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American Revolution Timeline

  • Benjamin Franklin and the Treaty of Paris
    1783 BCE

    Benjamin Franklin and the Treaty of Paris

    Ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.
  • Period: 1775 BCE to 1776 BCE

    Thomas Paine writes Common Sense

    This document says why the colonies should be free from the British crown.
  • Period: 1775 BCE to 1783 BCE

    Beginning of French involvement in the American Revolution (Treaty of Alliance)

    This promised mutual military support in case fighting should break out between French and British forces.
  • The Coercive Acts
    1774 BCE

    The Coercive Acts

    A series of laws made to punish the colonists for the events of the Boston tea party.
  • 1774 BCE

    Minutemen

    Civilian colonists who organized to form well-trained militia, trained in weaponry, tactics and military strategies from the American colonials.
  • The Townshend Acts
    1767 BCE

    The Townshend Acts

    A series of laws passed. Tax on tea, glass, lead and many others.
  • The Quartering Acts
    1765 BCE

    The Quartering Acts

    Allowed British Soldiers to stay in the homes of the colonists.
  • The Treaty of Paris
    1763 BCE

    The Treaty of Paris

    This ended the french and Indian war. France had to give up their territory in north america.
  • Pontiac's Rebellion
    1763 BCE

    Pontiac's Rebellion

    The Pontiac’s Rebellion was a war that was let loose by the Native Americans who were fed up with how they were being treated.
  • Stamp Act Congress
    1756 BCE

    Stamp Act Congress

    A tax on newspapers and other printed documents.
  • Period: 1754 BCE to 1763 BCE

    The French and Indian War

    When the France expanded into the Ohio River valley, they brought conflict with the laws of the British colonies, several battles led to the British declaration of war in 1756.
  • John Locke writes Two Treatises of Government
    1689 BCE

    John Locke writes Two Treatises of Government

    Documents outlining basic rules and ideas of a self serving gov.
  • Period: 1685 BCE to 1815 BCE

    The Enlightenment

    A movement based on reason and individualism rather than religion and order. this was a time of reason.
  • The Proclamation of 1763

    The Proclamation of 1763

    Said that the settlers couldn't settle past the Appalachian mountains.
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act

    They had to pay tax on every printed paper; ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers.
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre

    This was the killing of 5 colonist by British soldiers. this started a large fight that ended with deaths on many sides.
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    The sons of liberty boarded a ship and threw tea off the sides into the harbor.
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    The First Continental Congress

    Was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies that met in Philadelphia to discuss future plans for the colonists.
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The first military battles of the revolutionary war. no one knows who fired the first shot.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    The group met once again to talk about the coming war and how to handle the militia.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    A document which said the 13 colonies are free from the british crown's control.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    The turning point of the Revolutionary War.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    A victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington. known as one of the most important battles of the Revolutionary war.