December 26 - General Clinton sails for Charleston from New York with 8000 men. Washington sends reinforcements. May 6 - Fort Moultrie captured by the British. May 12 - British capture Charleston. May 25 - In Morristown, New Jersey two Continental regiments conduct an armed march through the camp, demanding immediate payment of overdue salary and full rations.
Rebellion is ended by troops from Pennsylvania.
Two leaders of the protest are hanged. June 14 - Congress appoints General Horatio Gates to command of the Southern Army. June 23 - British defeated by American forces at the Battle of Springfield, New Jersey. June 28 - Battle of Monmouth. July 11 - Count de Rochambeau arrives in Newport, Rhode Island with 6000 French soldiers.