American Revolution timeline

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    American Revolution

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre was a street fight that started on March 5, 1770 several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse of the citizenry Nine British soldiers were involved in the Boston Massacre
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    It was a protest that 60 Americans threw 342 chests of tea into the Boston harbor at Griffins Warf Boston because of the tea tax, and taxation without representation and The Sons of Liberty were mainly involved as a result the British shut the down the harbor until all chest were paid for this is a significant event because it led up to the revolution and it showed rebellion and defiance of the Americans
  • Passage of the intolerable acts

    Passage of the intolerable acts

    The passage of the intolerable acts happened on March 31, 1774, The Parliament passed four acts that they described as intolerable acts because they perceived the British parliament was involved to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
  • creation of continental congress

    creation of continental congress

    creation of the started on September 5, 1774, with delegates from each of the 13 colonies except Georgia. Patrick Henry, George Washington, John, and Samuel Adams are some who came to the Continental Congress by meeting in secret sessions. The congress balanced the interests of the different colonies and also established itself as the official colonial liaison to Great Britain.
  • Paul Reveres Ride

    Paul Reveres Ride

    Paul Reveres Ride was a race to Concord to wan patriots Samuel Adams and John Handcock that British troops- 700 of them were marching to Concord to arrest them this event was to warn patriot leaders in hiding in Lexington Dr Joeseph was the one who was responsible for Paul Reveres ride it gave him the task of rising to Lexington Massachusetts with news for British soldiers stationed in Boston were about to march into the countryside northwest of the town
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord

    fought on April 19, 1775, by kicking off the American Revolutionary War. this war happened because the British marched into Lexington and Concord intending to suppress the possibility of rebellion by seizing weapons from the colonists this war was important because it was the famous "shot heard around the world"
  • battle of bunker hill

    battle of bunker hill

    it was a battle between New England and soldiers and the British army it was on a hilly landscape across the Charles River from Boston the British won the battle but had twice as many casualties as the Americans the significants of this event is it was the first major battle in the revolution
  • Creation of the Declaration of Independence

    Creation of the Declaration of Independence

    On June 7, 1776, a guy named Richard Henry Lee introduced a motion in the Congress Declaration of Independence. However, Congress did form a committee to draft a Declaration of independence and assigned this duty to Thomas Jefferson and confirmed an official alliance with the Government of France and obtained French assistance in the war against Great Britain the outcome of the Declaration of independence
  • Battles of Saratoga

    Battles of Saratoga

    This was one of the most decisive American battles of the Revolutionary War, saratoga ended British general John Burgoyne's attempt to control the Hudson River Valley on September 19, 1777. The battles of Saratoga were important because they assured critical international recognition and aid and helped secure the independence of the United States. The superior British army was involved on September 19, 1777
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    The Treaty of Paris was signed by the U.S. and the British representative ended the war of the American Revolution on September 3, 1783. The Spanish, French, British, and American representatives were involved in the Treaty of Paris. The American Revolution also formally recognized the United States as an independent nation was the outcome