American Revolution Timeline

  • Navigation Acts

    Navigation Acts
    An act that stopped the Americans from shipping anything without stopping at the British ports first.
  • French and Indian War Ends

    French and Indian War Ends
    The French and Indian War ended with the treaty of Paris in 1763
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    An Act that taxed paper products, causing anger to the Americans.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    The British soldiers shot and killed many civilians, it is not know if they were provoked.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    The Tea Act taxed tea and would’ve made British tea cheaper.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    The Americans protested the Tea Act by throwing a lot of tea overboard.
  • Coercive/Intolerable Act

    Coercive/Intolerable Act
    An act made to punish the Sons of Liberty in response to the Boston Tea Party.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
    The First Continental Congress was formed to protest the Intolerable Acts.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord
    ‘The shot heard around the world’ marked the first battle of the Revolutionary War,
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress
    It was formed to govern America during the Revolutionary War.
  • Declaration of Independence Adopted

    Declaration of Independence Adopted
    The US adopted the Declaration of Independence and were no longer politically involved with Britain making America Independent.
  • Battle Of Saratoga

    Battle Of Saratoga
    A battle that was a turning point in the war, the French helped America.
  • Winter at Valley Forge

    Winter at Valley Forge
    A winter in a camp of the Continental Army, many died from diseases, yet they stayed out of loyalty to George Washington who stayed with them.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown
    The last battle of the Revolutionary War and it led America to freedom
  • US Constitution Written

    US Constitution Written
    The US constituents was signed on the constitutional convention when America won the war.
  • US Constitution Adopted

    US Constitution Adopted
    The Constitution was adopted to be the real framework of the American Government.