The American Revolution Timeline

  • The Boston Massacre

    British soldiers killed 5 colonists during a protest the colonist made because they were forced to quarter soldiers
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  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    Colonist threw tea to the bostonharbor to protest aginst the tea tax
  • the british are coming

    the british are coming

    hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache
  • lexington and concord

    lexington and concord

    kicked off the American Revolutionary War firs dhot herd sround the world (shot-heard-round-the-world)
  • common sense

    common sense

    Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet “Common Sense,” setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence.
  • declaration of independence

    declaration of independence

    the declaration of independence was written
  • battle of trenton

    battle of trenton

    Washington wins first major U.S. victory at Trenton
  • valley forge

    valley forge

    when Washington's poorly fed, ill-equipped army, weary from long marches, staggered into Valley Forge,
  • alliance

    alliance

    The Treaty of Alliance with France was signed
  • new governemnt

    new governemnt

    the articles of confederation were created
  • yorktown

    yorktown

    British General Charles Cornwallis formally surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a French and American force at Yorktown, Virginia
  • treaty of paris

    treaty of paris

    the treaty of paris was signed and bring an end to american revolution
  • constitution

    constitution

    the us constitution is signed