Revolutionary War Timeline

• 1754 – 1763 = French and Indian War
• 1765 – March 22 = The Stamp Act
• 1765 - May 29 = Patrick Henry's speech ending in "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death".
• 1765 – Oct 7 – 25 = Stamp Act Congress
• 1767 – June 29 = Townshend Act
• 1770 – March 5 = Boston Massacre
• 1773- May 10 = Tea Act
• 1773 – Dec 16 = Boston Tea Party
• 1774 = several of the Intolerable Acts were made by Parliament(Boston Port Act-closed the Poston Port and the Quartering Act – said the Americans had to keep British soldiers in their homes.
• 1774 – Sept. 5 – Oct 26 =The First Continental Congress met in Philedelphia
• 1775 – April 18 = Ride of Paul Revere
• 1775 – April 19 Minutemen and Redcoats class at the first battle at Lexington and Concord often called “the shot that was heard around the world”.
• 1775 – May 10 = Second Continental Congress meets again in Philedelphia.
• 1775 – June 15 = George Washington is named as Commander and Chief by the Second Continental Congress
• 1775 – June 17 = Battle of Bunker Hill where the British drive the patriots back. It is often called the “bloodiest battle”.
• 1775 – July 3 = Washington assumes the command of the Continental army.
• 1776 – Jan 15 = Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
• 1776 – July 4 = Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence and it is sent to the printer.
• 1776 – July 8 = The first time the Declaration of Independence is read publically.
• 1776 – Oct 2 = Deligate begin to sign the Declaration of Indepence.
• 1777 – July 27 = LaFayette comes to Philedelphia
• 1777 – Oct 17 = British lost to the Americans at the battle of Saratoga thought to be the turning point of the war.
• - Dec 19 = Washington takes winter quarters in Valley Forge.
• 1778 – feb 6 = France an the United States sign an alliance.
• 1780 May 12 = British capture Charleston SC
• 1780 – July 11 = French troops arrive to help the patriots.
• 1781 – Jan 17 = patriots overwhelm British at Cowpens SC
• 1781 – March 2 = Articles of Confederation adopted
• 1781 – Oct 19 = Cornwallis was surrounded on land and sea and surrenders to French and Americans at Yorktown Va.
• 1782 – Dec 14 = British finally leave Charleston SC
• 1783 – Sep 3 = United States and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Paris
• 1783 – Dec 23 = Washington resigns as commander
• 1787 – Sept 17 = US Constitution signed
• 1788 – June 21 = Constitution is ratified when New Hamshire ratified it.