American Revolution Timeline

Jamestown

May 14, 1607

Founded by the British, Jamestown became the first permanent settlement.

Virginia House of Burgesses

Jul 30, 1619

Started by Governor George Yeardley, this was the first legeslative assembly.

Bacon's Rebellion

Jun 23, 1676

This was an armed rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon with the settlers of Virginia against the authority of Governer William Berkley.

Salem Witch Trials

Feb 17, 1692

These were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people being accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts.

John Peter Zenger

Oct 26, 1697

John Peter Zenger was a German-American journalist, printer, publisher and editor. He printed the New York Weekly Journal and he was a defendant in a legal case in American Jurisprudence known as the Zenger Trial.

French and Indian War

Feb 17, 1754

This war was fought between the colonies of British America and New France and both sides were accompanied by military from their mother countries, Great Britain and France and also some Native American allies.

Proclamation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

This was issued by King George III following Great Britains accquiring of French land in North America after the French and Indian War. This forbid any settlers from settling over the mountains.

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

This was passed by British Parliament and was issued to all American Colonists and required them to pay for every piece of printed paper that they used. Playing cards, legal documents, etc..

Quartering Act

May 3, 1765

British Parliament passed this and stated that troops could only be quartered in barracks and if there wasn't enough space in the barracks, they were to be quartered in houses and inns.

Declaratory Act

Mar 18, 1766

This was passed to agreeing to appeal the Stamp Act.

The Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

This event was where British Soldiers shot and killed 5 male civilians and injured 6 others in the streets of Boston, Massachusetts.

Tea Act

May 10, 1773

Passed by British Parliament, the act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact started no new taxes. It was designed to prop up the East India Company which had 18 million pounds of unsold tea.

The Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Political protest by the Sons of Liberty a group of colonists protest thirteen years of British oppression, by attacking merchant ships in Boston Harbor and dressing as Natives and throwing the tea into the Boston Harbor.

1st Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

This was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. Georgia did not attend.

2nd Continental Congress

Jun 17, 1775

This was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun.

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

This was written and sent to Great Britain and approved for America's separation from British Power.