As an agent of the Transylvania Company, Daniel Boone blazes the Wilderness Road and establishes the frontier community of Boonesborough.
Patrick Henry delivers his “Give Me Liberty” speech to members of the Second Virginia Convention.
Paul Revere, William Dawes, and others ride through the countryside around Boston to warn colonial minute-men of the approach of British troops.
The Revolutionary War begins as British soldiers clash with colonial minutemen at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.
The Committee of One Hundred organizes a provisional government for New York.
The Second Continental Congress, or Confederation Congress, convenes on May 10.
Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the British fort at Ticonderoga, New York.
Continental Congress names Virginian George Washington commander in chief of the Continental army.
Colonial forces resist British efforts to break the siege of Boston in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
King George III declares that the American colonies are in a state of open rebellion and authorizes the use of force to restore order.
Continental Congress founds the Continental navy.
The royal governor of Virginia, John Murray, Lord Dunmore, issues the Dunmore Proclamation, offering freedom for all slaves and servants who rally to the king’s cause.
Benedict Arnold and General Richard Montgomery launch an attack on Montreal on December 31; a blizzard impedes their efforts and Montgomery is killed.
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