Revolutionary War Timeline

By Kellshecht

  • Sugar Act

    British put a tax on sugar and syrup entering the colonies.

  • Currency Act

    Regulated paper money in the colonies.

  • Stamp Act

    British taxed stamps in the colonies

  • Quartering Act

    Colonist now had to house British Soldiers

  • Townsend Acts

    A series of British acts passed by Charles Townsend

  • Boston Massacre

    British soldiers opened fire on Protesting Colonist.

  • Tea Acts

    British taxed tea entering the colonies

  • Boston Tea Party

    Sons of Liberty dump tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the tea acts.

  • Intolerable Acts

    harsh laws passed by the British to punish the colonist for the tea party

  • 1st Continental Congress meets

    First meeting of the delegates from each colony to discuss their liberties.

  • Second Continental Congress meets

    The second meeting of the delegates for the colonies

  • Lexington and Concord

    The first battle of the Revolution, the shot heard around the world

  • Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

    Battle for Fort Ticonderoga, won by the Americans

  • Battle of Chelsea Creek

    Won by Americans

  • The Battle of Bunker Hill

    A battle won by the British

  • The Siege of Boston

    Militiamen stopped British from moving on land.