American Revolution Timeline

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  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    First internal tax paying for British protection
  • Townshed Act

    Townshed Act

    Import duties on tea, lead, glass and paint colors.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British open fire killed five americans.
    Crowd of colonists threaten British soldiers
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Bristish sold tea even more cheaply than smuggled tea
  • Intolerable Act

    Intolerable Act

    British officials in trouble sent to Great Britian for trial
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    Decided to seperate from Great Britian
    Ended in 1781
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    located near Boston
    Americans ran out of ammunition
  • Olive Branch Petiton

    Olive Branch Petiton

    was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5 and submitted to King George on July 8, 1775
  • Common Sense is published

    Common Sense is published

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Written by Thomas Jefferson
    It is the "British Certificate Of The Unite States"
  • Trenton

    Trenton

    Surprise attack, day after Christmas
    1000 German soliders fought
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    The turning point of the war
    Biggest American victory at the time
  • Yorktown

    Yorktown

    British General Cornwallis faced American forces approximately twice his size
    French blockade
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    Ends the Revolutionary War