revolutionary war timeline

  • french and indian war

    french and indian war

    The British, the French and Native american were all involved in the french and Indian war. it was a war known as the seven year war. British forces were defeated in Idnia.
  • Stamp act

    Stamp act

    The stamp act was an act required colonist to pay tax that was represented by a stamp. on march 22 1765 the british parilament passed the "stamp act". The stamp act main purpose was to pay for british troop stationed in the colonies during the 7 year war.
  • townshend act

    townshend act

    initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea. the townshend act occured june 29 1767 parliament passes the act. The main reason for the townshend act was to help pay the expenses involved in governing the american colonies
  • Boston massacre

    Boston massacre

    British sentries guarding the Boston Customs House shot into a crowd of civilians, killing three men and injuring eight, two of them mortally. 5 men were killed in total and the men who killed them were cleared on charges. it was self defense of the British soldiers from a threatening and dangerous mob.
  • valley forge

    valley forge

    The valley forge there were shortages of everything from food to clothes to medicine. valley forge commemorates the sacrifaces of the revolutionary war. Today the valley forge is a national historical park in philadephia pennsylvania.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    A sea campaign that entrapped a major british army on a peninsula a yorktown, virginia and the british were forced to surrender. the washington forces won the battle that led starught to peace and negotiations. This battle happened in yotktown virginia
  • Treaty of paris

    Treaty of paris

    The treaty of paris ended the american revolution and formally recognized the USA as an independent state.The people who signed the treaty was David Hartley John Adams Benjamin Franklin John Jay. The treaty was created to "share power".