Key Events of the American Revolution

Battle of Bunker Hill (1775)

British victory; American showed strength during the battle

Battle of Yorktown (1781)

Lord Cornwallis surrenders; American Revolution ends

Articles of Confederation

first set of laws in America (first constitution)

Boston Massacre (1770)

five colonists, including an African American named Crispus Attucks, were killed by British troops

Battle of Lexington and Concord (1775)

known as the "shot heard round the world." marked the beginning of the American Revolution

First Continental Congress (1775)

met in Philadelphia in response to the passage of the Coecived Acts (also known as Intolerable Acts by the Colonial Americans) by the British Parliament

Treaty of Paris (1783)

officially ends the war with Great Britain

Boston Tea Party (1773)

protest led by the Sons of Liberty against the king's monopoly on tea

Battle of Saratoga (1777)

turning point of the war