Revolutionary war timeline

  • proclamation of 1763

    proclamation of 1763
    there were no colonial settlement west of the applachian mountains the colonist decided to move west of the mountains violating the proclamation line.
  • Sugar act of 1764

    Sugar act of 1764
    The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the British Parliament of Great Britain in April of 1764.
  • stamp act pf 1765

    stamp act pf 1765
    required colonist to purchase special stamped paper for ever legal document newspaper and license
  • repeal of stamp act 1766

    repeal of stamp act 1766
    the year of 1766 parliament repealed the boycott on the stamp act in the same day they made its power clear they issued the declatory act
  • 1770 boston massacre

    1770 boston massacre
    a fist fight breaks out over jobs a mob of guys taunted the guards which caused one of them to shoot starting a riot they made it seem like the british attacked the defenseless
  • boston tea party of 1773

    boston tea party of 1773
    the parliament passed the tea act which was created to help struggling english tea companies but an incident occured later called the boston tea party which is when the indians dumped over 18,000 pounds of tea into the boston harbor
  • intolerable acts of 1774

    intolerable acts of 1774
    in 1774 parliament responded to the boston tea party by making the intolerable acts which shut down the boston harbor
  • continental congress

    continental congress
    was a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies. It became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution
  • lexington and concord

    lexington and concord
    The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in Middlesex County
  • declaration of independence

    declaration of independence
    The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia
  • battle of saratoga

    battle of saratoga
    The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War
  • battle of yorktown 1781

    battle of yorktown 1781
    The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the Siege of Little York, ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia