The Causes of the American Revolution

By toricooper

  • The Start of the French and Indian War

    June 19th 1754 to July 11th 1754

  • The Albany Congress

    From: June 19th 1754 to July 11th 1754

  • Proclamation of 1763

  • The Stamp Act

  • The Sugar Act

  • The Currency Act

  • The Quartering Act of 1765

  • The Stamp Act Congress

  • Patrick Henery's

    "If this be treason, make the most of it!" Speech

  • The Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions

  • The Declaratory Act

  • The Townshed Recenue Act

  • Boston Non-Importation Agreement

  • The Boston Massacre

  • Te Gaspee Affair

  • The Tea Act

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • Boston Port Act

    One of the "Intolerable Acts"

  • The First Continental Congress

    Goes on from Sept. 5th to Oct. 26
    The First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia and issues Declaration and Resolves

  • Administration of Justice Act

    One of the Introlable Acts

  • Massachusetts Government Act

    One of the Intolerable Acts

  • Quarting Act of 1774

    One of the Intolerable Acts

  • Quebec Acts

    One of the Interable Acts

  • Battle of Point Pleasant, Virginia

  • The Association

  • Galloway's Plan

  • Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech

  • The Rides of Paul Revere and William Dawes

  • Minutemen and redcoats clash at Lexington and Concord "The shot heard 'round the world."

  • The Second Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia

  • Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys seize Fort Ticonderoga

  • George Washington named Commander in Chief

  • Battle of Bunker Hill: The British drive the Americans from Breed's Hill

  • Washington assumes command of the Continental Army

  • Ninety Six, SC, Patriots sieged

    Went on from November 10th trough the 21st

  • The patriots under Montgomery occupy Montreal in Canada

  • Virginia and NC patriots rout Loyalist troops and burn Norfolk

  • Col. Thomson with 1,500 rangers and militia capture Loyalists at Great Canebrake, SC

  • Snow Campaign, in SC, so-called because patriots are impeded by 15" of snow

    Went on from Dec. 23rd through Dec. 30th

  • American forces under Benedict Arnold fail to seize Quebec

  • Daniel Morgan taken prisoner in attempt to take Quebec City

  • Paine's "Common Sense" published

  • The patriots drive the Loyalists from Moore's Creek Bridge, North Carolina

  • The Continental fleet captures New Providence Island in the Bahamas

  • The British evacuate Boston; British Navy moves to Halifax, Canada

  • The British evacuate Boston; British Navy moves to Halifax, Canada

  • The Virginia Declaration of Rights

  • Sullivan's Island, SC, failed British naval attack

  • Patriots decisively defeat the British Navy at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina

  • The First Virginia Constitution

  • At the instigation of British agents, the Cherokee attack along the entire southern frontier

  • Congress debates and revises the Declaration of Independence. See Chronology of the Declaration

    Went on from July 1st to July 4th

  • Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence; it's sent to the printer

  • The Declaration of Independence is read publicly

  • Lyndley's Fort, SC, Patriots fend off attack by Indians and Tories dressed as Indians

  • Ambushed by Cherokees, Patriots are saved by a mounted charge at Seneca, SC

  • Delegates begin to sign The Declaration of Independence

  • Tugaloo River, SC, Andrew Pickens defeats Cherokees

  • Col. Williamson and Andrew Pickens defeat Cherokee Indians and burn Tamassy, an Indian town

  • Andrew Pickens' detachment surrounded by 185 Cherokee Indians, forms a ring and fires outward. It is known as the "Ring Fight."

  • Redcoats defeat the George Washington's army in the Battle of Long Island. Washington's army escapes at night.

  • The British occupy New York City

  • Generals George Washington, Nathanael Greene, and Israel Putnam triumphantly hold their ground at the Battle of Harlem Heights

  • Col. Williamson's patriots attacked by Cherokees at Coweecho River, NC

  • Benedict Arnold defeated at the Battle of Valcour Island (Lake Champlain), but delayed British advance

  • The Americans retreat from White Plains, New York. British casualties (~300) higher than American (~200).

  • The Hessians capture Fort Washington, NY

  • Lord Cornwallis captures Fort Lee from Nathanael Greene

  • Washington crosses the Delaware and captures Trenton from Hessians

  • Washington victorious at Princeton

  • Washington winters in Morristown, NJ

    From jan 6 to may 28

  • British withdraw from Fort Stanwix, NY, upon hearing of Benedict Arnold's approach

  • Benedict Arnold's troops force a British retreat at Ridgefield, Connecticut.

  • Treaty of DeWitt's Corner, SC: Cherokees lose most of their land east of the mountains

  • Flag Resolution

  • St. Clair surrenders Fort Ticonderoga to the British

  • Lafayette arrives in Philadelphia

  • The Redcoats, with Iroquois support, force the patriots back at Oriskany, NY, but then have to evacuate

  • American Militia under General Stark victorious at the Battle of Bennington, VT (actually fought in Walloomsac, New York, several miles to the west)

  • British General Howe lands at Head of Elk, Maryland

  • The British win the Battle of Brandywine, Pennsylvania

  • Rain-out at the Battle of the Clouds, Pennsylvania

  • Burgoyne checked by Americans under Gates at Freeman's Farm, NY. This is part of the "Battles of Saratoga."

  • Paoli Massacre, PA

  • British under Howe occupy Philadelphia

  • Americans driven off at the Battle of Germantown

  • Burgoyne loses second battle of Freeman's Farm, NY (at Bemis Heights). This is part of the "Battles of Saratoga."

  • Burgoyne surrenders to American General Gates at Saratoga, NY

  • Hessian attack on Fort Mercer, NJ repulsed

  • British capture Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania

  • Americans repulse British at Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania

    From: Dec. 5-7

  • Washington's army retires to winter quarters at Valley Forge

  • The United States and France sign the French Alliance

  • British General William Howe replaced by Henry Clinton

  • Battle of Barren Hill, Pennsylvania. Lafayette with 500 men and about 50 Oneida Indians successfully evade British onslaught

  • British abandon Philadelphia and return to New York

  • Washington's army leaves Valley Forge

  • The Battle of Monmouth Court House ends in a draw

  • George Rogers Clark captures Kaskaskia, a French village south of St. Louis

  • French and American forces besiege Newport, RI

  • The redcoats occupy Savannah

  • Maj. Gen. Moultrie defeats British detachment at Port Royal Island, SC

  • Patriots Andrew Pickens and Elijah Clarke beat Loyalists at Kettle Creek, GA

  • American George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (in what is now Indiana) on the Wabash in the Western campaign

    From Feb 23rd to Feb 24th

  • British Lt. Col. Jacques Marcus Prevost defeats Americans under Gen. John Ashe at Brier Creek, GA

  • Maj. General Augustin Prévost (brother of Jacques, see above) breaks his siege when American forces under Maj. Gen. Lincoln approaches

  • Stono River, SC, Maj. Gen. Lincoln inflicts extensive British casualties in indecisive battle

  • Spain declares war on Great Britain

  • Fairfield, CT, burned by British

  • Norwalk, CT, burned by British

  • American "Mad" Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, NY

  • "Light Horse" Harry Lee attacks Paulus Hook, NJ

  • Newtown, NY, after two massacres, American forces burn Indian villages

  • John Paul Jones, aboard the Bonhomme Richard, captures British man-of-war Serapis near English coast

  • The Tappan Massacre ("No Flint" Grey kills 30 Americans by bayonet)

  • American attempt to recapture Savannah, GA fails

  • Washington's 2nd winter at Morristown, NJ (the harshest winter of the 18th century)

    Went on from Nov.-June, 1780

  • British capture Charleston, SC

  • British crush Americans at Waxhaw Creek, SC

  • Patriots rout Tories at Ramseur's Mill, NC

  • French troops arrive at Newport, RI, to aid the American cause

  • Patriots defeat Tories at Hanging Rock, SC

  • British rout Americans at Camden, SC

  • John André arrested, leading to the exposure of Benedict Arnold's plans to cede West Point to the British

  • King's Mountain, SC: battle lasts 65 minutes. American troops led by Isaac Shelby and John Sevier defeat Maj. Patrick Ferguson and one-third of General Cornwallis's army

  • Washington names Nathanael Greene commander of the Southern Army

  • Mutiny of unpaid Pennsylvania soldiers

  • Patriot Morgan overwhelmingly defeats British Col. Tarleton at Cowpens, SC

  • The Battle of Cowan's Ford, Huntersville, NC