Welcome to the virtual tour of the American Revolution
This ongoing project will show 360-degree panoramic
photographs of American Revolution event and battle locations. Please
check back here often to see the new panoramas as we photograph and
upload here. Our intention is to bring history alive for those who are
unable to visit these locations in person. If you have questions and
comments, please e-mail the Producer of this project: Carlton SooHoo
Photography at: carlton(at)panospin(dot)com. All images are copyright
to Panospin Studios. You may not re-distribute these images without
permission from Panospin Studios.
Click on the links below to open the wide screen panorama.
Viewing requires the Apple Quicktime viewer which is a free download
at: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download.
File size is about 1000 KB so a broadband connection is recommended.
Be sure the browser window is maximally open to enjoy the immersive
experience fully. To see the photographs spin, click and drag your mouse
inside the photographs.
Timeline of the American Revolutionary
War (Adapted from http://www.ushistory.org/march/timeline.htm)
CLICK ON THE UNDERLINED LINKS BELOW TO SEE THE PANORAMIC
VIEWS
Events leading up to the War
-The French and Indian War (1754-63)
-The Sugar Act (4/5/1764)
-The Stamp Act (3/22/1765)
-Patrick Henry's "If This Be Treason" speech (5/29/1765)
-The Stamp Act Congress (10/7-25/1765)
-Townshend Act (6/29/1767)
-Disturbances in Boston
-The Boston Massacre (3/5/1770)
-The Boston Tea Party (12/16/1773)
-Boston Port Act (part of the Intolerable Acts) (3/31/1774)
-Administration of Justice Act (part of the Intolerable Acts) (5/20/1774)
-Massachusetts Government Act (part of the Intolerable Acts) (5/20/1774)
-Quartering Act of 1774 (part of the Intolerable Acts) (6/2/1774)
-Quebec Act (part of the Intolerable Acts) (6/22/1774)
-The First Continental Congress (Philadelphia, 9/5-10/26/1774)
-Battle of Point Pleasant, Virginia (officially recognized by the
U.S. Congress in 1908 as the first battle of the American Revolution)
(10/10/1774)
-The Rides of Paul Revere and William Dawes (4/18)
-The Battles of Lexington and Concord (4/19)
Battle of Lexington, MA
Buckman Tavern, The
Battle Green of Lexington, His
Majesty's Fourth Regiment of Foot
His Majesty's Tenth Regiment
of Foot, Captain Parker Statue
Battle of Concord, MA
North Bridge, sunrise view,
Minuteman Statue, sunrise view
Old Manse, Visitor's
Center at North Bridge
Eames Ranger's, Fife
and Drum, His Majesty's
Tenth Regiment of Foot, 1 of 2
His Majesty's Tenth Regiment
of Foot, 2 of 2, North
Bridge Skirmish
-Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys Seize Fort Ticonderoga (5/10)
-The Second Continental Congress (met in Philadelphia, 5/10)
-Washington named Commander in Chief (6/15)
-Battle of Bunker Hill (fought on Breed's Hill) (6/17)
-Montgomery captures Montreal for Americans (11/13)
-Benedict Arnold's failed attack on Quebec (12/30)
-Paine's "Common Sense" published (1/15)
-Patriot triumph at Moore's Creek, NC (2/27)
-Continental fleet captures New Providence Island in the Bahamas (3/3)
-The British evacuate Boston (3/17)
-Richard Henry Lee proposes Independence (6/7)
-British defence of Fort Moultrie, SC (6/28)
-Declaration of Independence adopted (7/4)
-Declaration of Independence signed (8/2)
-Arrival of 30,000 British troops in New York harbor
-British win the Battle of Long Island (Battle of Brooklyn) (8/27-30)
-British occupy New York City (9/15)
-British win the Battle of Harlem Heights (9/16)
-Benedict Arnold defeated at Lake Champlain (10/11)
-American retreat at the Battle of White Plains (10/28)
-British capture Fort Washington, NY and Fort Lee, NJ (11/16)
-Flag Resolution (flag possibly designed by Hopkinson, likely sewn
by Betsy Ross) (6/14)
-St. Clair surrenders Fort Ticonderoga to the British (7/5)
-Lafayette arrives in Philadelphia (7/27)
-Americans under Herkimer defeat the British under St. Leger at Fort
Stanwix, in the Mohawk Valley in Oriskany, New York (8/6)
-American Militia under General Stark triumph over Hessians at Bennington
(8/16)
-British General Howe lands at Head of Elk, Maryland (8/25)
-British success at the Battle of Brandywine, PA (9/11)
-Rain-out at the Battle of the Clouds, PA (9/16)
-Burgoyne checked by Americans under Gates at Freeman's Farm, NY (9/19)
-Paoli Massacre, PA (9/21), Charles "No flint" Grey, Malvern,
PA
-British under Howe occupy Philadelphia (9/26)
-Americans driven off at the Battle of Germantown (10/4)
-Burgoyne loses second battle of Freeman's Farm, NY (at Bemis Heights)
(10/7)
-Burgoyne surrenders to American General Gates at Saratoga, NY (10/17)
-George Rogers Clark captured Kaskaskia, a French village near Detroit
(7/4)
-French and American forces besiege Newport, RI (8/8)
-British occupy Savannah, GA (12/29)
-Militia beat Tories at Kettle Creek, GA (2/14)
-American George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes on the Wabash in
the Western campaign (2/25)
-Fairfield, CT, burned by British (7/8)
-Norwalk, CT, burned by British (7/11)
-American "Mad" Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, NY (7/15-16)
-"Light Horse" Harry Lee attacks Paulus Hook, NJ (8/19)
-John Paul Jones, aboard the Bonhomme Richard, captures British man-of-war
Serapis near English coast (9/23)
-The Tappan/Baylor's Massacre (Charles "No Flint" Grey kills
30 Americans by bayonet) (9/28), River Vale, NJ
-American attempt to recapture Savannah, GA fails (10/9)
-Coldest Winter of the war, Washington at Morristown, NJ
-British capture Charleston, SC (5/12)
-British crush Americans at Waxhaw Creek, SC (5/29)
-Patriots rout Tories at Ramsour's Mill, NC (6/20)
-French troops arrive at Newport, RI, to aid the American cause (7/11)
-Patriots defeat Tories at Hanging Rock, SC (8/6)
-British rout Americans at Camden, SC. General Gates defeated by Lord
Cornwallis. (8/16)
-Benedict Arnold's plans to cede West Point to the British discovered
(9/25)
-King's Mountain, SC: battle lasted 65 minutes. American troops led
by Isaac Shelby and John Sevier defeated Col. Patrick Ferguson and
one-third of General Cornwallis' army. (10/7)
-Washington names Nathanael Greene commander of the Southern Army
(10/14)
-Mutiny of unpaid Pennsylvania soldiers (1/1)
-Patriot Daniel Morgan overwhelmingly defeated British Col. Banastre
Tarleton at Cowpens, SC (1/17)
-Articles of Confederation adopted (3/2)
-Cornwallis clashed with Greene at Guilford Courthouse, NC, British
win costly victory (3/15)
-Greene defeated at Hobkirk's Hill, SC (4/25)
-Americans recapture Augusta, GA (6/6)
-British hold off Americans at Ninety Six, SC (6/18)
-"Mad" Anthony Wayne repulsed at Green Springs Farm, VA
(7/6)
-Greene defeated at Eutaw Springs, SC (9/8)
-French fleet drove British naval force from Chesapeake Bay (9/15)
-Cornwallis surrounded on land and sea by Americans and French and
surrenders at Yorktown, VA (10/19)
-Lord North resigned as British Prime Minister (3/20/82)
-British evacuated Savannah, GA (7/11/82)
-British sign Articles of Peace (11/30/82)
-British leave Charleston, SC (12/14/82)
-Congress ratifies preliminary peace treaty (4/19/83)
-Treaty of Paris (9/3/83)
-British troops leave New York (11/25/83)
-Washington Resigns as Commander (12/23/83)
-U.S. Constitution ratified (9/17/87)
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