American Revolution Timeline

By jonkira
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre

    The colonists are shots by British troops
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    The sons of Liberty board British ships and dump crates of tea into the Boston Harbor.
  • The First Continental Congress Meets

    The First Continental Congress Meets

    The colonies get together to unite and oppose British taxes.
  • Paul Revere's Ride

    Paul Revere's Ride

    Warn the colonists that the "British are coming".
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The actual fighting starts with the first "shot heard around the world
  • The Declaration of Independence is Adopted

    The Declaration of Independence is Adopted

    Continental Congress agrees to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.
  • America Chooses a Flag

    America Chooses a Flag

    "Stars and Stripes" Flag sewn by Betsy Ross.
  • Alliance with France

    Alliance with France

    The United States as an independent country with the Treaty of Alliance
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    Official government of the United States.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    British General Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown was the unofficial end to the war.