American Revolution Timeline

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party was a political protest
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

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

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence, document approved by the Continental Congress
  • British capture New York

    British capture New York

    New Yorkers heard the cannon blasts of the Battle of Long Island. Five days later, an expeditionary force of over 32,000 British regulars, 10 ships of line, 20 frigates, and 170 transports defeated Washington's troops at Kip's Bay and invaded Manhattan Island.
  • Battle of Trenton

    Battle of Trenton

    he Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal American Revolutionary War battle that took place in Trenton, New Jersey.
  • Valley Forge

    Valley Forge

    Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight winter encampments for the Continental Army's main body, commanded by General George Washington, during the American Revolutionary War.
  • Saratoga

    Saratoga

    The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the Revolutionary War.
  • Battle of Monmouth

    Battle of Monmouth

    The Battle of Monmouth was fought near Monmouth Court House on June 28, 1778, during the American Revolutionary War. It pitted the Continental Army, commanded by General George Washington, against the British Army in North America, commanded by General Sir Henry Clinton.
  • British capture of Savannah

    British capture of Savannah

    British Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell and his force of between 2,500 and 3,600 troops, which included the 71st Highland regiment, New York Loyalists, and Hessian mercenaries, launch a surprise attack on American forces defending Savannah, Georgia.
  • British Capture of Charles Town

    British Capture of Charles Town

    The siege of Charleston was a major engagement and major British victory
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German battle (from the presence of Germans in all three armies),