American Revolution Timeline

  • French-Indian War (1756-1763)

    French-Indian War (1756-1763)

    War between great Britain and France fought in the new world known as the Seven Years War.
  • Navigation Acts (1763)

    Navigation Acts (1763)

    Act which regulated trade between England and only its colonies
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Act passed by the British that taxed colonists forcing them to stamp any sort of papers, & legal documents.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    Act which forced colonists to provide food, shelter, etc for the British soldiers.
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts

    Acts which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, & tea.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    Street fight between colonists and British soldiers due to colonists being angry about the Townshend acts.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Protest against the British government done by the colonists due to the new tea act; "No taxation without representation." They threw 3 ships of cargo of tea into Boston Harbor.
  • Intolerable Acts (aka Coercive Acts)

    Intolerable Acts (aka Coercive Acts)

    This is what the colonists called all the new Acts created by the British government.
  • Battle of Lexington & Concord (aka “The Shot Heard Around the World”)

    Battle of Lexington & Concord (aka “The Shot Heard Around the World”)

    First battle of the American Revolutionary War, fought in Massachusetts. Fought by British soldiers and Massachusett colonists to earn their independence.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    Meeting created of delegates from the American colonies to establish the Declaration of Independence.
  • Olive Branch Petition

    Olive Branch Petition

    Petition from Congress to the King as a last attempt to formally prevent war from happening. Emphasized loyalty to British crown & rights as British citizens.
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense

    47 page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, arguing for Independence from Britain for the 13 colonies, & the creation of a democratic republic.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Document that announced Independence for the 13 colonies from Great Britain.
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    Document that established national government created for the US after it declared independence from Great Britain.
  • Daniel Shays’ Rebellion

    Daniel Shays’ Rebellion

    Violent acts of revolt from farmers in Massachusetts due to being in debt after the American Revolutionary War.
  • Constitutional Convention May-September 1787

    Constitutional Convention May-September 1787

    Meeting in Philadelphia with delegates from most states, to revise the AOC but instead created a whole new form of government.