Revolutionary War Timeline

  • Sugar Act

    The Sugar Act taxed sugar and molasses.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    The Stamp Act taxed all paper goods including documents, letters, and certificates.
  • Townshend Acts

    The Townshend Acts taxed tea, lead, glass, and paint colors and was started by Charles Townshend.
  • Boston Massacare

    Boston Massacare
    The Boston Massacare was a conflict with British soilders and colonists. This conflict resulted in five colonists getting shot and killed by the soilders.This "massacare" was highly publicized by the colonists as a slaugter of innocent people.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    The Boston Tea Party was when the Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans and dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    The Intolerable Acts were a punishment for the Boston Tea Party. These acts included making town meetings illegal.
  • Fort Ticonderoga

    Fort Tichonderoga was captured from the British by Benedict Arnold.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord
    The battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle in the Revolutionary War. The British won the battle but were very suprised at how strong the American Army was.
  • The Battle of Bunker Hill

    The British won the battle of Bunker Hill that took place in Charelston, Massachusetts.
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that said the colonies should split from Britan.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    The Declaration of Independence had 56 signers of those 56, 4 wrote and edited the document.
  • Battle of Trenton

    Battle of Trenton
    The Battle of Trenton was won on Christmas night and lead by George Washington.