The American Revolution took place between 1765 and 1783 but there were many important events that lead up to it as well as a few that followed.
Here are the events of the American Revolution as they happened:
1754-1763:
♠ The French and Indian War takes place
October 1763:
♠ The Proclamation of 1763
March 1765:
♠ The Stamp Act
♠ The Quartering Act of 1765
The Stamp Act Denounced, illustration published in Lossing’s History of the United States of America, circa 1913
March 1766:
♠ The Stamp Act repealed
♠ The Declaratory Act
June 1767:
♠ The Townshend Revenue Act
October 1768:
♠ British troops arrive in Boston to enforce customs laws
March 1770:
♠ The Boston Massacre
Lithograph of the Boston Massacre by John Bufford, circa 1856
June 1772:
♠ The Gaspee Affair
May 1773:
♠ The Tea Act
December 1773:
♠ The Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party, engraving by W.D. Cooper, circa 1789
March 1774:
♠ Boston Port Act, part of the “Intolerable Acts”
May 1774:
♠ Administration of Justice Act, part of the “Intolerable Acts”
♠ Massachusetts Government Act, part of the “Intolerable Acts”
June 1774:
♠ Quartering Act of 1774, part of the “Intolerable Acts”
♠ Quebec Act, part of the “Intolerable Acts”
April 1775:
♠ The rides of Paul Revere and William Dawes
♠ The Battle of Lexington
♠ “The shot heard ’round the world” takes place at the Battle of Concord.
♠ The Siege of Boston begins
June 1775:
♠ The British win the Battle of Bunker Hill
“View of the attack on Bunker’s Hill, with the burning of Charles Town, June 17, 1775” engraving by John Lodge circa 1783
July 1775
♠ The Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition
September 1775
♠ King George III rejects the Olive Branch Petition proposed by the Continental Congress
January 1776:
♠ Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” published
March 1776:
♠ The British evacuate Boston, bringing the Siege of Boston to an end
July 1776:
♠ Declaration of Independence ratified by Congress
August 1776:
♠ The British defeat the Americans in the Battle of Long Island
September 1776:
♠ The British occupy New York City
December 1776:
♠ Washington crosses the Delaware and captures Trenton from Hessians
January 1777:
♠ The Americans win the Battle of Princeton
July 1777:
♠ The Americans lose Fort Ticonderoga to the British
♠ Marquis De Lafayette arrives in Philadelphia
September 1777:
♠ The British win the Battle of Brandywine
October 1777:
♠ The British win the Battle of Germantown
♠ The British occupy Philadelphia
♠ Americans capture Burgoyne and his army at Saratoga, NY
November 1777:
♠ The British capture Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania
December 1777:
♠ Washington’s army spends winter at Valley Forge
February 1778:
♠ The United States and France sign the French Alliance
June 1778:
♠ The British abandon Philadelphia and return to New York
June 1779:
♠ Spain declares war on Great Britain
May 1780:
♠ British troops capture Charleston, SC
October 1781:
♠ American and French troops win the Battle of Yorktown against the British
December 1782:
♠ British troops leave Charleston, SC
September 1783:
♠ The United States and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Paris
November 1783:
♠ British troops leave New York City
December 1783:
♠ George Washington resigns as Commander and returns to private life
August 1786 – January 1787:
♠ Shay’s rebellion squashed by state militia
September 1787:
♠ U.S. Constitution signed
June 1788:
♠ U.S. Constitution adopted after New Hampshire ratifies it
December 1791:
♠ United States Bill of Rights ratified
Sources:
“Timeline of the American Revolution.” U.S. History, www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html
“Timeline of the Revolution.” PBS, Twin Cities Public Television, www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_timeline.html
Mrs. Rebecca,
I like the good work to tell the facts of the American Revolution.
The Worcester , MA Revolution of 1774 should be dated on the timeline of the American Revolution and underlined for the ” Revolution Day” like it was celebrated on September 6th till 1820.
The Worcester Revolution 1774 started the road to a new government and the Independence from UK for the first time when ended up the British rule in the province of Massachusetts without blood.