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American Revolution Timeline

  • French & Indian War

    French & Indian War

    England fought the French and Indians over territiory.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    Ended the French Indian War
  • Sons of Liberty

    Sons of Liberty

    The Sons of Liberty was a loosely organized, clandestine, sometimes violent, political organization active in the Thirteen American Colonies
  • Stamp Act of 1765

    Stamp Act of 1765

    it was a tax put on stamps .
  • Townshend Act of 1767

    Townshend Act of 1767

    tax put on glass, lead, paint,
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    American colonists made at England for putting a tax on tea. They threw the tea into Boston Harbor.
  • Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)

    Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)

    The Coercive Acts of 1774, known as the Intolerable Acts in the American colonies, were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
  • First Continental Congress meets

    First Continental Congress meets

    meet to talk about England and their taxes
  • Battles of Lexington & Concord

    Battles of Lexington & Concord

    The battles were fought in Battles of Lexington fort want in
  • Olive Branch Petition sent to England

    Olive Branch Petition sent to England

    The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by Congress on July 5, 1775
  • Declaration of Independence adopted

    Declaration of Independence adopted

    By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence
  • Thomas Paine’s Common

    Thomas Paine’s Common

    Writing in clear and persuasive prose, Paine collected various moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution and became an immediate sensation.
  • Articles of Confederation created

    Articles of Confederation created

    The Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    colonists beat Cornwallis. last major battle