American Revolution Timeline

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  • French-Indian War

    French-Indian War

    England owed a huge debt. Change from salutary neglect to mercantilism. 1756-1763
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    An act to tax colonies; required all paper goods to have a special stamp to be valid
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    Required colonists to house British soldiers
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British soldiers fired on unarmed colonists
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Outraged colonists dumped British tea into the harbor to protest a tax on tea
  • Intolerable acts

    Intolerable acts

    Acts passed to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party, shut down Boston port
  • First Continental Congress Meets & Sends Olive Branch Petition to King George III

    First Continental Congress Meets & Sends Olive Branch Petition to King George III

    Representatives of colonies come together to debate how they will react to the Intolerable Acts
  • Second Continental Congress Meets

    Second Continental Congress Meets

    Marks the colonies uniting to fight the war
  • Battle of Lexington & Concord

    Battle of Lexington & Concord

    First battles of the American Revolution, "shot heard around the world"
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    The colonies stating they will be separating from Britain and why that is
  • Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense

    Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense

    Common Sense is published, explaining all the reasons as to why the colonies should split from England
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    Ratified on March 1st, 1781; it served as the first "constitution" for the United States
  • Daniel Shays’ Rebellion

    Daniel Shays’ Rebellion

    Veterans of the American Revolution attempted to overthrow the government in protest of not receiving compensation for their war efforts.