american revolution timeline

By brlynam

  • boston massacre

    boston massacre
    when 5 men, Crispus Attuck, Samuel Gray, James Codwell, Samuel Maverick, and Patrick Carr were killed by British soldiers on March 5, 1770

  • boston tea party

    boston tea party
    The Boston Tea Party was a protest of Britain's taxes on tea, the Sons of Liberty organized it.

  • intolerable acts

    intolerable acts
    Punitive laws passed by British parliament after the Boston Tea Party

  • first continental congress

    first continental congress
    At the First Continental Congress, they set terms for boycotts, Patrick Henry, George Washington, John and Samuel Adams, John Jay, John Dickinson attended the meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between September 5 and October 26, 1774.

  • common sense

    common sense
    common sense was written by Thomas Paine and was written to advocate independence from Britain in 1775-1776.

  • lexington and concord

    lexington and concord
    the battle that kicked off the war, Samuel Adams and John Hancock were leading the battle which lasted from April 19, 1775

  • second continental congress

    second continental congress
    In the Second Meeting, they appointed ambassadors, issuing paper currency, and raising the Continental Army. Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, and John Jay were present at the meeting which was in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 10, 1775

  • declaration of independence is written

    declaration of independence is written
    in 1776 John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston wrote the Declaration Independence which was a document declaring America was independent of Britain.

  • battle of saratoga

    battle of saratoga
    In 1777, General Horatio Gates lead his army to Stillwater and won a victorious battle against the British, it was a huge turning point for the army.

  • winter at valley forge

    winter at valley forge
    Washington had his army stay for 6 months in the freezing weather with little food from December 19, 1777- June 19 1778

  • france and america form an alliance

    france and america form an alliance
    On Feb 6, 1778, France and America signed the Treaty of Alliance. Benjamin Franklin, Arthur Lee, and Silas Deane signed the treaty.

  • treaty of paris

    treaty of paris
    In 1783 America was recognized as an independent nation from Britain, it was signed at Hotel d'York by Franklin, Adams, Jay, and King George the Third.