American Revolution Timeline

Treaty of Paris

1783 BCE

In September 1783, the delegates signed the Treaty of Paris, which confirmed U.S. independence
and set the boundaries of the new nation the U.S. now stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and from Canada to
the Florida border.

British Victories in the South

1781 BCE

The British captured Charles Town, South Carolina. The British later planned to capture Yorkstown and take Virginia.

British surrender at Yorktown

1781 BCE

17,00 French and American soldiers surrounded Yorkstown bombarding them until they finally surrendered.

Friedrich von Steuben/Marquis de Lafayette

1779 BCE

Friedrich von Steuben was a Prussian captain and talented drillmaster, that helped to train the Continental Army.
Marquis de Lafayette is also a foreign leader who led a command in Virginia in the last years of the war.l

French-American Alliance

1778 BCE

The surrender that burgoyne did at Saratoga was an important event because it made the French, who were already helping the Americans out since the early 1776, realize that the Americans could actually win the war. Then in 1778 French signed an alliance with the Americans

Saratoga

1777 BCE

American troops finally surrounded Burgoyne at Saratoga, where they surrendered on October 17, 1777. Saratoga turned out to be one of the most important events of the war. Even though thr French had secretly aided the Patriots since early 1776, the Saratoga victory bolstered France’s belief
that the Americans could win the war. As a result, the
French signed an alliance with the Americans in February
1778 and openly joined them in their fight

Valley Forge

1777 BCE

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania was the spot where George Washington and his troops camped during winter. 2,000 of his soldiers died throughout the harsh winter due to lack of housing, food, meat, shoes, and clothing.

Declaration of Independence

1776 BCE

On July of 1776 they finally decided that they should be independent. That the colonies should come as one, to be there own country and be free together. To live freely. They got together in Virginia and wrote out the Declaration of Independence stating that they wanted to be free.

Loyalist and Patriots

1776 BCE

Loyalist were those who opposed independence and remained loyal to the British king. While Patriots wreathe supporters of independence. These two groups were found when as the War began.

Redcoats push Washington's army across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania

1776 BCE

The British quickly attempted to take New York City, they sailed into the harbor with a force about 32,000 soldiers. The Continental Army tried to defend but couldn't they ended up getting pushed in Pennsylvania when they were retreating.

Washington's Christmas Night Surprise

1776 BCE

Washington risked everything and he set it for Christmas night, in 1776. He led 2,400 men in small rowboats across the Delaware River. They then
marched to Trenton, New Jersey and defeated Hessians in a surprise attack. The British soon regrouped, however, and in September of 1777, they captured the American capital at Philadelphia.

Publication of Common Sense

1776 BCE

The Publication of Common Sense was published to attack the king and establish that if the Americans were free trade would be both better and freely. The man who published this, Thomas Paine, established that being independent would make them easier to make society better.

Minutemen

1775 BCE

Minutemen were civilian soldiers who were ready to fight against the British on a quick notice.

Midnightriders

1775 BCE

The Midnightriders, Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott, who were watching on April 18,1775 and went at night to spread the word that 700 British troops were headed for concord. Warning people about the British.

Battle of Lexington/Battle of Concord

1775 BCE

At Lexington, Massachusetts the first battle on the revolutionary war only lasted 15 minutes, leaving 8 minutemen killed, 10 wounded, out of the 70 they started with. And only 1 British troop killed. At concord they went to go see if they could find an arsenal filled with weapons but to there surprise found nothing but an empty arsenal.

Second Continental Congress/Continental Army

1775 BCE

The Colonial leaders went to Philadelphia to debate their next move. Many wanted independence others wanted reconciliation with Great Britain. But, in the end they came to an agreed to recognize the militia as the Continental Army and made George Washington there president.

Battle of Bunkerhill

1775 BCE

On June 17,1775 the 2,400 red coats went marching up a city north of the city Bunkerhill to go fight colonist. It was known as the deadliest battle of the war leaving 1,000 British red coats in casualties and only 450 colonist injured or dead.

Olive Branch Petition

1775 BCE

The Olive Branch Petition was a paper sent to the kind urging them to bring back the former harmony between the british and colonist.

Intolerable Acts

1774 BCE

King George III pushed Parliament to push acts. Parliament ended up passing a series of measures, one was shutting down Boston Harbor, another was British soldiers were authorized to send soldiers to vacant private homes and other buildings.

First Continental Congress

1774 BCE

On September 1774 56 delegates met in Philadelphia and drew up a declaration of colonial rights. They basically defended the colonies stating if the British fought, the colonies should fight back.

Tea Act

1773 BCE

The Tea Act was devised to save the British East India Company from nearly going bankrupt. The act granted to the company the right to sell tea to the colonies free of the taxes that colonial tea sellers had to pay.

Boston Tea Party

1773 BCE

The Boston Tea Party was an ambushed attack on 3 British tea ships were the Boston rebels dressed as Indians and dumped 18,00 pounds of East India Company's Tea into the waters of Boston Harbor.

Boston Massacre

1770 BCE

The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5,1770 a mob gathered in front of some British soldiers standing guard, they were taunting them. After that shots were fired and 5 colonists were killed or injured

John Lockes Social Contract

1770 BCE

John Locke was an English Philosopher. He maintained that people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property.

Townshend Acts

1767 BCE

The Townshend Acts taxed goods that were imported into the colony from Britain, such as lead, glass, paint, and paper. The act also imposed a tax on Tea.

Declaratory Act

1766 BCE

The Declaratory Act was a declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. Parliament had directly taxed the colonies for revenue in the Sugar Act and Stamp Act.

Stamp Act

1765 BCE

The Stamp Act imposed a tax on documents and printed items such as wills, newspapers, and playing cards. In order to prove the tax was paid they would stamp it. Then the colonist were affected by the tax and it was the first time they were ever affected by tax. So, the colonists, in May of 1765, united to defy the law.

Sons of Liberty and Samuel Adams

1765 BCE

The Sons of Liberty was a secret organization formed by shopkeepers, artisans, and laborers to protest the law. The laws usually ended up starting to tax everything so Samuel Adams, one of the founders of the Sons of Liberty, again with colonist boycotted British goods.

Sugar Act

1764 BCE

The Sugar Act did three things, it halved the duty on foreign made molasses, it placed duties on certain imports that had not been taxed before ,and last it provided that colonists accused of violating the act would be tried in a vice-admiralty court rather than a colonial court. The colonial merchants complained about the act would reduce their profits; merchants and traders further claimed parliament had no right to tax colonist.

Writ of Assistance

1764 BCE

a written order issued by a court instructing a law enforcement official, such as a sheriff or a tax collector. In the Sugar Act the writ of assistance was the part were they tried to tax the people at the ports when they already had the actual stuff the parliament, who the colonist had elected, taxed on.

Treaty of Paris

1763 BCE

The Treaty of Paris officially ended the French and Indian War. Britain got Canada, Florida, and all of North American east of the Mississippi. The treaty allowed Spain who had allied with France to get its possessions west from the Mississippi. It also allowed France to get a few islands and some boundaries.

Proclamation of 1763

1763 BCE

The Proclamation of 1763 was an agreement by the British Government to put a Proclamation Line, west of the Appalachian Mountains were no colonists could settle because they wanted no conflicts with the Native Americans that lived there. But, the colonist didn't listen and went west more going on to Native Land.

French and Indian War

1754 BCE

The French and Indian War in 1754 wasn't actually a war against Indians(Native Americans) and the French. It was a fight between the British and French. New France differed from the British Colonies, mostly because typical french colonist were young, single men who engaged in fur trade or Catholic Priest who tried to convert Native Americans in to being Catholics.