Revolutionary War TImeline

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  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    The British win the French and Indian War. France looses North American territory
  • Proclamation 1763

    Proclamation 1763

    A proclamation by the King of England that limited the colonists movements west of the Appalacien mountains
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Sugar Act reduces taxes on sugar but taxes are strictly enforced.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    A tax on all paper goods produced in the colonies.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    Under this act, colonists mist provide housing and supplies to the British soldiers stationed in their colony
  • Declaratory Act

    Declaratory Act

    The British extend their power into the colonies and all British laws must be enforced now. Also repeals the Stamp Act
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts

    Goods such as: Paper, Lead, Oil, Tea, Paint, and Glass are now taxed. These taxes are for the sole purpose of revenue for England
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

  • Intollerable Acts

    Intollerable Acts

  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress is held to discuss England
  • The Battles of Lexington and Concord

    The Battles of Lexington and Concord

    The first conflict in the Revolutionary War. The British were sent to take the colonial weapons however they were met by the continental army. 700 British soldiers are killed and the victory boosts the colinists morale for the war
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    Representatives from all thirteen colonies met to discuss what to do about the colonies and their progress since the first continental congress
  • The Battle of Bunker Hill

    The Battle of Bunker Hill

    The Britisih defeated the Americans in the Battle of Bunker Hill. The Americans only lost because they had a greater deaths:soldiers ratio than the British

  • Olive Branch Petition

    A document created by the Continental Congress to try to avoid a war with Britain
  • Common Sense and The Crisis

    Common Sense and The Crisis

    Two works by Thomas Paine that spark revolution in the colonies. The Crisis is read to Washingtons troops and that sparks revolution in them to continue fighting the war.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    A document from the continental congress that declared their independence from Britain
  • Battle of Princeton and Battle of Trenton

    Battle of Princeton and Battle of Trenton

    Washington avoids contact with the British general Cornwallis and wins smaller battles against the British troops
  • The Battle of Saratoga

    The Battle of Saratoga

    The Battle of Saratoga was when British general Burgoyne attacked American troops and was sucessful, however later he attacked and was unsucessful
  • The Battle of Camden

    The Battle of Camden

    A British victory in the Revolutionary War.
  • The Battle of Kings' Mountain

    The Battle of Kings' Mountain

    An American win in the American Revolution
  • The Battle of Cowpens

    The Battle of Cowpens

    A victory for the American army in the Revolutionary War
  • The Battle of Yorktown

    The Battle of Yorktown

    A victory for Americans in the revolutionary war
  • The Treaty of Paris

    The Treaty of Paris

    The treaty that was signed to end the Revolutionary War