American Revolution

Stamp Act Passed

Mar 22, 1765

Epensive tx stamps on newpapers and legal documents

British troops arrive in Boston

Oct 1, 1768

Arrive in response to political unrest.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

A group of British soldiers opend fire on a crowd of people in Boston, Massachusetts killing five and wounding six men.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

A group of colonists boarded three British ships in the Boston harbor and threw their tea cargo into the sea

Intolerable Acts passed

Mar 24, 1774

British Parliament passed a series of laws that came to be known as Intolerable Acts.

First Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

Delegates from 12 colonies met at the First Continental Congress to discuss how to react to the Intolerable acts.

Battles of Lexington and Concord

Apr 18, 1775

First battle of the Revolutionary War.

George Washinton becomes General

Jun 16, 1775

Continental Congress appoints George WAshington commander-in-chief of Continental Army.

Battle of Bunker Hill

Jun 16, 1775

The first major battle of the War of Independence.

Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" published

Jan 9, 1776

Thomas Paine publishes "Common Sense" anonymously in Philadelphia.

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

The Second Contiental Congress adopted the declaration of Independence

Battle of Saratoga

Sep 19, 1777

Considered the turning point of the American Revolution and encouraged France to openly support the Americans against Britain.

Ratification of the Articles of Confederation

Mar 1, 1781

The first document that was written after the Revolutionary War that served as our first plan of government.

Surrender of Yorktown

Oct 19, 1781

Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington In Yorktown, Virginia.

Treaty of Paris

Sep 3, 1783

Officially ended the Revolutionary War.