American revolution timeline

  • Enlightment

    Enlightment
    Is the truth of how to understand issues . That philosophy helped others understand reason and the French philosopher Voltaire had helped done that .
  • The French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War
    This War was because the Britain wanted the natives land but that was their home and their waterways . This began in 1754 and ended in 1763 with the peace treaty unfortunately Britain won .
  • Sons of Liberty

    Sons of Liberty
    The sons of liberty was a group of American patriot's and colonists mixed . This group of men disagreed with the British rules and caused trouble which ended up playing a part in the events that lead up to the revolution .
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act
    The stamp act was a way to help replenish their finances . After the war with the French in 1776 that act marked the first day of taxes .
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre
    The Boston Massacre started off as a street fight over raised taxes . This happened later in the day of March 5th , 1770 British soldiers were guarding the customs house and ended up firing into the crowd .
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party
    The Boston tea party was a political protest that took place because American colonists were upset at Britain for imposing taxation without representation . 342 boxes of tea was dumped into the harbor .
  • The First Continental Congress Meeting

    The First Continental Congress Meeting
    The First Continental Congress Meeting took place for 21 days . It was between 12 Britain colonies and 13 Americans colonies .
  • The Battles Of Lexington And Concord

    The Battles Of Lexington And Concord
    The first battles were fought at Lexington and concord in Massachusetts and it was a tuff one .The British wanted to take colonial arm stores and the American colonists fought for their right to protect themselves .
  • The Battle Of Bunker Hill

    The Battle Of Bunker Hill
    It was one of the bloodiest battles in the American revolution and had a lot of sweat and battle tears . The British won but the us patriots were glad they didn't go down without a fight..
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    This was the document that finalized the separation from great Brittan . All 13 colonies became free from great Britain as well.
  • The Battle Of Yorktown

    The Battle Of Yorktown
    This was a fight between the French and Americans and the great Britain . The French and Americans beat the Britain due to George Washington's battle strategies .
  • The Treaty Of Paris

    The Treaty Of Paris
    This was a peace deal between the Great Britain and America . And on September 3rd 1783 the American revolution ended and the us became USA .
  • 3/5 compromise

    3/5 compromise
    The 3/5 Compromise was one of their laws that were passed because they didn't want slaves to have that type of access . It allowed 3 slaves to be counted in on voting instead of 5 .
  • The Great Compromise

    The Great Compromise
    The Great compromise ended up becoming a rule in the us .And the rule was that a upper house hand and lower house hand could have equal representations .
  • The Bills Of Rights Adapted

    The Bills Of Rights Adapted
    This was Americas first ten commandments in a way and it was adapted in 1791 on December 15th . It was a list of natural laws giving the citizens rights .