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Revolutionary Timeline
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John Rowe
Rowe was a British-born merchant who moved to Boston as a young adult, became a successful businessman, and led an extremely active social life. He interacted with and befriended a wide range of individuals including British and American-born officials, politicians, merchants, and Sons of Liberty members. Rowe wrote diary enteries (From 1764 to 1776) that we now use today to look into what this time period was like. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars. It was the culmination of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since Royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts in October 1768 to enforce the heavy tax burden imposed by the Townshend Acts. -
Boston Tea Party
Disguised as American Indians, the Sons of Liberty destroyed an entire shipment of tea, which had been sent by the East India Company, in defiance of the Tea Act of May 10, 1773. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. Paul Revere and other riders sounded the alarm, and colonial militiamen began mobilizing to intercept the Redcoat column. A confrontation on the Lexington town green started off the fighting, and soon the British were hastily retreating under intense fire. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. Paul Revere and other riders sounded the alarm, and colonial militiamen began mobilizing to intercept the Redcoat column. A confrontation on the Lexington town green started off the fighting, and soon the British were hastily retreating under intense fire. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the Second Continental Congress, states the reasons the British colonies of North America sought independence in July of 1776. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain -
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George Washington
On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States. He brought together the new nation and instilled new policies and groups that served the country well. Washington was a very good president. -
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Thomas Jefferson
In 1775, Jefferson was elected to the Continental Congress. He was picked to write the Declaration of Independence. It states the importance of rights and freedoms. It states that "all men are created equal." It also stated the reasons the colonists wanted to separate from England. Jefferson believed in the ideals of the Declaration of Independence. -
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James Madison
Madison, accepting an ambiguous French statement as a bona fide revocation of the Napoleonic decrees on trade, reinstated the trade embargo with Great Britain, an act that helped bring on the War of 1812. -
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James Monroe
James Monroe was the 5th president of The United States. He is responsible for the creation of the Monroe Doctorine; a document that secured the newly independent colonies of Latin America from European intervention and control.
