Timeline
Here are some of the major events that happened during the American Revolution.
April 18th, 1775
The battles of Lexington and Concord begin.
January 1776
Famous writer Thomas Paine writes the pamphlet Common Sense.
July 4th, 1776
Declaration of Independence is approved by Congress.
August 1776
British armies defeat George Washington's armies on Long Island, New York.
December 1776
Washington and his troops surprise and drive away the British from Trenton, New Jersey.
October 17th, 1777
The Americans mark their first major victory of the war at the end of the battle of Saratoga.
1778 and 1779
-George Rogers Clark seizes British posts in present-day Illinois.
-John Paul Jones raids the British ports.
-John Paul Jones raids the British ports.
1780
The Patriots use the guerrilla warfare to kill several British and run away without being seen.
1781
The Battle of Yorktown begins and causes the Americans to go one step closer to independence.
September 3rd, 1783
-The Treaty of Paris is signed.
-The American Revolution ends.
-The American Revolution ends.
1791
The French Revolution begins.