April 18-19 - Paul Revere's Ride
April 19 - Skirmishing takes place first in Lexington and then in Concord, Massachusetts. It is the start of the American Revolution.
April 19 - The Siege of Boston begins after the British retreat back into the city, which is then surrounded by minutemen.
May 10 - Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
May 10 - Second Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
May 25 - British Major Generals William Howe, Henry Clinton and John Burgoyne arrive in Boston, Massachusetts.
June 6 - British troops evacuate New York City.
June 15 - George Washington commissioned General and Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army by the Continental Congress.
June 17 - Artemas Ward and Charles Lee are commissioned as the 1st and 2nd Major Generals in the Continental Army. Horatio Gates is commissioned as Adjutant General with the field rank of Brigadier General.
June 19 - Israel Putnam and Philip Schuyler are commissioned as the 3rd and 4th Major Generals in the Continental Army.
June 22 - John Thomas, Richard Montgomery, David Wooster, William Heath, Joseph Spencer, John Sullivan and Nathanael Greene are commissioned Brigadier Generals in the Continental Army.
July 3 - General George Washington arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and takes command of the troops surrounding Boston. This is the birth of the Continental Army.
