The American Revolution: A Timeline of Key Events, Study notes of French

Download The American Revolution: A Timeline of Key Events and more Study notes French in PDF only on Docsity! Revolutionary War Timeline Patriot/ Rebels/ Whigs: Americans that wanted to break away from English rule Loyalist/ Tory: Americans loyal to the British crown _________________________________________________ February 10, 1763: Treaty of Paris ends the French & Indian War- creates war debt for England April 5, 1764: Sugar Act- British tax on sugar, molasses, and rum March 22, 1765: Stamp Act - British tax on all legal documents & newspapers October 1768: British troops occupy Boston March 5, 1770: Boston Massacre - 5 Colonists killed, 10 wounded May 10, 1773: Tea Act - taxed tea, raised money for the East India Tea Company December 16, 1773: Boston Tea Party - Colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor September 5- October 26, 1774: First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, PA ______________________________________________ April 19, 1775: Battles of Lexington & Concord (Massachusetts) - Patriot victories - “shot heard ‘round the world’- Start of the American Revolution November 19-22, 1775: Ninety Six (South Carolina) - 1 st land battle in the South - tie February 27, 1776: Moore’s Creek Bridge (North Carolina) - Patriot victory June 28, 1776: Fort Moultrie (Charleston harbor, South Carolina) - Patriot victory July 4, 1776: Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence December 26, 1776: Washington crossed the Delaware River to surprise Hessians (Germans) at Trenton, NJ September 26, 1777: British army occupied Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) - Congress moved to Lancaster then York, PA October 17, 1777: End of the Saratoga Campaign (New York) - major Patriot victory - turning point of the war Winter of 1777-1778: Patriot Army wintered at Valley Forge (Pennsylvania) - harsh conditions - Army trained February 6, 1778: France joined the American cause. Because of this, the Britain moved the War South to gain support from Southern Loyalists. December 29, 1778: Savannah, Georgia fell to the British Army. September 16- October 18, 1779: Siege of Savannah (Georgia) - Patriots failed to retake the city. May 12, 1780: Charleston, South Carolina fell to the British Army. August 16, 1780: Battle of Camden (South Carolina) - British victory October 7, 1780: Battle of Kings Mountain (South Carolina) - Patriot victory January 17, 1781: Battle of Cowpens (South Carolina) - Patriot victory March 15, 1781: Battle of Guilford Courthouse (North Carolina) - British victory May 22- June 18, 1781: Siege of Ninety Six (South Carolina) - British victory October 19, 1781: British surrendered to Patriots at Yorktown, Virginia September 3, 1783: Treaty of Paris signed- American Revolution ends! September 17, 1787: United States Constitution signed (adopted) Did You Know? Cartoon by Benjamin Franklin in his Pennsylvania Gazette, May 9, 1754. - In this drawing by Benjamin Franklin, each section of the snake is labeled with the name of a British colony, except New England’s 4 states are counted as 1 and Delaware and Georgia are left off. So there are only 8 sections instead of the traditional 13 colonies shown. Franklin’s point was how the colonies were not connected and must come together. The legend was that a cut snake could be put back together - Prince Easterbrook was a former slave who fought at the Battle of Lexington and was one of the last wounded during the battle. - Reverend Jonas Clark's church members were both black and white and served at the Battle of Lexington together.