Revolutionary War Timeline

By Booa Huber

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    The Proclamation of 1763 stopped the setellers from going to move into the Ohio River Valley. This caused the people to be mad at the king for not letting them move.

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    The Boston Massacre was a massacre when some of the poorer people of Boston where tormenting some soldiers to the point they were throwing rocks. So the soldiers shot into the crowd and killed five people. This event spread threw out the colonies and Paul Revere made the engraving of "The Bloody Massacre". Which also made more people furious.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Durring the Boston Tea Pary some reble colonist decideed they would dump all the tea overboard because of the Tea Act that was passed earlier. They dumped over one million dollars worth of tea into the Boston Harbor. This feuled the fire of the colonist and anger Britan.

  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord
    • This battle was meant for the British to gain the upper hand of the war by taking they're gunpowder and kidnapping John Hancock and Samuel Adams, Paul Revere and others warned the militiamen and John and Samuel.
    • This was the first real battle between America and Britain.

  • Fort Ticonderoga

    Fort Ticonderoga
    • The colonial army wanted to kidnap this fort because of the fact it was right on the Hudson River.
    • This was the first battle America won in the Revolutionary War.

  • Bunker Hill

    Bunker Hill
    • This was one of the few battles that America lost, but they caused many casualty to the Britain army.
    • The first battle the british won.

  • Olive Branch Petition

    Olive Branch Petition
    -It was made to try to have the colonies to still be under british rule, but make they're own rules.
    The significince of this is what was written to the king he read it and it and declared war on the colonies.

  • Publishing of Common Sense

    Publishing of Common Sense

  • Dorchester Heights

    Dorchester Heights
    • General Washington Boston back from the British.
    • They got cannons and Boston.

  • Decalation of Independence

    Decalation of Independence
    It was made by the main people who were supporting the war, they made this to sdet the laws after the war was done.
    The purpose of this was to show the British and the Patriots what they were fighting for and what they would do after they gained independence.

  • Trenton

    Trenton
    • This occurred after the crossing of the Delaware River, the colonial army soon took over Trenton.
    • Winning this battle gave the soldiers a major boost in confidence.

  • Saratoga

    Saratoga
    • This was the turning point of the American Revolution. It was an eighteen day battle, but they're were two major battles in this time.
    • The British won the first battle, but the next battle they were forced to retreat because of the fact they're numbers shrank because of the death of many of their soldiers.
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    Valley Forge

    • During the time the colonial army was in a struggle with disease, cold, and food.
    • This was a big setback to the colonial and many people died.

  • Yorktown

    Yorktown
    • The colonies knew they had this battle in the bag thanks to the numbers. They won this battle while also eliminating a british spy. The whole purpose for this battle was to get the british to surrender once and for all.
    • The Patriots won the American Revolution.