| 1 Nov 1765 | The Stamp Act took effect; the Sons of Liberty (in New York) burned an effigy of NY Gov. Colden in protest. |
| 2 Nov 1776 | Lieut. William Demont deserts to the British with plans of Fort Washington. |
| 2 Nov 1776 | Washington issues an order forbidding the burning of any building unless an officer orders the action. |
| 2 Nov 1783 | Washington's farewell address to army. |
| 2 Nov 1783 | The last of the troops that make up the Continental Line are dismissed from service. |
| 3 Nov 1775 | United States Gen. Montgomery captures the fort at St. Johns, in Canada. |
| 3 Nov 1776 | The British abandon Crown Point NY. |
| 3 Nov 1782 | Great Britain acknowledges the independence of the United States. [Note: 1901 list said this was Nov 30.] |
| 4 Nov 1774 | Declaration of Rights is issued by the Continental Congress. |
| 4 Nov 1775 | Massachusetts prescribes brown as the color for the militia uniform. (Georgia had prescribed green.) |
| 4 Nov 1782 | Engagement at John's Island SC. |
| 5 Nov 1775 | Capt. Esek Hopkins is appointed a Commodore and Commander-in-chief of the U.S. Navy. |
| 6 Nov 1775 | Rhjode island passes a law to put to death any citizen assisting England. |
| 7 Nov 1775 | Lord Dunmore proclaims martial law in Virginia. |
| 7 Nov 1776 | Congress charges Washington to protect the stores at Fort Lee on the hudson River (NY) at all costs. |
| 7 Nov 1779 | Engagement at Jefferd's Neck NY. |
| 7 Nov 1781 | Engagement at Clouds Creek SC |
| 8 Nov 1776 | Washington advises Gen. Greene to evacuate Ft. Washington in ample time, but he does not. |
| 8 Nov 1776 | Fort Washington NY engages the British fleet. |
| 9 Nov 1775 | Benedict Arnold's units complete their trek from the Maine coast, reach the St. Lawrence River, and see the citadael of Quebec, Canada. |
| 9 Nov 1775 | Engagement at Phipps Farm in Sherborn MA. |
| 9 Nov 1780 | Engagement at Fish Dam Ford on the Broad River in SC. |
| 9 Nov 1781 | Engagement at Hayes' Station SC |
| 10 Nov 1775 | Congress creates a Marine Corps with two battallions of troops. |
| 10 Nov 1777 | Attack on Fort Mifflin PA. |
| 11 Nov 1776 | Engagement at Fort George NY. |
| 11 Nov 1776 | The American ship Alfred captures the British brig Active. |
| 11 Nov 1778 | Iroquois Chief Joseph Brandt and Walter Butler allow the Indians to massacre the citizens of Cherry Valley NY. |
| 12 Nov 1775 | Abigail Adams writes her husband John for support for independence from England. |
| 12 Nov 1780 | Battle at Broad River SC. |
| 13 Nov 1775 | Troops under U.S. Gen. Montgomery capture Montreal. |
| 13 Nov 1775 | Massachusetts authorizes its merchant vessels to engage in privateering. |
| 13 Nov 1776 | Washington reaches Ft. Lee NY. |
| 13 Nov 1788 | North Carolina ratifies the Constitution. |
| 14 Nov 1775 | Engagement at Kemp's Landing VA |
| 14 Nov 1776 | Congress considers holding a national lottery to raise money for the war effort. |
| 15 Nov 1776 | British Gen. Howe calls for Col. Mcgaw to surrender Ft. Lee in NY |
| 15 Nov 1777 | Articles of Confederation are adopted by Congress and sent to the states for adoption. They were not fully ratified until three years and three months later, leaving the nation without a clear legal basis during most of the war. |
| 16 Nov 1776 | Howe's British regulars and German mercenaries take Fort Washington near New York City. The Americans lose 3,000 men. |
| 16 Nov 1776 | Engagement at Cock Hill Fort NY. |
| 16 Nov 1776 | Battle at Fort Tryon NY. |
| 16 Nov 1776 | Engagement at Harlem Cove NY. |
| 16 Nov 1776 | Battle of Fort George on Manhattan Island. |
| 17 Nov 1776 | Washington orders Ge. Charles Lee to take action in New Jersey. |
| 18 Nov 1776 | Fort Lee NY is abandoned to the British. |
| 19 Nov 1777 | Fort Mifflin PA is abandoned by the Americans. |
| 19 Nov 1778 | Engagement at Spencer's Hill near Bulltown Swamp GA. |
| 20 Nov 1726 | Oliver Wolcott is born in Connecticut. He later signed the Declaration of Independence for Connecticut and was that state's Governor and a Major General. |
| 20 Nov 1776 | Engagement at Fort Cumberland in Nova Scotia, Canada. |
| 20 Nov 1780 | Battle at Black Stock on the Tyger River in SC. |
| 21 Nov 1729 | Josiah Bartlett is born in Massachusetts. He later signed the Declaration of Independence for New Hampshire. |
| 21 Nov 1780 | Engagement at Coran (on Long Island) NY |
| 21 Nov 1780 | Engagement at Long Island NY. |
| 22 Nov 1776 | Washington takes his army to Newark NJ. |
| 22 Nov 1776 | Americans capture Fort George in upstate NY. |
| 23 Nov 1749 | Edward Rutledge is born in South Carolina. He later signed the Declaration of Independence for South Carolina. |
| 23 Nov 1765 | Court of Frederick MD decides stamped paper is unnecessary for its proceedings. |
| 23 Nov 1775 | British capture the town of Norfolk VA. |
| 23 Nov 1780 | Engagement at Smith's Point NY. |
| 23 Nov 1780 | Major Tallmadge captures Fort George (on Long Island) NY |
| 24 Nov 1778 | Engagement at Medway Church GA. |
| 25 Nov 1783 | After seven years of occupation the British evacuate New York City. |
| 26 Nov 1783 | The Congress of Confederation opens in Annapolic MD. |
| 27 Nov 1781 | Washington's troops pass through Philadelphis and the Liberty Bell is rung. |
| 28 Nov 1775 | Samuel Nicholas becomes the first officer commissioned in the Marines. |
| 29 Nov 1729 | Charles Thompson is born in Ireland. He is later the secretary of the Continental Congress. |
| 30 Nov 1782 | A Provisional "Treaty of Peace" is signed at Paris, but it must be ratified. |
| 1 Dec 1775 | U.S. troops under Montgomery link up with those of Arnold outside Quebec. |
| 1 Dec 1776 | Battle of Brunswick NJ |
| 1 Dec 1777 | Baron von Steuben of Germany arrives in New Hampshire. |
| 1 Dec 1781 | Engagement at Dorchester SC |
| 2 Dec 1776 | Lee's troops cross the Hudson River (NY) on their way to winter quarters at Morristown NJ. |
| 2 Dec 1777 | John Paul Jones sails the American warship Ranger into Nantes, France, to wild acclaim. |
| 3 Dec 1787 | Delaware ratified the Constitution. |
| 4 Dec 1777 | Lafayette, a volunteer from France, is given command of a division. |
| 4 Dec 1780 | Engagement at Long Cane SC. |
| 4 Dec 1783 | Washington says a tearful farewell to his officers at Fraunce's Tavern in New York City. |
| 4 Dec 1780 | Engagement at Pugsley's Mills SC. |
| 5 Dec 1777 | The outer lines around Valley Forge are probed by the British, producing a skirmish at Whitemarsh PA. |
| 6 Dec 1777 | Battle of Chestnut Hill PA. |
| 7 Dec 1776 | Benjamin Franklin reaches France. |
| 7 Dec 1777 | Washington engages the British at Edge Hill PA to protect Valley Forge PA. |
| 8 Dec 1775 | The siege of Quebec, Canada, begins. |
| 8 Dec 1776 | British fleet takes possession of Newport RI. |
| 8 Dec 1777 | Washington's troops retreat over the Delaware River, taking all the local boats with them. |
| 9 Dec 1775 | The battle for Norfolk VA begins at Great Bridge. Lord Dunmore is driven out and the port is burned. |
| 9 Dec 1780 | Engagement at Horseneck CT. |
| 10 Dec 1777 | American raid on Long Island NY. |
| 10 Dec 1777 | American and British troops skirmish near Philadelphia PA. |
| 11 Dec 1777 | Engagement at Gulph's Mill PA |
| 11 Dec 1780 | Engagement at Long Cane SC |
| 12 Dec 1776 | Washington writes Congress begging for reinforcements. This becomes a constant series of such pleas. |
| 13 Dec 1776 | English-born U.S. General Charles Lee is captured by a British patrol who had previously been his prisoners. |
| 13 Dec 1787 | Pennsylvania ratifies the Constitution. |
| 14 Dec 1782 | The British are forced out of Charleston SC. |
| 14 Dec 1799 | George Washington dies at Mount Vernon, after successfully concluding the war in seven years as Commander-in-chief, keeping delegates focused on completing the Constitution as president of the Constitutional Convention, and setting an example of sound government during eight years as President. |
| 15 Dec 1775 | British Gen. Carleton, commander of Quebec, refuses to parley with U.S. Gen Montgomery. |
| 16 Dec 1773 | Raiders thinly disguised as Indians empty chests of tea from merchant ships into the harbor at Boston MA to protest the imposition of a tax on Tea. The event is later called the Boston Tea Party"." |
| 17 Dev 1734 | William Floyd is born in New York. He later signed the Declaration of Independence for New York. |
| 17 Dec 1776 | Battle of Springfield NJ. |
| 17 Dec 1778 | British capture Vincennes IN. |
| 18 Dec 1777 | Washington issues a proclamation for having a day of National Thanksgiving". " |
| 19 Dec 1777 | The American army goes into winter quartes at Valley Forge. |
| 19 Dec 1787 | New Jersey ratifies the Constitution. |
| 20 Dec 1775 | Gen. Sullivan is reunited with Washington as an exchange of prisoners is completed. |
| 21 Dec 1776 | Benjamin Franklin is in Paris, scouring France for loans for the new cause of independence. |
| 22 Dec 1727 | William Ellery is born in Rhode Island. He later signs the Declaration of Independence for Rhode Island. |
| 22 Dec 1774 | Charleston SC has its own Tea Party". " |
| 22 Dec 1775 | Engagement at Cane Brake SC. |
| 23 Dec 1783 | Washington formally resigns his commission to the Congress at Annapolis MD and heads for his home of Mt. Vernon, near Alexandria VA. |
| 24 Dec 1745 | Benjamin Rush is born in Pennsylvania. He later signs the Declaration of Independence for Pennsylvania and built the first hospital in the United States. |
| 25 Dec 1776 | Washington and his troops cross an ice-strewn Delaware River and march all night to surprise and capture the Hessian outpost at Trenton NJ the next morning. |
| 25 Dec 1778 | Engagement at Young's House near Four Corners NY. |
| 26 Dec 1738 | Thomas Nelson is born in Virginia. He later signed the Declaration of Independence for Virginia, was Governor of that state and Brigadier General of the Virginia Militia. |
| 27 Dec 1776 | Militia units near Trenton round up more Hessians from outposts around the town. |
| 28 Dec 1776 | Washington declares If the New Jersey militia would help we could rescue this colony from the British. |
| 29 Dec 1776 | Washington advances again into New Jersey. |
| 29 Dec 1778 | British finally win the siege of Savannah GA. |
| 29 Dec 1778 | Engagement Brewton Hill GA |
| 29 Dec 1781 | Engagement at Dorchester SC |
| 30 Dec 1776 | British Gen. Howe offers the rebels a pardon if they will turn in their weapons and promise to go home. |
| 30 Dec 1776 | Commissioners sent to France. |
| 31 Dec 1775 | An assault by United States troops on the fortress at Quebec, Canada, ends soon after the death of General Montgomery and several other top officers. |
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