American Revolution Timeline

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  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. 5 colonist were killed in this event.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    The American colonist were angry at the British for being taxed without representation, so they dumped 342 chests of tea imported by the British East India Company into the harbor.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord
    The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    On June 17, 1775, early in the Revolutionary War, the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    The Declaration of Independence expresses the ideals on which the United States was founded and the reasons for separation from Great Britain.
  • British capture New York

    British capture New York
    The British captured New York City on September 15; it would remain in British hands until the end of the war.
  • Battle of Trenton

    Battle of Trenton
    After crossing the Delaware River in a treacherous storm, General George Washington's army defeated a garrison of Hessian mercenaries at Trenton. The victory set the stage for another success at Princeton a week later and boosted the morale of the American troops.
  • Saratoga

    Saratoga
    during the second year of the American Revolution. It included two crucial battles, fought eighteen days apart, and was a decisive victory for the Continental Army and a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War.
  • Valley Forge

    Valley Forge
    Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight winter encampments for the Continental Army's main body, commanded by General George Washington, during the American Revolutionary War
  • Battle of Monmouth

    Battle of Monmouth
    It pitted the Continental Army, commanded by General George Washington, against the British Army in North America, commanded by General Sir Henry Clinton. The battle ended for victory for both The Americans and British.
  • British capture of Savannah

    British capture of Savannah
    British Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell and his force of between 2,500 and 3,600 troops, which included the 71st Highland regiment, New York Loyalists, and Hessian mercenaries, launch a surprise attack on American forces defending Savannah, Georgia.
  • British Capture of Charles Town

    British Capture of Charles Town
    The siege of Charleston was a major engagement and major British victory during the American Revolutionary War.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown
    Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of the American Continental Army troops