Scope

This timeline follows the conflict between Britain and the American revolutionaries, including the internationalization of the war through French intervention.

Inclusion rule

Include events that materially shaped the military, diplomatic, or fiscal course of the war, especially where they affected other major historical processes.

Why this timeline exists

This war matters here not only for American independence, but also because French participation deepened the fiscal strains that fed the crisis of the French monarchy.

Key phases

  • Colonial protest and imperial backlash
  • Colonial coordination and mobilization
  • Colonial rebellion
  • Franco-American alliance and internationalization
  • Major campaigns and naval war
  • Peace settlement and postwar consequences

Anchor events