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Revolutionary War Timeline

  • Virgnia House of Burgesses

    Virgnia House of Burgesses

    First legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    War fought between the colonies and New France
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Parliment passed a modified version of the Sugar Act which was about to expire.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    An act of the British Parliament that exacted revenue from the American colonies by inposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents
  • Stamp Act repealed

    Stamp Act repealed

    British Parliament repeals Stamp Act
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts

    Series of acts passed by the Parliment of Great Britian
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    Was a street fight between Patriots and British soldiers
  • Colonists Burn Gaspee

    Colonists Burn Gaspee

    In U.S. colonial history, an act of defiance of British authority when Rhode Islanders boarded and burned down the Gaspee.
  • Tea Act and Boston Tea Party

    Tea Act and Boston Tea Party

    A political protest by the Sons of Liberty.
  • Coercive Acts/Intolerable Acts

    Coercive Acts/Intolerable Acts

    Series of laws related to Britians colonies in North America
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    Convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies which became the governing body of the United States.
  • The Battle of Lexington

    The Battle of Lexington

    The first battle of the American Revolutionary War and the Battle of Concord
  • American Revolution Begins

    American Revolution Begins

    A political upheaval.
  • Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

    Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

    American revolutionary troops capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    The first important battle of the Revolutionary War, fought at Breed's Hill
  • Colonies Declare Independence

    Colonies Declare Independence

    Colonies get independence from Geat Britain. Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    Marked the climax of Saratoga campaign giving a victory to American over the British in the American Revolutionary War
  • Battle of Monmouth

    Battle of Monmouth

    An American Revolutionary War. Continental Army attacked the British Army
  • Battle of Cowpens

    Battle of Cowpens

    Daniel Morgan defeated the British.
  • The Siege of Yorktown

    The Siege of Yorktown

    The British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of 3 weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American.