American Revolution Timeline

By mpetitto
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    American Revolution

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    • tax on anything paper -legal documents, playing cards, stamps, newspapers, etc
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    • tax imported goods
    • used to help form governments
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    • druken mob throws snowballs
    • British fire into crowd ; kill 3, wound 2
    • troops get charged with murder
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    http://bit.ly/KM5mtQ- colonists dumb 45 tons of the British tea into the Boston Harbor
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    • punitive laws passed by the British Parliament
  • Second Contential Congress

    Second Contential Congress

    • some Americans divided for independece, others for colonial self rule.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    • British army attacked the colonists at their fort
  • Olive Branch Petition

    Olive Branch Petition

    • final attempt to avoid a full-on war between the Thirteen Colonies
    • affirmed American loyalty to Great Britain and entreated the king to prevent further conflict
  • Common Sense is Published

    Common Sense is Published

    • Thomas Paine- arguments in favor of American independence
  • Decloration of Independence

    Decloration of Independence

    • Thomas Jefferson was the main author
    • Based on the era of Enlightenment
  • Trenton

    Trenton

    • Vigorously pursued by the British forces under Major General Lord Charles Cornwallis, the American commander sought to gain the protection of the Delaware River
  • Battle at Saratoga

    Battle at Saratoga

    • Turning point for revloution
    • Colonists win
    • Brings Frence into war as American allies
  • Battle at Yorktown

    Battle at Yorktown

    • colonists join French troops
    • British surrendered again
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    • ends Revolutionary war