1775.
- Lexington massacre
- Second Continental Congress
- Turtle Bay stores seized
- Marinus Willett seizes the British ammunition wagons
- Battle of Bunker Hill
- Governor Tryon returns from England
- General Montgomery killed at Quebec
1776.
- April.--General Washington comes to New York after the success of the Continental army at Boston
- July.--Independence declared
- August.--Battle of Long Island
1776.
- September.--British occupy New York
Battle of Harlem Heights
A Great Fire
Nathan Hale executed - November.--Fort Washington captured
1777.
- George Clinton, Governor of New York State
- Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga
- Washington at Valley Forge
1780.
- Benedict Arnold's treason