Chart of Battles, Leaders, and Congresses During the Revolutionary War

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FROM BOTTOM TO TOP:

The Revolutionary War

[Main Root] Taxation without Representation
[Branch Root] Colonial Events 
[Sub-roots] Boston Massacre, Destruction of the Gaspee, Boston Tea Party; Continental Congress
[Branch Root] Perversity of George III
[Branch Root] Results of the French and Indian War
[Branch Root] Acts of Parliament 
[Sub-roots] Navigation Acts, Stamp Act, Declaratory Act, Townshend Acts, Five Intolerable Acts

[Box on Left: Continental Army Leaders]
1 Washington [General George Washington]
2 Gates [General Horatio Gates]
3 Greene [Colonel Christopher Greene]
4 Stark [General John Stark]
5 Wayne [Brigadier General Anthony Wayne]
6 Sullivan [General John Sullivan]
7 Clarke [George Rogers Clarke/George Rogers Clark]
8 Montgomery [General Richard Montgomery]
9 Sumpter [General Thomas Sumpter]
10 Warner [Colonel Seth Warner]
11 Lee [General Charles Lee]
12 Morgan [Brigadier General Daniel Morgan]
13 Campbell [William Campbell]
14 Allen [Ethan Allen]
15 Schuyler [Major General Philip Schuyler]
16 Arnold [Colonel Benedict Arnold]
17 Parker [Captain John Parker]
18 Prescott [Colonel William Prescott]
19 Moultrie [Colonel William Moultrie]
20 Putnam [General Israel Putnam]
21 Herkimer Nicholas Herkimer]
22 Magaw [Colonel Robert Magaw]
23 Ashe [General John Ashe]
24 J.P. Jones [John Paul Jones]
25 Lincoln [General Benjamin Lincoln]
26 D’estang [D’Estaing] [Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, comte D’Estaing]
27 Buford [Colonel Abraham Buford]
28 Ledyard [Lieutenant Colonel William Ledyard]

[Box on Right: British Leaders]
A. Howe [Lieutenant General William Howe] 
B. Clinton [General Henry Clinton]
C. Cornwallis [Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis]
D. Burgoyne [General John Burgoyne]
E. Butler [Colonel John Butler & his son Captain Walter Butler]
F. Prevost [Lieutenant Colonel Mark Prevost]
G. Tarleton [Colonel Banastre Tarleton]
H. Baum [Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Baum]
I. St. Leger [Brigadier General Barry St. Leger]
J. Campbell [Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell]
K. Ferguson [Major Patrick Ferguson]
L. Rawdon [Francis Rawdon]
M. Brant [Joseph Brant]
N. Arnold [Brigadier General Benedict Arnold]
O. Gage [General Thomas Gage]
P. Pitcairn [Major John Pitcairn]
Q. Carleton [General Guy Carleton]
R. Rall [Colonel Johann Rall]
S. Mawhood [Lieutenant Colonel Charles Mawhood]
T. Hamilton [Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton]
U. Pigot [Brigadier General Robert Pigot]
V. Breyman [Lieutenant Colonel Heinrich von Breyman]

[Trunk] 
1st Cont. Cong. Sept 4, 1774
2nd Cont. Cong. May 10, 1775
Washington Takes Command July 2, 1775

[Branch on Right] 1775

[Bottom of Branch]
6-17 Bunker Hill 18,-20 – O,A,U. [Prescott, Putnam vs. Gage, Howe, Pigot]
12-31 Quebec 16, 8, 15-Q [Arnold, Montgomery, Schuyler vs. Carleton]

[Top of Branch]
4-19 Lexington 17-P [Parker vs. Pitcairn]
5-10 Ticonderoga 14.16- [Allen & Arnold]
5-12 Crown Point 10- [Warner]
11-13 Montreal [Battle of Quebec] 8- [Montgomery]

[Trunk] Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776

[Branch on Left] 1776

[Bottom of Branch]
8-26 Long Island 1-B [Washington vs. Clinton]
10-26 White Plains 1-A. [Washington vs. Howe]
11-16 Ft. Washington 22-A [Magaw vs. Howe]

[Top of Branch]
3-17 Boston 1-A [Washington vs. Howe]
6-28 Moultrie [Battle of Sullivan’s Island] 19,11-B [Moultrie, Lee vs. Clinton]
12-26 Trenton 1-R [Washington vs. Rall]

[Trunk] National Flag June, 1777

[Branch on Right] 1777

[Bottom of Branch]
9-11 Brandywine 1-A [Washington vs. Howe]
10-4 Germantown 1-A [Washington vs. Howe]
10-23 Ft. Mercer [Battle of Red Bank] 3-A [Greene vs. Howe]

[Top of Branch]
1-3 Princeton 1-S [Washington vs. Mawhood
8-3 Fort Schuyler [Siege of Fort Stanwix] 21-I [Herkimer vs. St. Leger]
8-16 Bennington 4, 10 – H, V [Stark, Warner vs. Baum, Breyman]
9-9 [9-19] Bemis Heights [Battle of Freeman’s Farm/First Battle of Saratoga] 2-D [Gates vs. Burgoyne]
10-7 Saratoga [Battle of Bemis Heights] 2-D [Gates vs. Burgoyne]

[Trunk]
Articles of Confederation
Valley Forge 1777-8

[Branch on Left] 1778

[Bottom of Branch]
8-29 Newport [Battle of Rhode Island/Battle of Quaker Hill] 3- [Greene]
7-3 Wyoming -E [J. Butler]
11-10 Cherry Valley -E [W. Butler]
12-29 Savannah [Capture of Savannah/First Battle of Savannah] -J [Campbell]

[Top of Branch]
6-28 Monmouth 1,11-B [Washington, Lee vs. Clinton]
7-4 Kaskaskia [Illinois Campaign/Clark’s Northwestern Campaign] 7- [Clarke]

[Trunk]
Alliance with France

[Branch on Right] 1779

[Bottom of Branch]
3-3 Brier Creek 23-F [Ashe vs. Prevost]

[Top of Branch]
2-25 Vincennes [Siege of Fort Vincennes] 7-T [Clarke vs. Hamilton]
7-16 Stony Point 5- [Wayne]
8-29 Elmira [Battle of Newtown] 6- [Sullivan]
9-23 Serapis 24- [J. P. Jones]
10-9 Savannah [Siege of Savannah/Second Battle of Savannah] 25,26-F [Lincoln, D’Estang vs. Prevost]

[Trunk]
Arnold’s Treason

[Branch on Left] 1780

[Bottom of Branch]
3-12 Charleston 25-B,C [Lincoln vs. Clinton, Cornwallis]
5-29 Waxhaw 27-G [Buford vs. Tarleton]
8-16 Camden 2-C [Gates vs. Cornwallis]

[Top of Branch]
8-6 Hanging Rock 9- [Sumpter]
[8-1] Rocky Mount 9- [Sumpter]
10-7 King’s Mt 13-K [Campbell vs. Ferguson]
11-20 Black Stock 9-G [Sumpter vs. Tarleton]

[Branch on Right] 1781

[Bottom of Branch]
3-15 Guilford C.H [Battle of Guilford Court House] 3-C [Greene vs. Cornwallis]
4-25 Hobkirk’s Hill [Second Battle of Camden] 3-L [Greene vs. Rawdon]
9-6 Ft. Griswold [Battle of Groton Heights] -N [Arnold]

[Top of Branch] 
1-17 Cowpens 12-G [Morgan vs. Tarleton]
9-8 Eutaw Springs 3-L [Greene vs. Rawdon]
9-10 Yorktown 1-C [Washington vs. Cornwallis]

[Branch on Left] 1782
11-30 Preliminary Articles of Peace

[Top Branch] 1783
9-3 Treaty of Paris