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the Boston Massacare
british troops in the Massachusetts Bay Colony were there to stop demonstrations against the Townshend Acts and keep order, but instead provoked outrange. -
Boston Tea Party
Framework of the Boston Tea Party was set, 340 chests of British East India Company Tea wwere dumped into the Boston Harbor by the Sons of Liberty -
Paul Revere
Paul Revere was sent for by Dr.joseph Warren and instructed to ride to Lexington Massachusetts, to warn Samuel adams and John hancock that British troops were marching to arrest them. -
Battels of Lexington and Concord
battle between Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolution War. -
oliver reports
Boston loyalist Peter Oliver reports that the old North Meeting House is pulled down for fuel for the loyalist Associators. The meeting house had been abandoned by the Reverend John Lathrop and his patriot congregation, most of whom had left Boston -
Decleration of Independence
It wasn't the day we started the American Revolution either (that had happened back in April 1775). -
Battle of Trenton
The battle was fought between the Americans against the Hessians and British troops after the Americans lost the battle in New York and were forced to retreat through New Jersey. -
Valley Forge
With the onset of the bitter winter cold, the Continental Army under General George Washington, still in the field, enters its winter camp at Valley Forge, 22 miles from British-occupied Philadelphia. -
Treaty of Alliance
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce recognized the United States as an independent nation and encouraged trade between France and the America, while the Treaty of Alliance provided for a military alliance against Great Britain. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation became America’s first attempt at a constitution. -
The Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown
British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8,000 men to General George Washington at Yorktown, giving up any chance of winning the Revolutionary War -
Treaty of Paris
signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitution was written during the Philadelphia Convention—now known as the Constitutional Convention—which convened from May 25 to September 17, 1787.
