American Revolution Timeline

By katlynnorman

  • French and Indian War Begin

  • Stamp Act

  • Townsend Acts

  • Boston Massacre

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Intolerable Acts

  • First Continental Congress Convenes

  • Patrick Henry's Speech

  • Paul Revere's Ride and Battles of Lexington and Concord

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

  • Thomas Paine's Common Sense published

  • Declaration of Independence adopted

  • Nathan Hale executed

  • Washington crosses the Delaware

  • Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga

  • Washington winters at Valley Forge

  • France and the U.S. form an alliance

  • John Paul Jones refused to surrender

  • Benedict Arnold turns traitor

  • Siege of Yorktown

  • Articles of Confederation Ratified

  • Treaty of Paris ends war