Tazay WH2 Revolutionary War Timeline

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  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    The Stamp Act 1765 was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London.
  • Townshed Acts

    Townshed Acts
    Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed, beginning in 1767, by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America.
  • Shot Heard Around the World

    Shot Heard Around the World
    Someone suddenly fired a shot—it’s uncertain which side?...
  • Start of the Revolutionary War

    Start of the Revolutionary War
    The American war for independence.
  • Second Contnental Congress

    Second Contnental Congress
    The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
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  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
    The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution.
  • Battle of Sartoga

    Battle of Sartoga
    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 Cowpens

    Battle of Cowpens
    American troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan routed British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton.
  • Battle Of Yorktown

    Battle Of Yorktown
    The Surrender at Yorktown or the German Battle, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War.