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Timeline of the American Revolution

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/stamp-act The stamp act was a act that Britsish made all American colonies pay taxes on any printed document or any paper including the newspaper.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-massacre
    This battle is known as a accident because they met in boston and the Americans claim that they never fired . The British on the other hand had shot and killed 5 american soilders.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    the colonists started dumping all the tea off of the ships as a protest against the taxes that the british were inforcing .
  • Lexington and concord

    Lexington and concord
    the British won the battle of Lexington America won the battle of Concord
  • Battle of Breeds hill

    Battle of Breeds hill
    https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battle-of-bunker-hill
    The battle is known as Bunker hill because the battle was right next to the hill and genral warren died at that hill.
  • Common sense

    Common sense
    It was an important document written by Thomas Paine in January.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    A very historical imprortant document written by Thomas Jefferson.
  • Battle at Trenton/Princeton

    Battle at Trenton/Princeton
    The battle was to "bag the fox" (genral George Washinton) it ended in a American victory .
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga
    https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battle-of-saratoga
    his battle makes the British General Burgoyne surrender on October 17 at Bemis Heights.
  • Continental Army wintering at Valley Forge

    Continental Army wintering at Valley Forge
    https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/continental-army-enters-winter-camp-at-valley-forge
    The camp Valley forge was where George Washinton took his men 22 miles away from the British territory so they could try and keep warm. Prussian military adviser Frederick von Steuben kept Georges men in way better condition and fighting skills with different drills within the camp.
  • War in the south/Charleston

    War in the south/Charleston
    It is known as one of Americas most horrible defeats in the American Revolution against the British.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown
    https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-yorktown-begins.
    The battle of Yorktown started by George wASHINGTON becuase he had surrounded geral Cornwall by having men in the sea and all the land covered by his men or his allies .