The american revolution

American Revolution-T.Tracey per 6

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  • king george the third becomes king

  • treaty of paris ends french and indian war

  • stamp act passed

    the stamp act passed by the british parliment to make money for the troops

  • quartering act passed

    quarting act passed forcing the colonists to house british troops and supply them with food.

  • the sons of liberty is formed

    they formed to oppose and protest against the stamp act.

  • the stamp act is repealed

  • the boston massacre

    four colonists shot by british troops, called the boston massacre to grab peoples attention and turn them against the british.

  • the boston tea party occurs

    the sons of liberty dress up as mohawk indians and dump 342 containers of tea into the harbor.

  • the corceive acts past

    also known as the intolerable acts were passed due to the damage of the boston tea party stating that the harbor would be closed until all tea was payed and accounted for.

  • the corceive acts passed

    also known as the intolerable acts were passed due to the damage of the boston tea party

  • boston calls for a boycott on british imports

  • the battle of bunker hill

  • british troops evacuate

  • declaration of independence

    thomas jefferson presents the united states declaration of independence.

  • battle of long island

    british victory

  • lake champlain american navy defeated

  • crossing the deleware river

    washington crosses the delware river and moves into trenton newjersey

  • american victory at princeton

  • American troops under Benedict Arnold defeat the British at Ridgefield, Connecticut

  • american victory at the battle of saratoga

  • treaty of alliance

    France signs a treaty of alliance with the United States and the American Revolution soon becomes a world war.

  • A Peace Commission rejected by Congress

  • American victory at Elmira, New York

  • John Adams is appointed to negotiate peace with England.

  • british victory in south carolina

  • Benedict Arnold leads troops

    who burn the port of New London, Connecticut.

  • English Parliament votes against further war in America.

  • the final battle of the war

    when Americans fight back by attacking a Shawnee village in Ohio

  • preliminary peace treaty signed

    treaty signed Paris recognising American independence and the British withdrawal from America.

  • the treaty of paris is approved and the revolutionary war ends