Timeline of American Revolution

1765-1766 – The Stamp Act: a British attempt to cover the costs of the 7 Years War (French and Indian War) and the stationing of troops in America led to the cry, "No taxation without representation."

1767 – The Townshend Act: a series of taxes to replace the Stamp Act.

1770 – The Boston Massacre: only 6 people were killed in the "massacre," but colonists milked it for all the anti-British sentiment they could.

1773 – Boston Tea Party:  a group of about 70 men boarded on three British ships in the Boston harbor and threw their tea cargo in the sea. The destruction of the tea cargo was a protest against the Tea Act which was passed by the British Parliament earlier that year and gave the British East India Company monopoly on tea sale in the colonies.

1774 – The Intolerable Act: In response to the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament passed a series of laws that came to be known as Intolerable Acts or Coercive Acts. These closed the Boston harbor for all shipping until the city would pay for the destroyed tea cargo, limited political authority of the colonists, made legal persecution of British officials more difficult and extended the boundaries of the Quebec province to the lands claimed by the American colonists.

1774 – First Continental Congress: On September 5, 1774, delegates from 12 colonies met at the First Continental Congress to discuss how to react to the Intolerable Acts.

1775 - Battles of Lexington and Concord: On the evening of April 18, 1775, the British governor of Massachusetts sent several hundred British troops to seize the colonists’ military stores at Concord. This time, the British were defeated and forced to withdraw to Boston.

1776 – Adaptation of the declaration of Independence: On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence which formally proclaimed the 13 colonies as independent.

1777 – The Battles of Saratoga: marked the turning point of the American Revolution and encouraged France to openly support the Americans against Britain.

1781 – The Battle of Yorktown: After successful land and sea campaign of joint American and French armies in Virginia in 1781, the British found themselves trapped on the Yorktown peninsula and the British finally surrendered Yorktown.

1783 – Signature of the Treaty of Paris: The American War of Independence and with it, the American Revolution formally ended with the Treaty of Paris which was signed on September 3, 1783.

Source: http://historylists.org/events/10-key-events-of-the-american-revolution.html

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