american revolution timeline

By josh2

  • sevens year war begins

    war between British and french

  • seven years war end

    end of battle between British and french

  • proclamation

    forbid all settlement past Appalachian mountains after seven years war

  • Boston massacre

    5 people were by British soldiers

  • Boston tea party

    colonist boycotted tea

  • intolerable acts

    series of punitive laws passed by British parliament

  • 1st continental congress

    meeting of delegates of 12 of the 13 colonies

  • 2nd continental congress

    managed the colonial war

  • Lexington and concord

    first engagement of revolutionary war

  • fort ticonderoga

    built by french in north New York

  • battle of bunker hill

    British defeated american militia

  • common sense published

    pamphlet written by Thomas paine

  • decoration of indepenence

    statement adopted by second continental congress

  • battle of trenton

    led by general George Washington won

  • battle of saratoga

    marked turning point of american revolution

  • kings mountain

    battle in which patriot militia beat loyalist victory

  • Battle of Guildford courthouse

    was fought in Greensboro, nc

  • British surrender at yorktown

    Cornwallis and men surrendered

  • treaty of Paris signed

    negotiated between america and Britain