American Revolutionary War

05-March-1770 : Boston Massacre: Five Americans are shot by British troops in an event that helps start the American Revolutionary War 5 years later.
02-November-1772 : American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence.
06-February-1778 : American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France, signaling official recognition of the new republic.
23-February-1778 : American Revolutionary War: Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and begins to train the American troops.
10-March-1778 : American Revolutionary War: George Washington approves the dishonorable discharge of Lieut. Frederick Gotthold Enslin for "attempting to commit sodomy, with John Monhort a soldier".
28-June-1778 : American Revolutionary War Battle of Monmouth: George Washington defeats British general Sir Henry Clinton near Monmouth, New Jersey.
03-July-1778 : American Revolutionary War: the Wyoming Massacre takes place near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, ending in a terrible defeat of the local colonists.
04-July-1778 : American Revolutionary War: George Rogers Clark takes Kaskaskia.
10-July-1778 : American Revolutionary War: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
16-January-1780 : In the Hawaiian Islands, Capt. James Cook becomes the first European to land on Maui. American Revolutionary War Battle of Cape St. Vincent: British Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats a Spanish fleet.