American Revolution Timeline

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    American Revolution Events

  • Boston Massacre

    A confrontation in Boston, in which a group of nine British soldiers killed three people in a crowd .
  • Boston Tea Party

    An American political and monetary protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Lexington and Concord

    The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    A battle apart of the Siege of Boston
  • Declaration of Independence

    The Founding Fathers sign the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Valley Forge

    The winter encampments used by the American forces during the revolutionary war.
  • Siege of Charleston

    A major naval invasion by British forces into the South Carolina coast.
  • Siege of Yorktown

    The final battle of the American Revolution. This marked the surrender of the British army to States.
  • The Treaty of Paris

    Signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America officially ended the American Revolutionary War.

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