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Revolutionary War timeline
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Proclamation of 1763
The end of the French and Indian War, the British issued a proclamation,mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. -
Boston Massacre
British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773. -
Lexington and Concord
Two lanterns hanging from Boston's North Church informed the countryside that the British were going to attack by sea. A series of horseback riders — men such as Paul Revere, William Dawes and Dr. Samuel Prescott — galloped off to warn the countryside that the Regulars were coming. -
Fort Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys captured British-held Fort Ticonderoga. -
Bunker Hill
The British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition, written by John Dickinson, and seems it was directly to King George III and expresses hope for reconciliation between the colonies and Great Britain. -
Publishing of Common Sense
Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet "Common Sense," setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence. -
Dorchester Heights
Troops from the Continental Army under George Washington's command occupied Dorchester Heights, a series of low hills with a commanding view of Boston and its harbor, and mounted powerful cannons there. -
Declaration of Independence
When armed conflict between bands of American colonists and British soldiers began in April 1775, the Americans were ostensibly fighting only for their rights as subjects of the British crown. -
Trenton
General George Washington's army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day 1776 and, over the course of the next 10 days, won two crucial battles of the American Revolution. -
Princeton
The Battle of Princeton was fought on January 3, 1777, shortly after the American victory at Trenton. -
Valley Forge
