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The New England state of Rhode Island ratifies its Constitution and signes the Declaration of Independence to become the 13th colony that breaks with the Kingdom of Great Britain |
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Gen. General George Washington resigns his commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Army to the Congress at the Maryland State House in Annapolis. |
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Gen. George Washington says farewell to his officers at Fraunce's Tavern, New York City. |
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Britain evacuates New York City, ending their military occupation of the United States. |
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Gen. George Washington gives his "Farewell Address to the Army" at Rocky Hill, New Jersey. |
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The Preliminary Articles of Peace ending the American Revolutionary War are ratified. |
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General Washington gathers his officers and talks them out of a rebellion against the authority of Congress, and in effect preserves the American democracy |
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The British evacuate Charleston, South Carolina. |
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A preliminary peace treaty ending hostile fighting in the American Revolutionary War is signed in Paris. |
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The last fighting of the Revolutionary War between Americans and British occurs with a skirmish in South Carolina along the Combahee River. |
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The British evacuate Savannah, Georgia. |
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Gen. Washington establishes American army headquarters at Newburgh, New York. |
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Lord North resigns as British Prime Minister |
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In England, the House of Commons votes against further war in America. |
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The British withdraw from North Carolina. |
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British loyalists in America, fearing reprisals and confiscation of their property, begin to leave for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. |
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The Virginia Assembly brings charges against Jefferson's record while he served as governor. He is cleared of all the accusations, and announces his intention to retire from public life. |
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7000 British reinforcements under Gen. Clinton arrive at Chesapeake Bay but turn back on hearing of the surrender at Yorktown. |
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Cornwallis surrenders in a formal ceremony at Yorktown. British play "The World Turned Upside Down" |
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Washington takes Yorktown. |
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French fleet drives British Naval Force from Chesapeake Bay.. |
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Patriot forces under Nathanael Greene are defeated at Eutaw Springs, SC. |
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Benedict Arnold's troops loot and burn the port of New London, Connecticut. |
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French naval forces defeat the British Royal Navy at the Battle of the Chesapeake, cutting off Cornwallis's supplies and transport, |
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"Mad" Anthony Wayne repulsed at Green Springs Farm, VA. |
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British evacuate Ninety Six, South Carolina. |
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Siege of Ninety Six, SC concludes when British reinforcements arrive and General Greene withdraws. |
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Americans recapture Augusta, GA. |
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British cavalry arrive at Monticello just moments after Jefferson's departure. |
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General Nathanael Greene and 1000 patriot troops starts the longest siege of the Revolutionary War against 550 loyalists defending Fort Ninety Six. |
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