supersedes General Gage as commander of the British army in America, who embarks for England | Oct. 10, 1775 |
| Falmouth, Me., burned by British | Oct. 18, 1775 |
| St. John, Canada, surrenders to Americans under Montgomery | Nov. 2, 1775 |
| Congress orders a battalion to protect Georgia | Nov. 4, 1775 |
| British fleet repulsed at Hampton, Va., Oct. 25, 1775, and Lord Dunmore declares open war | Nov. 7, 1775 |
| Night attack of the British vessels Tamar and Cherokee on the schooner Defence, in Hog Island Channel, S. C. | Nov. 12, 1775 |
| Americans under Montgomery capture Montreal | Nov. 13, 1775 |
| Benjamin Harrison, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Johnson, John Dickinson, and John Jay, appointed by Congress a committee for secret correspondence with friends of America in Great Britain, Ireland, and other foreign nations | Nov. 29, 1775 |
| Battle of Great Bridge, Va. | Dec. 9, 1775 |
| Congress appoints Silas Deane, John Langdon, and Christopher Gadsden, a committee to fit out two vessels of war, Nov. 25, orders thirteen vessels of war built and appoints Esek Hopkins commander | Dec. 13, 1775 |
| British vessels driven from Charleston Harbor, S. C., by artillery company under Colonel Moultrie, stationed on Haddrell's Point | Dec., 1775 |
| American forces united under Montgomery and Arnold repulsed at Quebec; General Montgomery killed | Dec. 31, 1775 |
| Washington unfurls the first Union flag of thirteen stripes at Cambridge, Mass. | Jan. 1, 1776 |
| Norfolk, Va., partly burned by Governor Dunmore | Jan. 1, 1776 |
| Battle of Moore's Creek, N. C.: McDonald's loyalists routed by militia; seventy killed and wounded. | Feb. 27, 1776 |
| Silas Deane appointed political agent to the French Court | March 2, 1776 |
