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French and Indian War
France’s expansion into the Ohio River valley brought repeated conflict with the claims of the British colonies. a series of battles led to the official British declaration of war in 1756. after the war the Treaty of Paris and Mississippi being the new westward boundary. -
Proclamation of 1763
After the French and Indian war, the king issued a proclamation saying settlers couldn't go west of the colonies -
Boston Massacre
A squad of British soldiers, who was being pressed by a heckling, snowballing crowd, let loose a volley of shots. Three persons were killed immediately and two died later of their wounds. -
Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw chests of tea overboard. This resulted in Coercive Acts. -
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Intolerable acts
A series of acts British Parliament passed as punishment for the Boston Tea Party -
First Constitutional Congress
In response to the British Parliament’s passing of the Coercive Acts in the American colonies, the first session of the Continental Congress happened at Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia. Fifty-six delegates from all the colonies except Georgia drafted a declaration of rights and grievances and elected Virginian Peyton Randolph as the first president of Congress. They also met on October 26th -
Lexington and Concord
he Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War -
2nd Constitutional Congress
the Second Continental Congress happened after the American Revolutionary War had already begun. In 1776, it took the huge step of declaring America’s independence from Britain. -
Fort Ticonderoga
On May 10, 1775, Benedict Arnold of Massachusetts joined Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont in a dawn attack on the fort, surprising and capturing the sleeping British garrison. Although it was a small-scale conflict, the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga was the first American victory of the Revolutionary War, and would give the Continental Army much-needed artillery to be used in future battles. -
Common Sense Pulished
Thomas Paine wrote "Common Sense" to challenge the authority of the British Monarchy. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence expresses the ideals on which the United States was founded and included reasons for separation from Great Britain -
Battle of Trenton
General George Washington’s army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day 1776 and, over the course of the next 10 days, won two crucial battles of the American Revolution. In the Battle of Trenton, Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. A week later he returned to Trenton to lure British forces south, then executed a daring night march to capture Princeton on January 3. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
On June 17, 1775, early in the Revolutionary War, the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost. -
Battle of Saratoga
On September 19th, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold. Also fought on Oct 7th -
Battle of Kings Mountain.
This was an important American victory during the Revolutionary War. The battle was the first major patriot victory to occur after the British invasion of Charleston, SC in May 1780. The park preserves the site of this important battle. -
British Surrender at Yorktown
British General Charles Cornwallis formally surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a French and American force at Yorktown, Virginia, bringing the American Revolution to a close. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.
