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
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♠ The Stamp Act repealed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
June 1772:
♠ The Gaspee Affair
May 1773:
♠ The Tea Act
December 1773:
♠ The Boston Tea Party
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
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.