This map will lay out some of the important events of the American Revolution.
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1764- The Sugar Act.
This Act placed a tax on important goods like sugar, coffee and wine.
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1765- The Quartering Act- an act that saved the British money by making the colonists feed and house British soldiers.
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1767- Townsend Acts- stopped the colonies from holding town meetings until they agreed to house the British troops.
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1768- Boston Massacre-
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1774- the Continental Congress-
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April 18, 1775- Midnight Ride by Paul Revere
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April 19, 1775- Battles of Lexington and Concord-
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May 10, 1775- The Second Continental Congress
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June 1775- The Battle of Bunker Hill
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July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence is Adopted
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1776- Battle of Trenton
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October 17, 1777- Battle of Saratoga
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February 6, 1778- Alliance with France
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October 20, 1781- Battle of Yorktown
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September 3, 1783- Treaty of Paris
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