Key Events of the Revolution
Objectives
• Content Objectives: Students will discover
the major events of the Revolutionary War.
• Language Objective: Students will create a
time line of events for the Revolutionary
War
Boston Massacre:
• Who: Colonists in
Boston were shot after
taunting British soldiers.
• Significance: First
interaction between
Colonist and British
Army.
* What: Shot heard round
the world
Boston Tea Party
• Who: Samuel Adams
and Paul Revere and
the Sons of Liberty.
What: Patriots threw
tea into Boston Harbor
to protest tea taxes.
First Continental Congress
• Who: Delegates from
all colonies except
Georgia
• What: Met to discuss
problems with Great
Britain and to promote
independence.
• Significance: Lead to
the writing of the
Declaration of
Independence
Battles at Lexington and Concord
Who: British Army and Colonial Militia
What: The first armed conflicts of the
Revolutionary War
Significance: British Army lost and had to retreat
Approval of the Declaration of
Independence
• Who: The 13
colonies
• What: Colonies
declare
independence
from Great Britain
• Significance:
Colonies
announced they
were no longer a
part of the British
Empire
Battle of Saratoga:
• Who: British fighting American Troops
• What: An American Victory
• Significance: Turning point in the war,
brought France into the war.
Surrender at Yorktown
• Who: General George
Washington and Lord
Cornwallis
• What: American Victory
• Significance: This that
marked the end of the
Revolutionary War.
Signing of the Treaty of Paris:
• Who: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Members of British
Parliament.
• What: Signed September 3, 1783 between Great Britain and United
States
• Significance: Great Britain recognized American independence
in this treaty.
How the colonies defeated Britain
• Colonial advantages
–Colonists defense of their own
land, principles, and beliefs
–Additional support from France
–Strong leadership.