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American Revolution Timeline

  • Enlightenment

    Enlightenment
    The Enlightenment was also known as the Age of Reason. It was a European movement that embraced reason, science, and human rights in the 17th and 18th centuries also had challenged traditional authority.
  • French and Indian War

    This war was a phase worldwide nine year long. Each side was being supported by the Native America tribes, but the war pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French.
  • Sons of Liberty

    Sons of Liberty
    A political organization active in the Thirteen American Colonies, loosely organized, sometimes violent, and clandestine. The Sons of Liberty played a major role in most colonies battling the Stamp Act.
  • Stamp of Act of 1765

    Stamp of Act of 1765
    British tax on paper goods in American colonies was the Stamp of Act of 1765. The Duties in American Colonies Act 1765 was also another name for The Stamp of Act 1765.
  • Townshend Act of 1767

    Townshend Act of 1767
    Charles Townshend, British chancellor of the Exchequer was named for the Townshend Acts. This act-imposed duties on British chine, paint, glass, paper, lead and tea imported to the colonies.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    It was an American political and mercantile protest. Many men from the Sons of Liberty a large group of them disguised themselves in Native American garb and boarded the docked ships and threw 342 chests of tea into the water.
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord
    These battles were some of the leading military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. It was location in Middlesex Country, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    This battle was fought during the Siege of Boston in first stage of the American Revolutionary War. Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts is how the battle got its name.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    On August 2, 1776, it was engrossed on parchment and delegates began signing it. The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Independence Hall that was before called Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia.
  • Battle of Trenton

    Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal American Revolutionary War battle. This battle was fought during the American Revolutionary War campaign for New Jersey.
  • Battle of Camden

    The Battle of Camden Court House was also known for the Battle of Camden. This battle was a major victory for the British of the American Revolutionary War in the Southern theater.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown
    The Battle of Yorktown was also known as the Siege of Yorktown, the German battle, or the surrender at Yorktown. This battle ended at 10:30am exactly in Yorktown, Virginia.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    The Treaty of Paris ended many wars involving Britian, France, Spain, and their colonies. It was signed by King George III of Great Britian.
  • Great Compromise

    Great Compromise
    Constitutional Convention that shaped the U.S. government which was a crucial deal. The Great Compromise is a solution to both large and small states to be fairly represented by creating two houses of Congress.
  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of Rights
    The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution in the United States are the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights derives from four different groups.