American Revolution Timeline

  • French and Indian war

    French and Indian war
    The French and Indian war was 7 year battle that was carried out by Austria, England, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Sweden. The English and the French battled for colonial domination in North America.
  • Passage of the Stamp Act

    Passage of the Stamp Act
    The Stamp act was something passed by Britain that was used to tax legal documents, newspapers, and even playing cards
  • British Troops Occupy Boston

    British Troops Occupy Boston
    British troops land in Boston to enforce the Townshend duties and clamp down on local radicals.
  • Committees of Correspondence Established

    Committees of Correspondence Established
    Committees of Correspondence are made throughout the colonies to coordinate American response to British colonial policy.
  • Britain Tries to Intimidate Massachusetts

    Britain Tries to Intimidate Massachusetts
    Britain passes the intolerable act. Britain closes the port of Boston and set British troops to be housed in taverns and vacant buildings.
  • Britain Forms an Alliance with Patriot Slaves

    Britain Forms an Alliance with Patriot Slaves
    The British governor, Lord Dunmore, offers freedom to any slaves that are Rebellious Americans freedom that are able to fight for Britain.
  • War Breaks Out

    War Breaks Out
    The first shots of the Revolutionary War are fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill: Americans Hold Their Own

    Battle of Bunker Hill: Americans Hold Their Own
    Colonial soldiers that had no experience whatsoever fought and held off British veterans for 2 hours at breed’s hill.
  • Moores Creek: Loyalists Defeated

    Moores Creek: Loyalists Defeated
    British loyalists that sided with the British even tho they were apart of the colonies have been defeated by the patriot army.
  • South Carolinians Repel British Attempt to Take Charleston

    An invasion by the British force mounts an all day attack on a patriot force on Sullivan’s Island, frustrated British armies couldn’t get around the trick island of Charleston and which caused them to fail at there attempt.
  • America Declares Its Independence

    America Declares Its Independence
    The declaration was made and adopted by the second Continental Congress. The fight continues though but nationalism grows slowly over the years