The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the American Revolutionary War.
American Revolutionary War – war of independence between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States that was fought from April 19, 1775 to September 3, 1783. The war was fought as part of the broader American Revolution, in which the Thirteen Colonies made a declaration of independence in response to disputes regarding political representation. The conflict took place in the present-day Eastern United States, which the Thirteen Colonies successfully defended with the assistance of French, Dutch, and Spanish support. American victory led to the creation of the United States.
Background
Colonial history of the United States
French and Indian War
American Enlightenment
American Revolution
No taxation without representation
Boston Tea Party
Acts of Great Britain
Royal Proclamation of 1763
Sugar Act 1764
Currency Act
Quartering Acts
Quartering Act 1765
Quartering Act 1774
Stamp Act 1765
Declaratory Act
Revenue Act of 1766
Townshend Acts
New York Restraining Act 1767
Revenue Act 1767
Indemnity Act 1767
Commissioners of Customs Act 1767
Vice Admiralty Court Act 1768
Tea Act 1773
Intolerable Acts
Boston Port Act
Massachusetts Government Act
Administration of Justice Act 1774
Quartering Act 1774
Quebec Act
Conciliatory Resolution
Restraining Acts 1775
New England Trade and Fisheries Act
Trade Act 1775
Proclamation of Rebellion
Prohibitory Act
Participants
Great Britain
Kingdom of Great Britain
Cherokee
Hessians
Iroquois Confederacy
Cayuga
Mohawk
Onondaga
Seneca
Mi'kmaq
Muscogee
Odawa
Shawnee
Susquehannock
Loyalists fighting in the American Revolution
United States
United States of America
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Virginia
Abenaki
Catawba
Cheraw
Chickasaw
Choctaw
Kingdom of France
Lenape
Mi'kmaq
Mohicans
Oneida
Pedee
Seminole
Tuscarora
Vermont Republic
Support from
Dutch Republic
Kingdom of Spain
Neutral parties
Nantucket during the American Revolutionary War era
Russia and the American Revolution
Campaigns and theaters
Conflicts between forces of at least 1,000 soldiers are denoted in bold.
Northern theater
Boston campaign
Powder Alarm (September 1, 1774) Battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775) Battle of Menotomy (April 19, 1775) Siege of Boston (April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776) Battle of Chelsea Creek (May 27, 1775 – May 28, 1775) Battle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775) Battle of Machias (June 11, 1775 – June 12, 1775) Fortification of Dorchester Heights (March 4, 1776 – March 5, 1776) Battle off Fairhaven (May 14, 1775) Battle of Gloucester (August 8, 1775) Burning of Falmouth (October 18, 1775) Knox Expedition (November 17, 1775 – January 25, 1776)
Invasion of Quebec
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga (May 10, 1775) Siege of Fort St. Jean (September 17, 1775 – November 3, 1775) Battle of Longue-Pointe (September 25, 1775) Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec (September 11, 1775 – November 9, 1775) Battle of Quebec (1775) (December 31, 1775) Battle of Saint-Pierre (March 25, 1776) Battle of the Cedars (May 18, 1776 – May 27, 1776) Battle of Trois-Rivières (June 8, 1776) Battle of Valcour Island (October 11, 1776)
Nova Scotia campaign
Raid on St. John (August 27, 1775) Raid on Charlottetown (November 17, 1775 – November 18, 1775) Raid on Yarmouth (December 5, 1775) Raid on Canso (September 22, 1776 – November 22, 1776) Battle of Fort Cumberland (November 10, 1776 – November 29, 1776) Battle off Yarmouth (March 28, 1777) St. John River expedition (June 2, 1777 – June 30, 1777) Capture of USS Hancock (July 8, 1777 – July 9, 1777) Battle off Liverpool (April 24, 1778). Battle off Halifax (July 10, 1780) Battle of Blomindon (May 21, 1781) Action of 21 July 1781 (July 21, 1781) Raid on Annapolis Royal (August 29, 1781) Battle off Halifax (May 28, 1782 – May 29, 1782) Raid on Chester (June 30, 1782) Raid on Lunenburg (July 1, 1782)