Surrender of lord cornwallis canvas john laurens 1820

American Revolution TIMELINE

  • French - Indian War

    French - Indian War

    Conflicting claims between Great Britain and France over territory and waterways.
  • Navigation Acts

    Navigation Acts

    Acts of Parliament intended to promote the self-sufficiency of the British Empire.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    The Quartering Act stated that Great Britain would house its soldiers in American barracks and public houses. And if the soldiers outnumbered colonial housing, they would be quartered in inns, alehouses, barns, other buildings.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    initiated taxes on glass,lead, paint, paper , and tea.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British sentries guarding the Boston Customs House shot into a crowd of civilians, killing three men and injuring eight, two of them mortally.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party was an American politician and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    a series of 4 laws passed by the british parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party
  • Battle Of Lexington And Concord

    Battle Of Lexington And Concord

    Were some of the leading military engagements of the American Revolutionary
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    late 18th century meeting of delegates from the Thirteen colonies that united in support.
  • Olive Branch Petition

    Olive Branch Petition

    To be sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense

    47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
  • Declaration Of Independence

    Declaration Of Independence

    The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, is the founding document of the United States.
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    The Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777. This document served as the United States' first constitution. It was in force from March 1, 1781, until 1789 when the present-day Constitution went into effect.
  • Daniel Shay's Rebellion

    Daniel Shay's Rebellion

    uprising in western Massachusetts in opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions. Armed bands forced the closing of several courts to prevent execution of foreclosures and debt processes.
  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

    The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation