American History - Timeline

Passage of the Stamp Act - It was the first direct tax imposed on the British Colonies in North America

Boston Massacre - A group of 9 british soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing 5 and wounding 6 men

Boston Tea Party - 70 men boarded a ship and threw the tea on the ship overboard. This was a protest against the Tea Act

Passage of Intolerable Acts - Colsed the Boston Harbors until city would pay for destroyed tea

Convocation of First Continental Congress - Delegates from 12 colonies came together to discuss how to react to the Intolerable Acts

Battle of Lexington and Concord - Militiamen gathered at Lexington to intercept the British Troops

Adoption of the Decleration of Independence

Battles of Saratoga - Marked as the turning point of The American Revolution

Surrender of Yorktown -Lutenent General Lord Cornwallis, The British Commander, Realized that he could not beat us

Signature of the Treaty of Paris - American Revolution formally ended with The Treaty Of Paris