1776
 July 3 - Washington takes command of the army besieging Boston
 July 4 - Continental Congress approves the Declaration of Independence
 Nov 20 - Dec 7 - Washingdton's army retreats across NJ to PA
 Dec 26 - Washington wins the first Battle of Trenton
1777
 Jan 2-3 - Washington wins again at Princeton
 Jan 6 - May 28 Main Continental Army encamped at Morristown, NJ
 The continental Army consists of about 100,000 men
 About twice that many served as militiamen (part time soldiers)
 May 28 - July 2 Army stationed at Middlebrook Heights (Middlebrook Encampment), on the first Range of the Watchung Mountains
 in Martinsville, NJ, so they can watch British General Howe and his troops in New Brunswick
  Howe keeps trying to draw Washington's outnumbered troops down to fight in the open ground below
 June 25-27 - Howe fails to destroy the Continental Army in NJ at the Battle of Short Hills 
   (What is now the Plainfield Country Club)
 July - General Howe heads from New Brunswick to Perth Amboy on his way to Statten Island 
  Aug 25 Main British Army sails from Statten Island to reach Philadelphia via the Chesapeake.
    They were afraid to take the shorter land route because of the Continental Army above
  1778
 Dec 11,1778 -  June 1779 2nd Middlebrook Encampment
1779
June 20: Stono River, SC, Maj. Gen. Lincoln inflicts extensive British casualties in indecisive battle
December 1779 to June 1780.The entire Continental Army camped at Jockey Hollow - Wikipedia, Morristown,
 NJ (the harshest winter of the 18th century)


historic Town Names:

Quibbletown - New Market Area of Piscataway
Spanktown - Rahway
Middlebush - Franklin Township
Middlebrook - Martinsville, Bound Brook
Somerset Courthouse - Somerville
Sampton - S. Plainfield
Short Hills - Plainfield 

Books:
Revolutionary New Jersey: Forgotten Towns and Crossroads of the American Revolution, by Robert Mayers.
New Jersey in the American Revolution, by Barbara J. Mitnick

Links:
Middlebrook Encampment
New Jersey in the American Revolution - Wikipedia
New Jersey and the Revolution - Crossroads of the American Revolution
Revolutionary War New Jersey | Guide to New Jersey Revolutionary War Sites| New Jersey Historic Sites
Historic Sites and Museums | W3R