| Engagement | Time Period | Area | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siege of Boston | 20 Apr 1775-17 Mar 1776 | Eastern Massachusetts | Operations relating to the British occupation of Boston |
| Invasion of Canada | 4 Sep-31 Dec 1775 | Canada | Operations by Montgomery and Arnold through assault on Quebec |
| Chesapeake Bay | 15 Sep 1775-31 Aug 1776 | Chesapeake Bay and adjacent coastline regions | Engagements with Lord Dunmore's land and naval forces |
| Charleston 1775-1776 | 15 Sep 1775-28 Jun 1776 | Coastal portions of the Carolinas and Georgia | Engagements with land and naval forces of Royal governors and repulse of Clinton's expedition |
| Southern Highlands | 15 Sep 1775-24 Feb 1776 | Interior portions of the Carolinas and Georgia | Engagements with loyalist forces |
| Defense of Canada | 1 Jan-2 Jul 1776 | Canada | Siege of Quebec after repulse of the assault and withdrawal from Canada |
| New York City | 3 Apr-16 Nov 1776 | Southern New York and Bergen County, New Jersey | Operations relating to the British capture of Long, Staten, and Manhattan Islands |
| Lake Champlain | 2 Jul-3 Nov 1776 | Charlotte County, New York | Carleton's attack on Ticonderoga |
| Florida | 1 Aug 1776-31 May 1777 | Georgia south of Ossawba Sound and East Florida | American invasions of East Florida and British counterattacks |
| Northern New Jersey | 20 Nov 1776-26 Jun 1777 | Staten Island and northern New Jersey | Engagements from capture of Fort Lee to British withdrawal to start the invasion of Pennsylvania |
| Trenton - Princeton | 8 Dec 1776-6 Jan 1777 | Southern New Jersey | Engagements from Washington's retreat across the Delaware River to his encampment at Morristown |
| Rhode Island | 26 Dec 1776-25 Oct 1779 | Rhode Island | Operations relating to the British occupation of Newport |
| Saratoga | 18 Jun-17 Oct 1777 | Albany and Charlotte Counties, New York | Operations relating to Burgoyne's campaign |
| Mohawk Valley | 25 Jun-24 Aug 1777 | Albany and Tryon Counties, New York | Operations relating to St. Leger's campaign |
| Defense of Philadelphia | 25 Aug-19 Dec 1777 | Eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware | Engagements from British landing at Head of Elk to Washington's encampment at Valley Forge |
| Hudson Highlands | 1-31 Oct 1777 | Southern New York | Operations relating to Clinton's relief expedition |
| Philadelphia - Monmouth | 20 Dec 1777-10 Jul 1778 | Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey | Operations relating to the British occupation of Philadelphia and withdrawal to Sandy Hook |
| Engagement | Time Period | Area | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Savannah | 28 Nov 1778-15 Oct 1779 | Georgia and South Carolina | Operations relating to the British capture and defense of Savannah and coastal South Carolina |
| Charleston 1780 | 10 Feb-29 May 1780 | South Carolina | Siege of Charleston and related occupation of South Carolina through the battle of Waxhaws |
| Defense of the Carolinas | 30 May 1780-14 Feb 1781 | The Carolinas | Operations under Gates and Greene to the withdrawal across the Dan |
| Yorktown | 30 Dec 1780-19 Oct 1781 | Virginia | Siege of Yorktown and preliminaries beginning with Arnold's Raid |
| Greene's Campaign | 15 Feb 1781-14 Dec 1782 | The Carolinas and Georgia | Greene's reconquest of the South |
page updated 7 May 2001