1673 New York and New Netherlands taken by the Dutch-they were restored to the English the next year. 1675 King Philip's War commenced; action at Swanzey, June: Brookfield burnt, Deerfield burnt, Sept. 1; Hadley assaulted; Springfield burnt; Capt. Lathrop, with 80 men, surprised by Indians-almost every man slain, Sept. 18. Gov. Winslow, with 1000 men, attacked the Narragansetts, (the allies of Philip,) in their fort: the fort destroyed, and their country ravaged, December. 1676 Lancaster burnt; Capt. Pierce and his company slain; Capt. Wadsworth and about fifty of his men killed; Falls fightthe Indians surprised in the night,-they lost 300 men, women, and children, May 18; Hatfield and Hadley attacked.-King Philip killed, Aug. 12-which ends the war. Bacon's insurrection in Virginia; Jamestown burnt. 1677 Insurrection in Carolina: the insurgents exercised authority for two years in that colony. 1678 Fort built at Pemaquid; treaty at Casco with the Indians. 1686 Port Royal, Carolina, broken up by the Spaniards from St. Au gustine. 1687 The French under Denonville, make war upon the Seneca Indians. 1688 Gov. Andros' expedition against the eastern Indians. 1690 A body of French and Indians, from Montreal, burn Schenectady, and massacre the inhabitants, Feb. 8. Salmon Falls surprised by the French and Indians. Port Royal taken by Sir William Phipps-he makes an expedition 1691 Major Schuyler, with a party of Mohawks, attacks the French settlements on Lake Champlain. 1692 The French and Indians attack York and Wells. 1693 Count Frontenac, Governor of Canada, makes an expedition against the Mohawks. 1694 Gov. Fletcher makes a treaty with the five Nations. 1696 The French destroy the fort at Pemaquid, and lay waste Nova Scotia. 1700 Carolina infested with pirates. 1702 Gov. Moore's expedition against the Spaniards, at St. Augustine -it proves abortive. 1703 Gov. Moore subdues the Apalachian Indians. 1704 Deerfield burnt and most of its inhabitants carried captive by the French and Indians, Feb. 28. 1705 The French ravage Newfoundland. 1706 The Spaniards and French invade Carolina-they are defeated. 1707 The New England troops make an unsuccessful expedition against Port Royal. 1708 Haverhill surprised by the French and Indians. 1710 Port Royal, in Nova Scotia, taken by general Nicholson, Oct. 2. 1711 Expedition against Quebec-failed by the loss of transports in the St. Lawrence, August.. 1712 War with the Tuscaroras in North Carolina-they are defeated. 1715 A general conspiracy against the Carolinas, by the Yamasees, Cherokees, and other tribes.-Governor Craven attacks and defeats them in their camp. 1719 Pensacola taken by the French from the Spaniards. 1724 War with the eastern Indians in New England. 1730 The Natchez Indians extirpated by the French. 1736 The Chickasaw Indians defeat the French. 1740 General Oglethorp, with 2,000 men, makes an unsuccessful ex pedition against St. Augustine. 1741 Expedition against Cuba. 1742 Spanish expedition against Georgia-failed. 1745 Louisburg and Cape Breton taken by the New England troops, aided by a British squadron, June 17. 1746 French expedition under Duke D'Anville, which threatened New England, failed, by means of storms, sickness in the fleet, &c. 1747 Saratoga village destroyed, the inhabitants massacred by the French and Indians. 1753 The French erect forts on the back of the colonies. 1754 Colonel Washington, with 400 men, in fort Necessity, surrendered to the French, July 4. 1755 Expedition against Nova Scotia; the French are subdued, the inhabitants brought away and dispersed among the colonies. General Braddock defeated by the French and Indians, July 9. Battle of Lake George; the French under Baron Dieskau defeated, Dieskau wounded, Sept. 8. 1756 Oswego taken by the French under Montcalm. 1757 Fort William Henry capitulated to the French, many of the garrison massacred by the Indians. 1758 Louisburg taken by the British, July. Gen. Abercrombie defeated at Ticonderoga with great loss; 1758 Fort Frontenac taken from the French by Col. Bradstreet. Fort du Quesne abandoned by the French and taken by the English and named Pittsburgh, Nov. 25. 1759 Ticonderoga and Crown Point taken by Gen. Amherst. Niagara taken by the English, Gen. Prideaux killed. English repulsed at Montmorency, near Quebec. Battle of Quebec; Gen. Wolf, the English commander, and Montcalm, the French commander, killed; the French defeated and Quebec taken, September. 1760 M. de Levi attempts to recover Quebec; he is compelled to retire. Montreal capitulated to the English, September, and Canada is subdued. The Cherokees take fort Loudon, and treacherously massacre the garrison. 1761 The Cherokees defeated by Col. Grant and compelled to make peace. 1762 Havanna taken by the British and provincials. 1763 Treaty of peace signed at Paris between Great Britain and France; Canada, Nova Scotia, and Cape Breton confirmed to the British king. 1768 Two British regiments stationed at Boston, September. 1770 Massacre in Boston; the British troops fired upon the inhabitants, and killed three and wounded five, March 5. 1773 Tea thrown overboard at Boston, Dec. 16. 1775 Battle of Lexington, which began the revolutionary war, April 19. Ticonderoga taken by Col. Ethan Allen, May 10. George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of the American army, June 15; took command of the troops investing Boston, July 2. 1775 Generals Howe, Clinton, and Burgoyne, with a re-enforcement from England, arrived at Boston, May 25. Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17. General Montgomery penetrated into Canada, took fort Col. Ethan Allen captured near Montreal, and sent in irons to Col. Arnold, with 3,000 men, penetrates through the wilderness Assault upon Quebec: General Montgomery killed and the 1776 Norfolk, Va., burnt by the British, January 1. Boston evacuated by the British, March 17. Loyalists defeated in North Carolina by Gen. Moore, Feb. 27. A body of the Americans at the Cedars surrendered, May. The British defeated in their attack on Sullivan's Island, General Howe and Admiral Lord Howe, with 24,000 men. arrive Declaration of Independence, July 4. Battle on Long Island, August 27. American army withdrawn from Long Island, Aug. 30. New York evacuated by the Americans, taken possession of by Gen. Arnold defeated on Lake Champlain, Oct. 12. Battle at the White Plains, Oct. 28. Fort Washington taken, with about 2,000 prisoners, Nov. 16. Americans attack Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, but are repul American army retreated through New Jersey, and crossed the Gen. Lee surprised and taken prisoner, Dec. 13. Battle of Trenton, 1000 Hessians taken, Dec. 26. 1777 Battle of Princeton, Gen. Mercer killed, Jan. 3. Washington retires to Morristown. More than 20,000 stands of arms and 1000 barrels of powder arrived from France. Danbury, Con., burnt, Gen. Wooster killed, April 28. Col. Meigs crosses over to Long Island from Connecticut, Gen. Prescott surprised and taken prisoner by Col. Barton, of Battle of Brandywine, Gen. Lafayette wounded, Sept. 11 Gen. Wayne surprised and defeated with the loss of about 300 men, Sept. 28. The British take possession of Philadelphia, Sept. 27. Ticonderoga evacuated by the Americans, July 6. Battle of Benington, August. Battle of Germantown, Oct. 4. Burgoyne encamps at Saratoga, Sept. 14. Gen. Burgoyne surrendered to Gen. Gates, Oct. 17. 777 Assault on Red Bank; British defeated; Count Donop killed. 778 Treaty of Alliance with France, signed Feb. 6. The British evacuate Philadelphia, June 18. Battle of Monmouth; many soldiers died of the heat, June 28. Battle on Rhode Island, Aug. 29; Americans retreat from Rhode Paul Jones' naval battle on the coast of Scotland, Sept. 22. Expedition of the Americans against East Florida, failed. Savannah taken by the British under Col. Campbell, Dec. 29. The American frigate Randolph, of 36 guns, and 300 men, blownup in an engagement; only four men saved. 1779 Gen. Ash surprised and defeated by the British at Brier Creek, with the loss of 300 men, March 3. Engagement at Stono Ferry; Americans obliged to retreat, Unsuccessful assault on Savannah; Count Pulaski, a Polish The British make incursions into Virginia; property to an immense amount destroyed. The British plunder New Jersey, June. Gov. Tryon invades and plunders New Haven, July 5; Fairfield and Norwalk burnt. Stony Point taken by General Wayne, July 15. The Americans made an unsuccessful attempt against the British post at Penobscot. Gen. Sullivan ravages the country of the Six Nations. 1780 Gen. Lincoln capitulated, and Charleston, S. C. surrendered to Sir Henry Clinton, May 12. Col. Buford defeated at the Wexhaws by the British under Col. Tarleton: the Americans lost about 300 men, in killed, wounded, and prisoners, May 28. Col. Sumpter defeats a party of British at Williamson's plantation, July 12; and a body of Tories at Hanging Rock, August 6. Gen. Rochambeau arrives at Newport, R. I. with a French Battle of Camden; the Americans under Gen. Gates, defeated Gen. Sumpter surprised and defeated by Col. Tarleton, Au- Treason of Arnold; Major Andre taken and executed, Oct. 2. Action at King's Mountain; the British and Tories, under Major Ferguson, defeated with the loss of 150 killed and 800 prisoners, October 7. Incursion of the British Gen. Kniphausen, into New Jersey; action near Springfield, N. J. June 23. 781 Mutiny in the Pennsylvania line of troops, Jan. 1. General Green takes command of the Southern American army. Battle of the Cowpens; Gen. Morgan and Col. Tarleton, Janu ary 17. Battle of Guilford, N. C. between Gen. Greene and Lord Corn< wallis, March 15. 781 Gen. Marion takes fort Watson, April 23. Fort Cornwallis at Augusta, taken June 6. Gen. Greene lays siege to Ninety-Six, but is repulsed, June 18. The combined armies under Gen. Washington, decamp from the Hudson, and march for Virginia, August 19. New London, Con. burnt, fort Griswold stormed and the garrison put to the sword by Arnold, September 8. Battle of the Eutaw Springs; Gen. Greene defeats the British, with the loss of 1000 men, Sept. 8. Lord Cornwallis pursues the Marquis de la Fayette, in Virginia. Yorktown invested, and batteries opened against it, Oct. 9. 1782 The British evacuated Savannah, July, Provisional articles of peace signed, Independence of the United 1783 Definitive treaty signed, Sept. 3. The army disbanded, Oct. 1s. Farewell address of Gen. Washington to the army, Nov. 2. General Washington resigned his commission, Dec. 23. 1790 Gen. Harmer defeated by the Indians in Ohio. 1791 Gen. St. Clair defeated by the Indians. 1794 Gen. Wayne gains a decisive victory over the Indians on the Miami, August 20. 1797 Collision with the French republic. 1798 Gen. Washington appointed to command the armies of the United States, July 7. 1799 Capt. Truxtun, in the Constellation, took the French frigate Insurgent, Feb. 10. 1800 Treaty of Peace with France, September 30. 1803 War with Tripoli. 1804 Com. Preble makes an ineffectual attack on Tripoli. 1805 Gen. Eaton takes possession of Derne, a Tripolitan city, and a peace with Tripoli soon after ensues. 1807 The American frigate Chesapeake fired into by the British frigate Leopard, off the Capes of Virginia, 4 men killed and 16 wounded, June 22. 1809 Non-intercourse with Great Britain and France, established by congress, March 1. 1811 Engagement between the American frigate President, Captain Rogers, and the British sloop of war, Little Belt, Capt. Bingham, May. Battle of Tippacanoe, between Gen. Harrison and the Indians, 1812 Declaration of War by the United States against Great Britain, June 18. General Hull surrendered his army, and the fort of Detroit, to U. S. frigate Constitution, Capt. Hull, captured the British frigate 400 men, women, and children, massacred at Fort Mimms, on U. S. frigate United States, Cóm. Decatur, captured the Macedonian, October 25. Battle of Queenstown, U. C. Gen. Brock killed, Oct. 3. |