Revolutionary Timeline Project

By bcooke

  • Stamp act

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

  • Boston Massacre

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

  • Boston Tea Party

    "the destruction of the tea."

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    First military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

  • Signing of the Declaration of Independence

    Thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as independent states.

  • Battle of Saratoga

    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

    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

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

  • Constitution ratified

    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

    Intented to revise the Articles of Confederation.