American Revolution to Civil War timeline

Revolutionary War

Period: Jan 28, 1765 to Jan 28, 1783

British troops arrive in boston

Jan 28, 1768

Boston Massacre

Jan 28, 1770

Americans were angered by British soldiers guarding the customs house; a soldier was knocked down by a snowball and shot his musket, sparking a volley into the crowd which kills five civilians.

Boston Tea Party

Jan 28, 1773

intolerable acts

Jan 28, 1774

Battles of Lexington and Concord

Jan 28, 1775

Tea act

Jan 28, 1775

Sugar Act
Tea Act
Stamp act
Quartering Act

Battle of Bunker Hill

Jun 28, 1775

The British army attempted to take the hills surrounding Boston

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

This document was written by Thomas Jefferson to state The United States' greivances against their mother country England

American War to Civil War timeline

Period: Oct 28, 1776 to Oct 28, 1861

Treaty of Paris

Jan 28, 1783

Formerly ended revolutionary war

Shays Rebellion

Period: Jan 28, 1786 to Jan 28, 1787

constitutional convention

Jan 28, 1787

Missouri compromise

Jan 28, 1820

Tarriff of Abominations

Jan 28, 1828

Wiiliam Lloyd Garrison: the liberator

Jan 28, 1831

Underground railroad

Jan 28, 1838

Kansas Nebraska act

Jan 28, 1854

secessions

Jan 28, 1860

South Carolina secedes from the Union. Followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas.

Civil war begins: Abe Lincoln

Period: Jan 28, 1860 to Jan 28, 1861

"Government cannot endure permanently half slave, half free..." - Abe (becomes president

First Bull run

Jan 28, 1861

Civil war

Period: Jan 28, 1861 to Jan 28, 1865

Second bull run

Jan 28, 1862

Gettysburg

Jan 28, 1863

13th ammendment

Jan 28, 1865

to abolish slavery

Lee surrenders

Jan 28, 1865