American Revolution

  • 1770

    1770
    British soldiers fought a mob of colonists, they fired, killing five people in Boston
  • 1773

    1773
    The Boston Tea Party was a protest by the sons of liberty in Boston Massachusetts
  • 1774

    1774
    Delegates from 12 of Britain's colonies met to discuss Americas future under growing British aggression in Philidelphia
  • 1774

    1774
    British Parliament passed laws on people in Massachusetts
  • 1775

    1775
    British and colonists battle at Middlesex county
  • 1776

    1776
    Delegates from 13 of Britain's North American colonies met in Philidelphia
  • 1776

    1776
    George Washington's army fought and won against Hessian's mercenaries at Trenton
  • 1776

    1776
    Delegates from the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia and unite
  • 1777

    1777
    Horatio Gates and John Burgoynes army battle at New York
  • 1777

    1777
    George Washington's army in Valley Forge got stronger with Friedrich Wilhelms help
  • 1778

    1778
    France and Americans form an alliance in Paris
  • 1787

    1787
    Delegates from the states met to write a constitution in Philadelphia