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Below are links to one page Revolutionary Times broadsheets "Chronicles of the American Revolution" that you can download as pdf files and use for presentations and handouts to groups and the public.
Here is the link to Mr. Young's longer essays on the Revolutionary War.
"In an effort to provide a brief, informal background summary of various people, places and events related to the American Revolution, I made this informal compilation from a variety of sources. This is not intended to be a technical reference document, nor an exhaustive review of the subject. Rather, it is an assemblage of information and images from various sources on basic background information. For ease in informal reading, in many cases, specific quotations and citations and attributions are often not included – however, sources are noted in the summary. The images and text are from various sources and are presented for personal, noncommercial and/or educational purposes. Thanks, Peter T. Young"
Last updated August 25, 2023
Chronicles of the American Revolution
A Look at How We Got There (the Colonies)Thirteen Colonies (1607 – 1732)Growth of the Colonies (1650 – 1750)Early Colonists Were Loyal to the King (1620 – 1775)
The French and Indian WarFrench and Indian War (Seven Years War) (1754 – 1763)
Taxation Following the French and Indian WarTaxes, Taxes, Taxes …Actions After the French and Indian War Changed EverythingNo Taxation Without Representation (Stamp Act Congress)
(Oct 7, 1765 – Oct 25, 1765)Boston Tea Party (May 10, 1773 - December 16, 1773)
Early Stages of ResistanceLetters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (December 2, 1767 –
February 15, 1768)Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770)Gaspee Affair (June 9, 1772)First Continental Congress (September 5, 1774 - October 26,
1774)The Association (Continental Association) (October 20, 1774)Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death (March 23, 1775)One if by Land, Two if by Sea (April 18, 1775)Common Sense (January 10, 1776)Virginia Declaration of Rights (June 12, 1776)Plot to Kill George Washington (June 28, 1776)
Pre-War ConflictsLexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)Siege of Boston (April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776)Battle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775)
Going to WarSecond Continental Congress (May 10, 1775 - March 1, 1781)Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)Smallpox (February 6, 1777)
Stars and Stripes (June 14, 1777)
Battles of Saratoga (September 19, 1777 to October 7, 1777)
Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union
(November 15, 1777)Conway Cabal (Fall 1777)Invisible Ink (November 19, 1778)Common Friends to Mankind (March 10, 1779)Yorktown – Articles of Capitulation (October 19, 1781)American Revolution and Kamehameha’s Conquest (1782)Hawai‘i at the Time of the American Revolution (1775 to 1810)
Either Side of the FightingMinute Men (1774)Green Mountain Boys (May 10, 1775)Native Americans in the American RevolutionContinental Navy (October 13, 1775)Slaves in the Revolutionary War (November 1775)British ArmyHessians (1776)The French Connection (February 6, 1778)
Some of the PeopleJames Otis (February 24, 1761)Sons of Liberty (1765)Crispus Attucks (March 5, 1770)Committee of Correspondence (November 2, 1772)Salem Poor (June 17, 1775)Adams FamilyGeorge WashingtonBenedict Arnold (September 21, 1780)Deborah Sampson (April 1781)Founders
Forming a New NationPeace of Paris (September 3, 1783)Empress of China (February 22, 1784)John Kendrick – Columbia and Lady WashingtonUS Constitution (September 17, 1787)Federalist Papers (October 27, 1787)Bill of Rights (December 15, 1791)White House (1792)Spirit of 76