American revolution

The American Revolution Timeline

By Shamiya Gaskin

  • Paul Reveres Ride

    Paul Reveres Ride
    Paul Revere warns the Colonists that the
    British are coming.

  • Capture Of Fort Ticonderoga

    Capture Of Fort Ticonderoga
    Green Mountain boys capture British flag *led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold.

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    Led by William Prescott and was a major battle and fought by American troops. "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"

  • Declaration of Independence is adopted

    Declaration of Independence is adopted
    Continental Congress Approved of Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.

  • George Washington Crosses the Delaware

    George Washington Crosses the Delaware
    Crosses to Delaware on the river and was also Christmas night which led George Washington and his soldiers to surprise the enemy.

  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga
    British General John Burgoyne surrenders to their defeat against the Americans.

  • Alliance with France

    Alliance with France
    France recognized The United States as a independent country with The Treaty of Alliance.

  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation
    Defined the official government of The United States.

  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown
    Last major battle of the American Revolution and the british general Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown was an unofficial ending of the war.

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    Treaty that officially ended the war.