CAUSES on the AMERICAN REVOLUTION

The Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

Britain sets a tax that requires a stamp on all public documents like newspapers or legal documents. The colonists did not like having this tax placed on them.

The Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

There are ungry because a new tax on tea, some Boston, board British ships and dump crates of tea into the Boston Harbor.

Paul Revere's Ride

Apr 18, 1775

War starts and Paul Revere makes his famous ride to warn the colonists that the "British are coming".

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

The battle begins with the first "shot heard 'round the world."
The Americans win as the British retreat.

Battle of Bunker Hill

Jun 16, 1775

Major battle where William Prescott told the American troops "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes".

Battles of Saratoga

Oct 17, 1777

British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army to the Americans after suffering defeat at the Battles of Saratoga.

Alliance with France

Feb 16, 1778

France recognized the United States as an independent country with the Treaty of Alliance.

Battle of Yorktown

Oct 19, 1781

The last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. British General Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown was the unofficial end to the war.

Treaty of Paris

Sep 3, 1783

Treaty that officially ended the war.