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- July 6-18, 1774. Attends meetings in Alexandria, Virginia, which address the growing conflict between the Colonies and Parliament. Washington co-authors with George Mason the Fairfax County Resolves, which protest the British "Intolerable Acts"--punitive legislation passed by the British in the wake of the December 16th, 1773, Boston Tea Party.
- July 18, 1774. The Resolves are presented to the public at the Fairfax County Courthouse. Fairfax Resolves.
- September 5 - October 26, 1774. The First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia. Washington serves as a delegate from Virginia.
- October 9, 1774. While attending the First Continental Congress, Washington responds to a letter from Captain Robert Mackenzie, then in Boston. Mackenzie, a fellow Virginia officer, criticizes the behavior of the city's rebellious inhabitants.
- Causes of The Revolutionary War
- Declaring Independence
- Saratoga: Revolutionary War Turning Point
- Stalemate in The North, Battle in The South
- Revolutionary War Draws to A Close
For more than a decade before the outbreak of the American Revolutionin 1775, tensions had been building between colonists and the British authorities. The French and Indian War, or Seven Years’ War (1756-1763), brought new territories under the power of the crown, but the expensive conflict lead to new and unpopular taxes. Attempts by the British ...
When the Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia, delegates—including new additions Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson—voted to form a Continental Army, with Washington as its commander in chief. On June 17, in the Revolution’s first major battle, colonial forces inflicted heavy casualties on the British regiment of General William...
British strategy in 1777 involved two main prongs of attack aimed at separating New England (where the rebellion enjoyed the most popular support) from the other colonies. To that end, General John Burgoyne’s army marched south from Canada toward a planned meeting with Howe’s forces on the Hudson River. Burgoyne’s men dealt a devastating loss to th...
During the long, hard winter at Valley Forge, Washington’s troops benefited from the training and discipline of the Prussian military officer Baron Friedrich von Steuben (sent by the French) and the leadership of the French aristocrat Marquis de Lafayette. On June 28, 1778, as British forces under Sir Henry Clinton (who had replaced Howe as supreme...
By the fall of 1781, Greene’s American forces had managed to force Cornwallis and his men to withdraw to Virginia’s Yorktown peninsula, near where the York River empties into Chesapeake Bay. Supported by a French army commanded by General Jean Baptiste de Rochambeau, Washington moved against Yorktown with a total of around 14,000 soldiers, while a ...
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Dec 12, 2018 · The six-month encampment of General George Washington’s Continental Army at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-1778 was a major turning point in the American Revolutionary War.While conditions ...
December 19 – American Revolution: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. December 20 – Morocco becomes the first country to recognize the independence of the United States. December 24 – The second session of the North Carolina General Assembly of 1777 ends. Dates unknown
From December 25, 1776, to January 3, 1777 — a period of just ten days — Washington's brave soldiers would win a series of victories at Trenton and Princeton that were glorious indeed. These Ten Crucial Days proved instrumental to rekindling Patriot morale and keeping the cause for American independence alive in the wake of early defeats.
Nov 16, 2009 · On December 19, 1777, commander of the Continental Army George Washington, the future first president of the United States, leads his beleaguered troops into winter quarters at Valley Forge ...
Cooks Leaves Society Islands. Dec 8 Captain James Cook leaves the Society Islands. Explorer James Cook. Dec 16 Virginia becomes 1st state to ratify Articles of Confederation (US 1st constitution) Dec 17 France recognizes independence of British colonies in America. Dec 17 George Washington's army returns to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
