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5 march 1770
The massacre resulted in the death of five colonists. British troops in the Massachusetts Bay Colony were there to stop demonstrations against the Townshend Acts and keep order, but instead they provoked outrage -
16 December 1773
boston tea party -
18 April 1775
As the British departed, Boston Patriots Paul Revere and William Dawes set out on horseback from the city to warn Adams and Hancock and rouse the Patriot minutemen -
19 April 1775
tensions between the American colonies and the British government approached the breaking point -
15 January 1776
Originally published anonymously, “Common Sense” advocated independence for the American colonies from Britain -
4 July 1776
independence day -
26 December 1776
Paine wrote Common Sense, an extremely popular and successful pamphlet arguing for Independence -
19 December 1777
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6 February 1778
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2 March 1781
Maryland finally approved the Articles -
19 October 1781
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3 September 1783
The American Revolution officially comes to an end when representatives of the United States, Great Britain, Spain and France sign the Treaty of Paris on this day in 1783 -
17 sep 1787
members of the Constitutional Convention signed the final draft of the Constitution
