Middle Stages Timeline

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Know as the " Shot Heard 'Round the World". Started the Revolutionary War.
  • Meeting of the Second Continental Congress

    To plan further responses if the British government had not repealed or modified the acts; Congress was called upon to take charge of the war effort.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    The British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts.
  • Failed Seizure of Quebec under Benedict Arnold

    Attempted to capture the British-occupied city of Quebec and with it win support for the American cause in Canada. The attack failed, and the effort cost Montgomery his life.
  • Common Sense Published

    Written by Thomas Paine and was written to convince the colonists to fight against the British for their independence.
  • Adoption of the Declaration of Independence

    Document stating America's Independence against Great Britain.
  • Battle of Trenton

    Was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War.
  • Washington’s Encampment at Valley Forge

    Functioned as the third of eight winter encampments for the Continental Army's main body, commanded by General George Washington.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War.
  • Paoli Massacre (Battle of Paoli)

    Was a battle in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. Following the American retreats at the Battle of Brandywine and the Battle of the Clouds, George Washington left a force under Brigadier General Anthony Wayne behind to monitor and harass the British as they prepared to move on the revolutionary capital of Philadelphia.