| 1776-01-01 | The Destruction of Norfolk |
| 1776-01-10 | Common Sense is Published in Philadelphia |
| 1776-02-27 | Patriots Route Loyalists at the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, North Carolina |
| 1776-02-28 | Patrick Henry Resigns His Command |
| 1776-03-05 | Patriots Take Dorchester Heights |
| 1776-05-06 | The End of the Virginia House of Burgesses |
| 1776-05-15 | Virginia Directs Congressional Delegation to Initiate Independence |
| 1776-06-07 | Richard Henry Lee Moves for Independence |
| 1776-06-12 | Virginia Convention Passes Declaration of Rights |
| 1776-06-29 | Virginia Creates a Commonwealth |
| 1776-07-02 | Congress Chooses Independence |
| 1776-07-02 | New Jersey Constitution Gives Women the Right to Vote |
| 1776-07-04 | Congress Adopts the Declaration of Independence |
| 1776-07-09 | Dunmore Driven Out of Virginia |
| 1776-08-27 | Washington Defeated at the Battle of Long Island, New York |
| 1776-09-15 | British Landing on Manhattan Forces Continental Army to Abandon New York City |
| 1776-09-16 | Washington Holds off Howe at the Battle of Harlem Heights |
| 1776-09-22 | American Spy Nathan Hale Executed |
| 1776-10-11 | Benedict Arnold Wins Strategic Victory at Battle of Valcour Island |
| 1776-10-23 | Virginia Abolishes Entail |
| 1776-10-28 | Howe Forces Washington to Fall Back After Battle of White Plains |
| 1776-11-16 | Fort Washington Falls |
| 1776-12-19 | Paine's The Crisis is Published |
| 1776-12-26 | Washington Defeats Hessians at the Battle of Trenton |
| 1777-01-03 | Washington Defeats British at the Battle of Princeton |
| 1777-01-16 | Vermont Secedes from New York |
| 1777-07-06 | British Capture Fort Ticonderoga |
| 1777-07-20 | Treaty Ends Conflict Between Virginia, North Carolina, and the Cherokee |
| 1777-07-31 | Congress Commissions Lafayette a Major General |
| 1777-09-11 | Howe Defeats Washington at the Battle of Brandywine |
| 1777-09-26 | Howe Marches into Philadelphia |
| 1777-10-04 | Howe Defeats Washington at the Battle of Germantown |
| 1777-10-17 | Burgoyne Surrenders After Defeat in Battle of Saratoga |
| 1777-11-15 | Articles of Confederation Create American Nation |
| 1778-02-06 | France Agrees to Treaty of Amity and Commerce with America |
| 1778-06-18 | British Evacuate Philadelphia |
| 1778-06-28 | Charles Lee Fails at Battle of Monmouth |
| 1778-12-29 | Savannah Falls to the British |
| 1779-02-24 | Fort Sackville Surrenders to George Rogers Clark |
| 1779-05-08 | British Raid in Virginia |
| 1779-06-01 | Thomas Jefferson Elected Governor of Virginia |
| 1779-06-05 | Virginia Moves Capital from Williamsburg to Richmond |
| 1779-06-23 | Virginia Assembly Votes to Confiscate Loyalist Property |
| 1779-09-23 | John Paul Jones defeats HMS Serapis |
| 1780-05-12 | British Capture Charleston |
| 1780-08-16 | Cornwallis Devastates Gates at the Battle of Camden |
| 1780-12-24 | American Forces Take Choté |
| 1780-12-30 | Benedict Arnold Lands in Virginia |
| 1781-01-17 | Daniel Morgan Defeats Banastre Tarleton at the Battle of Cowpens |
| 1781-03-15 | Greene Wins Strategic Victory Over Cornwallis at Battle of Guilford Court House |
| 1781-04-18 | British Take Williamsburg |
| 1781-05-20 | Cornwallis Arrives in Virginia |
| 1781-06-04 | Jefferson and Virginia Legislature Narrowly Miss Capture |
| 1781-06-25 | Cornwallis Occupies Williamsburg |
| 1781-08-19 | Washington Begins March to Yorktown |
| 1781-09-05 | French Fleet Defeats British Navy at the Battle of the Capes |
| 1781-09-14 | Washington and Rochambeau Meet Lafayette at Williamsburg |
| 1781-10-09 | The Siege of Yorktown Begins |
| 1781-10-19 | Cornwallis Surrenders |
| 1782-02-27 | Parliament Calls for End to Offensive Operations in America |
| 1782-04-12 | Rodney Defeats de Grasse at the Battle of the Saintes |
| 1782-07-01 | French Begin to Leave Williamsburg |
| 1782-11-30 | British and American Commissioners Agree to Preliminary Peace Terms |
| 1783-04-11 | Congress Proclaims an End to the War |
