Timeline

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British sentries guarding the Boston Customs House shot into a crowd of civilians killing three men and injuring eight. The British were involved with this event. This event brought the revolution to armed rebellion throughout the colonies. The Boston Massacre was important because it helped galvanize Boston and the colonies against the mother country.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    It took place on the winter night on Thursday, December 16, 1773. A group of 60 american colonists which threw over 340 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The outcome of this event was that the British shut down the Boston Harbor until all of the chest that had tea in it was paid for. It was important because it was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists.
  • Passage of the Intolerable Acts

    Passage of the Intolerable Acts

    Passed by the British Parliament to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party
  • Creation of the Continental congress

    Creation of the Continental congress

    The Congress passed and signed the Continental Association in its Declaration and Resolves. George Washington, Patrick Henry, John Adams , Samuel Adams, and John Jay. The outcome of this event was that it was passed and signed by the Continental Association in its Deceleration and Resolves. It was important because it balanced the interests of the different colonies and also established itself as the official colonial liaison to Great Britain.
  • Paul Revere's ride

    Paul Revere's ride

    Revere warns the colonists about the British attack
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord

    The shot marked when the American Independence War started.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    New England soldiers face the British Army. It's important because it was confirmed that any reconciliation between England and her American colonies was no longer possible. The outcome of this battle was that the British won.
  • Creation of the Declaration of Independence

    Creation of the Declaration of Independence

    On June 11, Congress recessed for three weeks. During this period the "Committee of Five" (John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson) drafted the Declaration of Independence.
  • Battles of Saratoga

    Battles of Saratoga

    A war where the Americans won over the British.
  • 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 on September 3, 1783, officially ended the American Revolutionary War