Revolutionary War

Trenton

Jun 3, 1719

Capital of New Jersy was founded.

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

Taxing newspapers and documents to ectract revenue from American Colonies.

Townshend Act

Jan 27, 1767

Series of acts passed by Parliment of Great Brtitain to the British colonies in america.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

Fight between Patriot Mob and British soildres which led to the death of several colonists.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Protest by Sons of Liberty in boston against the taxation on goods

Intolerable Act

Jan 27, 1774

Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party.

Second Continental Congress

May 10, 1775

a group of 13 the started meeting in the summer and declared the Revolutionary War.

Olive Branch Petition

Jul 5, 1775

A document the represents last attempt by the moderate party in North America to avoid a war of independence against Britain.

Battle of Bunker Hill

Jul 17, 1775

A battle during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.

Common Sense was published

Jan 10, 1776

A book by Thomas Paine

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

Declared the 13 Colonies independent from the Britain Empire.

Battle of Saratoga

Sep 19, 1777

Marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British.

Yorktown

Sep 28, 1781

Surrender at Yorktown of the German Battle

Treaty of Paris

Sep 5, 1783

Ended Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States.