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American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
- Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775
- The Province of New Hampshire adopts a constitution for an independent State of New Hampshire, January 5, 1776
- The Province of South Carolina adopts a constitution for an independent State of South Carolina on March 15, 1776
- The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations declares its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on May 4, 1776
- The Colony of Connecticut declares its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on June 18, 1776
- The Colony of Virginia adopts a constitution for an independent Commonwealth of Virginia on June 29, 1776
- The Province of New Jersey adopts a constitution for an independent State of New Jersey on July 2, 1776
- The 13 British North American provinces of Virginia, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Delaware, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia united as the United States of America declare their independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on July 4, 1776
- The Republic of New Connecticut declares its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on January 15, 1777
- The Republic of New Connecticut changes its name to Vermont on June 2, 1777
- Battles of Saratoga on September 19 and October 7, 1777
- Battle of the Chesapeake on September 5, 1781
- Siege of Yorktown, September 28 – October 19, 1781
- Treaty of Paris signed on September 3, 1783