How Much Do You Know About the Revolutionary War?

Go to the Facts on File database: American History Online. Browse “Timelines.” Under “Timelines by Era,” choose “The American Revolution: 1775-1783.” Change the dates of the timeline to between 1775 and 1783, as shown at the left. Then click the “Update” button. Answer the following questions…

  1. 1775 – April: In this colony, first blood is spilled at Lexington and Concord:
  2. 1775 – June: He is unanimously chosen as commander-in-chief of all continental forces:
  3. 1775 – August: He declares the American colonies in “open rebellion:”
  4. 1775 – October: He becomes the commander of British forces in Boston:
  5. 1776 – January: This appears for the first time:
  6. 1776 – January: Common Sense is published by this author:
  7. 1776 – January: This colonel arrives in Cambridge with canon from Fort Ticonderoga:
  8. 1776 – March: On this night, Washington’s men secretly fortify Dorchester Heights with the canon from Fort Ticonderoga:
  9. 1776 – March: The British are forced to abandon this city:
  10. 1776 – April: Washington’s army marches to this city:
  11. 1776 – July: General Howe lands his troops on this island:
  12. 1776 – July: This document’s final draft is approved:
  13. 1776 – August: General Howe attacks Washington on this island, in an area known today as Brooklyn:
  14. 1776 – September: The British attack this island, landing at Kip’s Bay:
  15. 1776 – October: Attempting a landing at Pelham Bay, the British are held back by Patriots under the command of this colonel:
  16. 1776 – October: After stops in New Rochelle and Mamaroneck, Washington’s and Howe’s armies fight at this spot:
  17. 1776 – December: Retreating from the British, Washington marches through New Jersey and crosses this river into Pennsylvania:
  18. 1776 – December: Washington successfully attacks the Hessian garrison at this New Jersey site:
  19. 1777 –September: Washington defends Philadelphia from British attack at a battle at this creek:
  20. 1777 – December: Because of the defeat of British general Burgoyne at Saratoga, this country becomes interested in helping the American Patriots:
  21. 1777- December: Washington brings his army to winter quarters at this location in Pennsylvania:
  22. 1778 – February: This “volunteer” trains Washington’s troops at their winter quarters:
  23. 1778 – June: Evacuating Philadelphia and heading for New York, the British and Hessians fight with the Patriots following them at this site in New Jersey:
  24. 1779 – June: The British take a strategic fort at this site near West Point:
  25. 1779 – July: This same fort is recaptured by Patriots under the command of this general:
  26. 1779 – September: The most dramatic naval battle occurs off the coast of England between the British ship Serapis and Patriot John Paul Jones’ ship named this:
  27. 1780 – January: Washington’s men suffered even more terrible hardships than Valley Forge at this winter encampment:
  28. 1780 – March: The first slave emancipation laws are enacted in this colony:
  29. 1780 – April: Fighting in this southern city marked the war’s move to the southern colonies:
  30. 1780 – August: This Patriot general, hero of many battles, plans to turn over West Point to the British:
  31. 1781 – March: This government document is finally adopted; it will be the law of the land of the new United States:
  32. 1781 – July: French General Rochambeau joins Washington at this location in Westchester, NY, and begins a march to Virginia:
  33. 1781 – October: Washington, Rochambeau, and Admiral de Grasse, surround British General Cornwallis at this Virginia city:
  34. 1781 – October: Date of the surrender at Yorktown:
  35. 1781 – November: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay negotiate the peace treaty ending the war at this European city:

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