|
|
| 1773 | Adams, Samuel |  |
| 16th Dec Boston A protest against the British tea tax imposed on Colonialists in Massachusetts |
| 16th Dec Boston The 2nd cousin of President John Adams is the chief instigator of the Boston tea party |
| 1774 | Adams, Samuel | |
| Committees of Oppression are established in 300 towns in the American colonies |
| Committees of Oppression report British infringements of liberty |
| Boston Committees of Oppression report to Boston |
| 18th April Lexington The Comm of Public Safety sends Revere & Dawes to warn Hancock & Adams of danger |
| 1774 | Dawes, William | |
| 18th April Lexington The Comm of Public Safety sends Revere & Dawes to warn Hancock & Adams of danger |
| 1774 | Revere, Paul | |
| 18th April Lexington The Comm of Public Safety sends Revere & Dawes to warn Hancock & Adams of danger |
| 1774 | Warren, Joseph | |
| 18th April Lexington The Comm of Public Safety sends Revere & Dawes to warn Hancock & Adams of danger |
| 1775 | Gates, Horatio | |
| Appointed Adjutant General of the Continental Army |
| 1775 | Montgomery, Richard | |
| Saint Johns Americans under General Richard Montgomery capture the British fort of Saint Johns |
| 1775 | Parker, John | |
| 19th April Lexington Commands the Minutemen |
| 1775 | Warren, Joseph | |
| Appointed Major General |
| 17th June Bunker Hill Killed during the Battle of Bunker Hill |
| 1775 | Washington, George | |
| 17th June Bunker Hill Commander-in-Chief during the Battle of Bunker Hill |
| 3rd July Appointed Commander of the Continental forces |
| 3rd July Begins transforming the army while maintaining the Siege of Boston |
| 1776 | Dickinson, John | |
| 12th June Washington Congress appoints a committee headed by John Dickinson to prepare a confederation plan |
| 12th July Washington Presents the plan for confederation of 13 Colonies to Congress |
| 1776 | Franklin, Benjamin | |
| 28th May Varennes Meets the French Foreign Minister & begins a 2 1/2 year campaign to win French support |
| 28th May Varennes Meets the French Foreign Minister & begins a 2 1/2 yr campaign to win French support |
| 1776 | Gates, Horatio | |
| Appointed Major General of the Continental Army |
| 1776 | Hancock, John | |
| 4th July Signs the Declaration of Independence in large letters so King George can read it |
| 4th July The Declaration is adopted by the Continental Congress & signed by John Hancock |
| 1776 | Jefferson, Thomas | |
| 11th June Congress appoints Jefferson to a committee to draft the declaration of independence |
| 28th June The draft declaration of independence is presented to Congress |
| 4th July Declaration of Independence, equality, right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness |
| 4th July Declares equality, right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness |
| 10th Aug Suggests "E Pluribus Unum" as a motto for the Seal of the US |
| 26th Sep Appointed Diplomatic Commissioner to negotiate treaties with the European Nations |
| 1776 | Ward, Artemas | |
| Boston The British garrison in Boston is then besieged by 15,000 Colonialists |
| Boston The Massachusetts provincial Congress authorizes raising 13,000 militia |
| 1776 | Washington, George | |
| Long Island Defeated at Long Island, forced to evacuate New York & retire to Pennsylvania |
| Trenton Re-crosses the Delaware, New Jersey |
| 28th Oct White Plains The British forces inflict heavy casualties on Washington's army |
| 25th Dec Trenton Cross es the Delaware River to attack the British garrison at Trenton, New Jersey |
| 26th Dec Trenton Cross es the Delaware & wins a victory which turns the tide of the war |
| 26th Dec Trenton Inflicts a major defeat on the British |
| 1777 | Burgoyne, John | |
| 19th Sep Saratoga Surrenders outside New York, he is unable to link up with General Howe |
| 7th Oct Saratoga The USAforces defeat the British |
| 17th Oct Saratoga Surrenders his entire force to the Americans |
| 1777 | Cadwalader, John | |
| 3rd Jan Princeton General John Cadwalader fights for the American victory over the British |
| 1777 | Gates, Horatio | |
| Appointed President of the Board of War |
| 19th Sep Saratoga Major General of the Continental Army |
| 1777 | Greene, Nathaniel | |
| 3rd Jan Princeton Washington reforms his army, and then splits it into two parts-the smaller left wing under General Nathaniel Greene and the larger right wing under General John Sullivan |
| 1777 | Hamilton, Alexander | |
| 3rd Jan Princeton A number of British troops left behind in Princeton surrender to Captain Alexander Hamilton |
| 1777 | Haslet, John | |
| 3rd Jan Princeton Colonel John Haslet of Delaware replaces General Mercer and was killed by a shot to the head |
| 1777 | Mercer, Hugh | |
| 3rd Jan Princeton General Mercer is wounded but refuses to surrender, he dies nine days later |
| 1777 | Sullivan, John | |
| 3rd Jan Princeton Washington reforms his army, and then splits it into two parts-the smaller left wing under General Nathaniel Greene and the larger right wing under General John Sullivan |
| 1777 | Washington, George | |
| Germantown General William Howe defeats Washington & occupies Philadelphia |
| 3rd Jan Princeton After the battle, Cornwallis abandons many of his posts in New Jersey, and orders his army to retreat to New Brunswick |
| 3rd Jan Princeton Defeats the British, New Jersey |
| 3rd Jan Princeton The battle at Princeton cost the British some 276 men killed, wounded or captured and greatly boosted the morale of the Continental troops, leading 8,000 new recruits to join the Continental Army |
| 3rd Jan Princeton Washington reforms his army, and then splits it into two parts-the smaller left wing under General Nathaniel Greene and the larger right wing under General John Sullivan |
| 11th Sep Brandywine Creek Howe forces George Washington back towards Philadelphia |
| 21st Sep Paoli A British victory which forces Congress to move from Philadelphia to York |
| 21st Sep Paoli British victory forcing the evacuation of Philadelphia |
| 21st Sep Paoli Washington is left with dictatorial powers |
| 1778 | Adams, John Quincy | |
| 6th Feb Paris The treaty of Amity recognizes the United States as an independent country by France |
| 1778 | Franklin, Benjamin | |
| France joins America against Britain by signing a trade agreement |
| 14th Sep Appointed Diplomatic Representative to France |
| 1779 | Franklin, Benjamin | |
| 20th Mar Frankin meets Louis XVI to confirm the French-American treaty |
| 1779 | Lee, Henry | |
| 19th Aug Paulus Hook Drives the British from their last major garrison in New Jersey |
| 1779 | Wayne, Anthony | |
| 15th July Stony Point Recaptures Stony Point, New Jersey |
| 1780 | Andrew, John | |
| 23rd Sep Tarrytown Captured near Tarrytown carrying plans for Benedict Arnold's surrender of West Point |
| 1780 | Gates, Horatio | |
| 18th Aug Appointed Member of Washington's HQ |
| 18th Aug Camden Defeated by the British & relieved of his command |
| 18th Aug Reinstated after a trial |
| 1780 | Greene, Nathanael | |
| 6th Oct Appointed Commander of the Southern forces by Washington as his "right hand man" |
| 1780 | Washington, George | |
| 25th May Morristown Suppresses a possible mutiny at a winter camp near Morris town after series of defeats |
| 1781 | Morgan, Daniel | |
| 17th Jan Cowpens Morgan retreats to Southern Virginia |
| 1781 | Washington, George | |
| Yorktown Yorktown, Virginia, surrenders to Washington & the French fleet |
| 2nd Mar The National Congress renames itself "The United States in Congress Assembled" |
| 19th Oct Yorktown Lord Cornwallis surrenders with 7,000 men marking the end of fighting in the war |
| 1782 | Franklin, Benjamin | |
| 12th April Washington American-British Peace talks begin when Benjamin Franklin meets Richard Oswald |
| 30th Nov Puts his signature to the preliminary peace treaty |
| 1783 | Jay, John | |
| Paris With Benjamin Franklin & John Adams , concludes the American revolution |
| 1783 | Washington, George | |
| 11th April Washington Congress formally proclaims end to War against Britain |
| 23rd Dec Resigns as Commander-in-Chief |
| 1784 | Washington, George | |
| 14th Jan Paris The USACongress ratifies the treaty of Paris |
| 1836 | Houston, Sam | |
| Houston The capital of Texas is named after Sam Houston |
| Texas The new President of Texas helps win Texan independence from Mexico |
| 1837 | Jackson, Andrew | |
| 3rd Mar Texas Recognizes the "lone star" Republic of Texas |
| 1894 | Cleveland, Grover | |
| 8th Aug The Republic of Hawaii is officially recognized by the USA |
| 1898 | McKinley, William | |
| 15th Feb Havana The battleship USS Maine is sent to menace Imperial Spain and its sinking helps to precipitate the Spanish-American War over the issue of Cuban independence |
| 19th April Congress passes a resolution recognizing Cuban independence and demanding that Spain relinquish authority over Cuba |
| 20th April McKinley signs a congressional resolution recognizing Cuban independence from Spain & signs the Joint Resolution for War with Spain that authorizes USAmilitary intervention to Cuban independence |
| 1922 | Harding, Warren Gamaliel | |
| 6th Feb Washington Respects the territory of China, a formal endorsement of the "Open Door" policy |
| 1946 | Byrnes, James Francis | |
| Stuttgart "Allied Control Council is neither governing Germany nor allowing Germany to govern" |
| 1947 | Byrnes, James Francis | |
| Invites the other 3 German occupying powers to join their zones together |
| The British support Byrnes ' proposals, Russia & France do not support them |
| 1953 | Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 27th July An armistice is agreed, sth Korea's independence is secured |
| 1961 | Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| 23rd Mar "the security of South East Asia will be endagered if Laos loses its independence" |
| 1962 | Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| 23rd July An greement signed by 14 nations guarentees the neutrality & independence of Laos |
| 1991 | Bush, George Herbert Walker | |
| Kiev Appeals to Ukranian nationalists not to gain independence from the Soviet Union |
| 27th Aug The USA recognizes the independence of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania |
| 1996 | Clinton, William Jefferson Bill | |
| Dayton Under the Dayton Accords a Bosnian Serb republic and a Muslim-Croat Federation in Bosnia is created |
| 2001 | Bush, George Walker | |
| April President Bush pledges to help Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion |
