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American Revolution Timeline

  • Christmas in the Continental Amry

    Christmas in the Continental Amry
    Henry Clinton took over Georgia.
  • Women Take Action

    Women Take Action
    Women start to get more involved in the war by following their husbands into war.
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act
    This where people needed a stamp on every document they owned. This is important because this was the only way they can pay their taxes.
  • The Townshend Acts

    The Townshend Acts
    This was a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies.This was important because this angered the colonists a lot.
  • British Soldiers occupy Boston

    British Soldiers occupy Boston
    British troops land in Boston to enforce the Townshend duties and pin down on local radicals. This is important because their presence upsetted a lot of people.
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre
    The Boston Massacre was an event where 9 British soldiers shot 5 people in the crowd of 300-400 who were verbally abusing them .
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party
    The Boston Tea Party was a protest that happened in Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • The Coercive Acts

    The Coercive Acts
    a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament. This was important because this was punishing the colony of Massachusetts Bay because of the Boston Tea Party.
  • Southern Campaigns

    Southern Campaigns
    This was the central theater of military operations in the second half of the Revolutionary War.
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord
    They were the first engagements with the military that were in the American Revolutionary war.
  • War Begins

    War Begins
    The first shots of the Revolutionary War are fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. The news of the bloodshed rockets along the eastern seaboard, and thousands of volunteers converge called "Minute Men" on Cambridge, Mass. These are the beginnings of the Continental Army.
  • The British Attacks the Coastal Towns

    The British Attacks the Coastal Towns
    British raids on American coastal towns. This is important because this contributed to a general deterioration of relations between Great Britain and her American colonies.
  • Thomas Paine's Common Sense

    Thomas Paine's Common Sense
    Advocated Independence from Great Britain. This was important because this made a clear case for independence which means this attacked the British which blamed them for political, economic, and ideological obstacles.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    The declaration of independence gave our country some kind of freedom. This is important because this gave us the right to go against the government.
  • War in the North

    War in the North
    The plan called for Burgoyne to advance south from Canada, up to Lake Champlain, capture Ft. Ticonderoga, and then march south along the Hudson to Albany. This is important because this was a turning point in the revolutionary war.
  • Battle of Valley Forge

    Battle of Valley Forge
    This was an event where a disease killed about 2,000 people. This was important , not just because a lot of people died but, the plot of 1777-78 winter encampment of the Continental Army under General George Washington.
  • Slaves ran away

    Slaves ran away
    They ran away because they wanted freedom. They got "traded".
  • Battle of York Town

    Battle of York Town
    This event proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution. This is important because the surrender led to ending the British Rule in other colonies and starting a new nation. The United States.
  • Aftermath

    Aftermath
    Loyalists left America.
  • The End

    The End
    The Treaty of Paris ended the war.