American Revolution By rcheeth Period: Jan 1, 1760 to Jan 1, 1785 American Revolution Jan 1, 1763 The End of The French and Indian War The treaty of Paris officially stopped the war between France and Britain Jan 1, 1765 Stamp Act Jan 1, 1767 Townshend Acts Mar 5, 1770 "Boston Massacre" Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Jan 1, 1774 Intolerable Acts Jan 1, 1774 First Continental Congress Convenes Jan 1, 1776 Thomans Pane wirtes "Common Sense" Jul 4, 1776 The Colonies Declare Independence Jan 1, 1777 The colonists win the Battle of Saratoaga Oct 19, 1781 The British Surrender at Yorktown Oct 16, 1783 Colonists and Brtitish Sign The Treaty fo Paris to end the war