american revolution

French and Indian war

Period: 1754 to 1763

French and Indians sided and fought the British.

Sugar act

Apr 5, 1764

taxes on sugar

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

know one knows how it started but British soldiers shot and killed 11 colonists.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

colonists rioted and threw all of the tea into the harbor

First Continental Congress

Nov 5, 1774

12 of the 13 colonies got together

Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

first military engagements of the war

Second Continental Congress

May 10, 1775

all thirteen colonies met

Bunker hill

Jun 17, 1775

turning point during the siege of Boston.

Common Sense

Jan 10, 1776

A book written by Thomas Paine

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

a breakup letter from america to Britain

Washington crosses the Delaware

Dec 25, 1776

Washington and his men crossed the Delaware river to ambush the Brits on the other side

Valley Forge

Period: Dec 19, 1777 to Jun 19, 1778

military camp for the Americans

Siege of Yorktown

Oct 10, 1781

also known as the surrender of Yorktown

Treaty of Paris

Nov 3, 1783

Ended the revolutionary war