Commanding the Continental Army for six long years of the Revolution, he was the indispensable factor in the ultimate victory.

" After the war, nationalists, especially those who had been active in the Continental Army, complained that the Articles were too weak for an effective government.

* 1777 – American Revolutionary War: British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.

* 1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.

A troop of students dressed as Continental Army soldiers carry the eponymous log from the sun-dial to the lounge of John Jay Hall, where it is lit amid the singing of seasonal carols.

Initially led by John Haslet, Delaware provided one of the premier regiments in the Continental Army, known as the " Delaware Blues " and nicknamed the " Blue Hen's Chicks.

On June 22, Allen and Seth Warner appeared before Congress in Philadelphia, where they argued for the inclusion of the Green Mountain Boys in the Continental Army.

On May 14, he was breveted a colonel in the Continental Army in " reward of his fortitude, firmness and zeal in the cause of his country, manifested during his long and cruel captivity, as well as on former occasions ," and given military pay of $ 75 per month.

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Boudinot was commissioned as a colonel in the Continental Army for this work.

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Gerry was elected to serve on the Massachusetts Provincial Congress when the American Revolutionary War broke out, where he used his merchant connections to see that the Continental Army besieging Boston was supplied.

His father John Ross Key was a lawyer, a judge, and an officer in the Continental Army.

* 1778 – American Revolution: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.

George Washington ( –, 1799 ), was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, serving as the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and later as the new republic's first President.

Chosen by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to be commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolution, Washington managed to force the British out of Boston in 1776, but was defeated and almost captured later that year when he lost New York City.

Congress created the Continental Army on June 14, 1775.

Washington taking Control of the Continental Army, 1775.

Washington assumed command of the Continental Army in the field at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in July 1775, during the ongoing siege of Boston.

Washington then retreated across New Jersey ; the future of the Continental Army was in doubt due to expiring enlistments and the string of losses.

The Continental Army having been funded by $ 20, 000 in French gold, Washington delivered the final blow to the British in 1781, after a French naval victory allowed American and French forces to trap a British army in Virginia.

On May 2, 1783, the Commander in Chief submitted his Sentiments on a Peace Establishment to the Committee, essentially providing an official Continental Army position.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.

He was elected as the second president under the Articles of Confederation, and the President of the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783.

* 1781 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens – Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.

After studying law under Thomas Jefferson from 1780 to 1783, he served as a delegate in the Continental Congress.

Ever since its first publication, Murray's theory has come under criticism for flaws in its use of evidence, with later historian Ronald Hutton remarking that it consisted of " a few well-known works by Continental demonologists, a few tracts printed in England and quite a number of published records of Scottish witch trials.

In 1781, the combined action of Continental and French land and naval forces trapped the British army on the Virginia Peninsula, where troops under George Washington and Comte de Rochambeau defeated British General Cornwallis in the Siege of Yorktown.

The United States had the experimental Continental IV-1430 inverted V12 engine under development, with a higher power-to-weight ratio than any of the initial versions of the German WW II inverted V12s, but was never developed to production status, with only 23 examples of the Continental inverted V12 ever being built.

** American Revolution: The Second Continental Congress meets, elects John Hancock president, raises the Continental Army under George Washington as commander and authorizes the colonies to adopt their own constitutions.

Morris had held a similar position as Superintendent of Finance under the Continental Congress.

In 1807 Portugal refused Napoleon Bonaparte's demand to accede to the Continental System of embargo against the United Kingdom ; a French invasion under General Junot followed, and Lisbon was captured on 8 December 1807.

The Americans held it until June 1777, when British forces under General John Burgoyne again occupied high ground above the fort and threatened the Continental Army troops, leading them to withdraw from the fort and its surrounding defenses.

About 1, 700 troops from the Continental Army, under the command of Colonel Anthony Wayne, wintered at Ticonderoga.

The next year an Upper Creek war-party trying to relieve the British garrison at Savannah was routed by Continental Army troops under Gen. ' Mad ' Anthony Wayne.

* 1905 – Texaco establishes an operation in Antwerp, Belgium, under the name Continental Petroleum Company.

George Washington is said to have taken command of the American Continental Army under the Washington Elm in Cambridge on July 3, 1775.

The Juniata Men's Volleyball Team competes in the Continental Volleyball Conference ( formerly it competed in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association winning several titles under, both, Division I and Division III sanctioning ).

George Washington is said to have taken command of the American Continental Army under the Washington Elm in Cambridge on July 3, 1775.

The President could not veto an act of Congress under the Articles of Confederation ( 1781 – 1789 ), but he possessed certain recess and reserve powers that were not necessarily available to the predecessor President of Continental Congress.

Lorenzo sold Eastern's shuttle service to real estate magnate Donald Trump in 1989, under whom it became the Trump Shuttle, while selling other parts of Eastern to his Texas Air holding company and its major subsidiary, Continental Airlines, at terms disadvantageous to Eastern.

The Dissolution of the Monasteries in England took place in the political context of other attacks on the historic institutions of Western Roman Catholicism which had been under way for some time, many of them related to the Protestant Reformation in Continental Europe ; however, the religious changes in England under Henry VIII and Edward VI were of a different nature from those taking place in Germany, Bohemia, France, Scotland and Geneva.

That county was named for Peyton Randolph, the first President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation.