American revolution 1740-1796 key dates

mayflower landed

11th of November 1620

jamestown coloninist’s landed in Virgina

13th of may 1607

when did Columbus land in America

12th of October 1492

when did the French land in north America

1634

British took control of Jamica

1655

Spanish inquisition

1st of November 1478 to the 15th of July 1834

St. Bartholomew’s day massacre

23rd of august to the 24th of august 1572

storming of the Bastille

14th of July 1789

New Hampshire became a colony

1623

when Maryland became a colony

1632-34

when was Rhode Island made a colony

1636

New York became a colony

1664

when Georgia became a colony

1732

trade and negoagtions act

1751-1763

conusumer revolution

1600-1750

great awakening started in colonial America

1730’s

the iron act

1750

the woollen act

1699

the congress of Albany

19th of June to July 7th 1754

7 year war (the Austrian war for succession)

dec 16th 1740-18th October 1748

treaty of Aix-la-chapelle (ended the Austrian war for succession)

October 18th 1748

when Ohio company of Virgina established

1747

loyal land company

1749

British lost fort William Henry in the 7 year war with the French (a siege)

3rd-9th of August 1757

battle of monongahela (beginning of French Indian war)

July 9th 1755

treaty of Paris (ended the 7 year war)

10th of February 1763

7 year war between the French and British

17th of may 1756 to 15th of feb 1763

treaty of Halifax

November 1752

battle of jumonville Glen

28th of may 1754

Maria Theresa became queen of Austrian empire and empress of Holy Roman Empire

20th of October 1740

proclamation act

7th of October 1763

Pontiac’s rebellion

April 27, 1763 – July 25, 1766

cider tax act

1763- to pay for protecting the colonies

militia act

1759

battle of Krefeld

23rd of June 1758

William Pitt secretary of state

27th of June 1757-oct 5th 1761

when was George the 3rd crowned

22 September 1761

sugar and currency acts (or the American revenue act) passed

5th of April 1764 (and went into effect on the 29th of September 1764)

the repeal of the stamp act

march 18th 1766

when were the Townshend duties passed

June 29th 1767

the Boston massacre

march 5th 1770

townshend duties repealed

April 12th 1770

tea act

may 10th 1773

the Boston tea party

December 16th 1773

the coercive acts (or the intolerable acts)

may 20th 1774

first continental congress

sept 5th- october 26th 1774

Boston port act

march 31st 1774

when was the currency act passed

September 1st 1764

Hudson Bay company

2nd may 1670

treaty of tordesiallas

7th June 1497 (Spain and Portugal agreed where they could claim/explore in a deal brokered by Pope Alexander the VI where Spanish were granted rights to all lands westward of a line drawn through the Atlantic Ocean, and the Portuguese received lands eastward.)

Virgina house of Burgesses sent a protest to London about stamp act

December 1764

stamp act congress

7th-25th October 1765

the declaratory act+stamp act repeal

18th of march 1766

when was the New York Restraining Act passed

5th of June 1767

The Quartering Act

may 15th 1765

When boston port act passed

1st june 1774

quebec act passed

22nd june 1774

American board of customs commissioners est (prevented smuggling)

Nov 1767

first continental congress

September 5th to October 26th 1774

the second continental congress

may 10th 1775-march 1st 1781

committees of obversation and safety established

feb 1776

olive branch petitiion adopted by the 2nd continual congress

5th of July 1776

declaration of causes signed

July 6th 1775

proclmiamtion of rebellion

23rd of august 1775

battle of Lexington and Concord

19th of April 1775

battle of bunter hill

17th of June 1775

when did the Virginian govner flee from Williamsburg- Earl of Dunmore

June 8th 1775

when did the North Carolina governor flee- Josiah Martin

16th of July 1775

when did the North Carolina governor flee- Lord William Campbell

15th of September 1775

when was the contenrial army estbalsubed

15th of June 1775

navy est

oct 13th 1776

milita in Ma tipped off leading to the battle at Lexington and concord

18th of April 1775

Battle of bunker hill

17th of June 1775

John Locke’s Treatise of Government published

Dec 1689

Common Sense by Thomas Paine originally published

10th of Jan 1776

when did the Virgina delegate- Richard Henry Lee- push for the draft of the deceleration of indepdncpe

7th of June 1776

when were the cuts made to the declaration of independence

22nd June 1776

when was the prohibitory act passed

dec 1775-allowed American ships to be sized at sea, banned trade and removed colonies from the protection of the crown- therefore putting them at risk from attack from the native Americans

John Adams published thoughts on governments

April 1776

the anglo-french war

June 1778-September 1783

General Howe arrived in Boston

25th of may 1775

when did General Howe land in Staten Island after regrouping with his forces in Halifax, Nova Scotia

5th of July 1775

32,000 British troops led by General Howe land at Gravestone Long Island

Aug 22nd 1776

battle of Long Island

aug 27th 1776- A significant battle in the American Revolutionary War where British forces defeated the Continental Army.

the entire contiental army escaped with help of fog across the east river to Manhattan, stopping Howe from pursing cos GW took all the boats

29th of August 1776

battle of Princeton

January 3, 1777

battle of Trenton- 1100 hessians captured by GW’s army

December 26, 1776

British evacuated New York

March 1776

GW partially take fort ticonderago

July 1776

first battle of Saratoga

sept 19th 1777

2nd battle of Saratoga at bemis heights

October 7th 1777

France formally declared war on Britain

June 1778

general John Burgoyne surrender his remaining forces to the American rebels

October 17th, 1777

battle of Princeton

jan 2nd 1777

Lord North’s Conciliatory Propostions passed in parliament (repealed coercive acts and Britain agreed to abondnan right to tax America)

feb 1778

uk declares war on Netherlands

1780

treaty of Paris (end or rev war)

3rd of sept 1783

Spain declared war on the British to gain back lost lands from 7 year war treaty of Paris (Florida, Minorca)

June 1779

Lafayette came over to the colonies

summer 1777

battle of Brandywine

sept 11th- sept 26th 1777