American Revolution Timetable

Event

Date

Significance and Description  

Treaty of Paris (French and Indian War)

1754-1763

A war between British America and those New France. It became a part of Seven Years’ War.

The Proclamation Line of 1764

October 7, 1763

British issued a proclamation, they wanted to adjust the land violations.

Sugar Act

April, 1764

Due to the want of raising money, British Parliament taxed more on molasses.

Quartering Act

May 15, 1765

It designed to accommodate the British soldiers, also provided them food.

Stamp Act

March 22, 1765

It made colonists to buy a stamp and stick on everything, repealed in 1766.

Declaratory Act

1766

An act for the better securing the dependency of America upon the Britain.

Townshend Act

1776

A tax passed by the British, it taxed all the imported goods.

Boston Massacre

March 5, 1770

The killing of five colonists by British regulars.

Committees of Correspondence

1764

On the eve of the American Revolution,  they were shadow government organized by patriot leaders.

Tea Act

1773

Reduced the massive  amount of tea held by financially troubled British East India Company.

Boston Tea Party

December 16, 1773

Some Sons of Liberty dressed like Mohawks and threw tea into harbour.

Coercive Acts/ Intolerable Acts

1774

Names used to describe a series of laws relating to Britain's colonies in North America and passed by the British Parliament in 1774.

First Continental Congress

September 5 to October 26, 1774

Was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies.

Second Continental Congress

May 10, 1775

A convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775.

Battle of Lexington and Concord -“shot heard ‘round the world’

April 19, 1775

The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

Battle of Bunker Hill

June 17, 1775

early in the Revolutionary War (1775-83), the British defeated the Americans in Massachusetts.

Battle of Saratoga

September 19 and October 7, 1777

he two Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution.

Battle of Yorktown

1787

the last important battle of the American Revolution.

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

January 10, 1776

A pamphlet (short book) about American Revolution written by Tomas Paine.

Declaration of Independence

July 4, 1776

Americans declared themselves independent fro British and wrote their Declaration of Independence.

Treaty of Paris( American Revolution )

September 3, 1783

It ended American Revolutionary War, signed by representatives of King George III and U.S.A in Paris.