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American Revolution Timeline

By jorgemonkey1
  • Stamp Act of 1765

    Stamp Act of 1765

    It required colonists to pay taxes on every page of printed paper they used. The tax also included fees for playing cards, dice, and newspapers.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British sentries guarding the Boston Customs House shot into a crowd of civilians, killing three men and injuring eight, two of them mortally.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party took place on the winter night of Thursday, December 16, 1773. The Boston Tea Party happened as a result of taxation without representation.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    The First Continental Congress convened in Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between September 5 and October 26, 1774. Delegates from twelve of Britain's thirteen American colonies met to discuss America's future under growing British aggression.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    New England soldiers faced the British army for the first time in a pitched battle. Siege of Boston in the first stage of the American Revolutionary War.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    It was engrossed on parchment and on August 2, 1776, delegates began signing it. 56 delegates to the Continental Congress signed the engrossed Declaration of Independence.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    The Battle of Yorktown proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The British surrender forecast the end of British rule in the colonies.
  • Bill of Rights adopted

    Bill of Rights adopted

    Opportunities to improve our Constitution have been contemplated since its inception. On December 15, 1791, three/fourths of the existing State legislatures ratified the first 10 Amendments of the Constitution.