Revolutionary Timeline Project

Stamp act

Mar 22, 1765

A direct tax imposed by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

"the destruction of the tea."

Battles of Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

First military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

Signing of the Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

Thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as independent states.

Battle of Saratoga

Sep 19, 1777

Started:Sep,19 - Finished:Oct,7 1777 American war of Independence.
Had decided the fate of British General John Burgoynes amry.

Articles of Confederation ratified

Mar 1, 1781

An agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution.

Treaty of Paris signed

Sep 3, 1783

Ended the American revolutionary war between Great Britian on one side with the United States and allies one the other.

Constitution ratified

Sep 17, 1787

Went into effect on March 4, 1789. The first ten constitutional amendments ratified by three-fourths of the states in 1791 are known as the Bill of Rights.

Constitutional Convention

Oct 3, 1787

Intented to revise the Articles of Confederation.