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This timeline will explain how the Patriots went from being the inevitable losers in the American Revolution to coming out on top. The Underdogs always have a chance. The War began in 1775, when The Shot Heard 'Round The World was fired at the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
January 1776
August 2, 1776
December 26, 1776
October 17, 1777
The American victory at the Battle of Saratoga ended the British threat to New England and destroyed British hopes of an easy victory. It also raised Patriot morale at a time when the army was suffering defeats. Finally, it convinced Europeans that the Americans had a sound chance of winning, which helped the Americans acquire an alliance with the French later in the war.
Winter of 1777-1778
October 18, 1781
April 15, 1783
Once the Treaty of Paris was approved by Congress, America was a free country. America had achieved its dreams of freedom from the British, and American citizens now had acquired the right of self-government. Without the American Revolutionary War, who knows where we would be today?