richardson revolutiontimeline

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War
    First time in 50 years,England was at peace.
    They had accumulated a massive amount of debt fighting all these wars.
    After all,the British felt, many of these wars had been fought in interest of protecting the colonies.
  • Treaty of paris 1763

    Treaty of paris 1763
    Great British and France , as well as their respective allies .
    Term of the treaty , France gave up all its territories in mainland North America ,Ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies .
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    Merchants and layers required to buy stamps for ship's papers and legal documents.
    Tavern owners for licenses .
    Actual stamp tax was not expensive, but the principle of the matter is what upset colonists .
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    Before the news of the repeal even reached the colonies.
    The incident quickly transformed by local resistance leaders into the "Boston massacre"
    A graphic symbolism of british oppression and brutality .
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    American colonists , frustrated and angry at the Britain for imposing " taxation without representation ," dumped 342 chests of tea .
    At Griffin's Wharf in Boston ,Massachusetts .
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    Acts British parliament
    Reaction to the Boston tea party came to be known in the american colonies as the Intolerable Acts .
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord
    The battles Lexington and Concord was the fought Kicked off the American Revolution War.
    Lexington town green started off the fought , and soon British were hastily retreating under intense fire .
  • Bunker Hill

    Bunker Hill
    The battle of Bunker Hill was the early stage of the american revolutionary .
    It was in Bunker Hill in Charlestown , Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in the battle.
  • Declaration of independence

    Declaration of independence
    Is the design of multiple audiences : kings, the colonies and the world .
    The goal were to rally the troops, win foreign allies,and to announce the creation of new country .
  • Trenton

    Trenton
    A small battle during american revolutionary war .
    it was a cold battle .
  • Valley Forge

    Valley Forge
    Third of eight winter encampments for the Continental Army's main body, commanded by General George Washington, during the American Revolutionary War.
    Philadelphia to escape the British capture of the city.
  • Saratoga

    Saratoga
    In the second year of the american revolution
    Two crucial battles, fought eighteen days apart

    Decisive victory for the Continental Army and a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War.
  • Cowpens

    Cowpens
    Cowpens was an engagement during the American Revolutionary War fought.
    The town cowpes , South Carolina, between U.S. forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan and British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Sir Banastre Tarleton, as part of the campaign in the Carolinas.
  • Yorktown

    Yorktown
    Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown
    The German Battle
    Ending on October 19
  • Treaty of 178

    Treaty of 178
    The signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain
    Representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, officially ending the American Revolutionary War.