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The Hudson River Valley during the American Revolution. An Introduction: Battles and Events. 1775. June 17 th – Battle of Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts. “The Battle of Bunker Hill,” Library of Congress. 1776.
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The Hudson River Valley during the American Revolution An Introduction: Battles and Events
1775 June 17th – Battle of Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts “The Battle of Bunker Hill,” Library of Congress
1776 “A Plan of Operations of the King’s Army…” - Claude Joseph Sauthier – Library of Congress Battles Brooklyn Heights (August) Kip’s Bay (September) White Plains (October) Fort Washington (November) Fort Lee (November) Events Declaration of Independencesigned July 4th.
1777 Battles Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (July) Bennington (August) Bemis Heights (September) Freeman’s Farm (September) Saratoga (October) Events New York state Constitution approved by delegates in Kingston
1778 John Hinnick – West Point - Library of Congress LC Maps of North America, 1750 – 1789, 1208 West Point Sullivan’s Expedition
1780 “Prise de Yorktown,” (Paris: Vve. Turgis, 1840) Library of Congress September 28 – October 19 = Siege of Yorktown
1782 “Washington’s head quarters near Newburgh,” (New York: Virtue, Emmins & CO., c1857) Library of Congress. Washington’s Newburgh Headquarters established (Jonathan Hasbrouck House)
1783 “The American Peace Commissioners,” Library of Congress. September 3rd – Treaty of Paris signed
References The Battle of Bunker Hill, Library of Congress, http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003673000/ Sauthier, Claude Joseph, “A plan of the operations of the King's army under the command of General Sir William Howe, K.B. in New York and east New Jersey, against the American forces commanded by General Washington from the 12th of October to the 28th of November 1776, wherein is particularly distinguished the engagement on the White Plains the 28th of October,” Library of Congress, http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/gmd:@field%28NUMBER+@band%28g3804w+ar105400%29%29 Hinnick, John, “West Point,” Library of Congress, LC Maps of North America, 1750 – 1789, 1208, 1783. “Washington’s head quarters near Newburgh,” (New York: Virtue, Emmins & CO., c1857) Library of Congress, http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/89707860/ “The American Peace Commissioners,” Library of Congress, http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003654712/resource/cph.3b17926/?sid=7c1e0fec2e5d85cd0f39f46c1f72134b. “Prise de Yorktown,” (Paris: Vve. Turgis, 1840) Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004669258/