The American Revolution

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  • King George III becomes king of England

  • Period: to

    The American Revolution

  • Treaty of Paris

    End French and Indian War

  • Parliament passes the Stamp Act

  • Parliament passes the Townshend Acts

    imposes a new series of taxes

  • Boston Massacre

    British Soldiers opened fire on colonists

  • Tea Act is passed

  • Boston Tea Party

    Colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians dump 90,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor in opposition to the Tea Act.

  • Paul Revere rides to Lexington

    Warns Samuel Adams and John Hancock

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

  • Second Continental Congress begins in Philadelphia.

  • The Battle of Bunker Hill

  • King George III declares the colonies to be in rebellion

  • Common Sense is published

    Thomas Paine's argument for independence

  • British recapture Fort Ticonderoga

  • Congress names 19-year-old French aristocrat the Marquis de Lafayette a major general

  • The Articles of Confederation

    Second Continental Congress adopts it

  • France declares war on Great Britain.

  • Spain officially declares war on Great Britain

  • Great Britain declares an end to hostilities

  • The United States Constitution is signed