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American Revolution Timeline

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Tax on all paper related products.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    Series of acts elaborately used to get more money from the colonies.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British soldiers fired upon colonist without good reason,
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    A series of acts that were unfair causing americans to pay too much on taxes to the British.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    The Americans dressed like indians and poured tea out of the ships and causing the british to lose a huge chunk of money.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    The process that started the writing of the Declaration of Independents.
  • Olive Branch Petition

    Olive Branch Petition

    The colonists tried to make peace with England but failed in their attempts.
  • Bunker Hill

    Bunker Hill

    The British Invaded an American Bunker and took it by strategically marching in seperate waves, leaving the patriots defenseless.
  • Common Sense is Published

    Common Sense is Published

    A book about how government should be written so everyone can read it.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    When the Americans broke away from England and became independant.
  • Trenton

    Trenton

    The British troops surrendered to General George Washington.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    The turning point of the Revolutionary war.
  • Yorktown

    Yorktown

    The Americans won against the British.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    The ending of the Revolutionary war.