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A British invasion force mounts an all-day attack on patriot force on Sullivan's Island. The invaders are unable to land their troops on the island, and the tricky waters of Charlston Harbor frustrate the British Navy. The fleet retires in defeat, and south Carolina will remain untouched by the enemy for three more years.
A force of loyalist ( Americans who want to remain as British subjects) most of them of Scots descents, is defended by a patriot army at the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge. This setback will largely quit Loyalist in the Carolinas for three years.
In a bold move, Washington moves his troops into New Jersey on Christmas night. The patriots than suprise a force of German troops fighting for Britian at Trenton on Dec. 26. They achive a simular victory over Britains troops at Princeton on Jan. 3, reviving hopes that the might just be winable.
With the British occupying Philidelphia just 20 miles away, the Contonental Army enters winter quarters at Vally Forge, Pennsylvania. During the Winter, supply arrangments will be inproved and the Continental troops will be drilled and emerge as a more disaplined, unified fighting force.
General John Burgoyne's attemt to sepperate the rebbelliouse New England colonies from those farther south, ends in a spectacular failuare. The serrender of 6,000 British regulars at Saratoga will shock London and help induce France to enter the war on the American side.
The Declaration of Independence is adopted by the second Continental Congress. Following a decade of agitation over taxes and the year of war, represenatives make the brake with Britian. King George isn't willing to let his subjects g without a fight, and loyalist sentiment remains strong in many areas. Americans' primary allegiance is to their states; nationalism will grow slowly.
The British governor of Virginia, Lord Dunmore, issues a proclamation offering freedom to any slaves of rebellious Americans who are able to enter British lines.Throughout the course of war, tens pf thousands of African Americans will seek their freedom by supporting the British. A smaller number will fight fight on the patriot (pro- independence) side, despite policies that discourage their enlistment.
In the first major action f war, inexperienced colonial soldiers hold off hardened British veterans for more than two hours at Breed's Hill. Although eventually forced to abandon their positions, including the high ground of Bunker Hill overlooking Boston, the patriots show that they are not intimidated by the long lines of the red-coated infantrymen. Of the 2,200 British seeing action, more than 1,000 ended up dead or wounded.
The first shots of the Revolutionary War are fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts . The news of the bloodshed rockets along the Eastern seaboard, and thousands of volunteers converge on Cambridge, Mass. These are the beginnings of the Continental Army.