American Revolution Timeline

  • The Battles of Lexington and Concord

    The Battles of Lexington and Concord wee the first military engagements in the American revolution. The British army which was under command of Colonel Francis Smith and John Pitcairn. They were instructed to go to Concord and take and destroy all military equipment that the colonists had there. By the end of it all the British had suffered a heavy deal, 73 losses, 174 wounded, and 26 of them missing. The battle showed that the colonial forces could stand up against the British.
  • Paul Revere's Ride

  • Thomas Paine's writing of "The American Crisis"

  • Crossing of the Delaware River

  • Battle of Trenton

  • Battle of saratoga

  • Battle of Yorktown

  • Treaty of Paris