American Revolution Timeline By Melvin A. Period: 1763 to 1773 American Revolution 1764 Sugar Act 1767 Townshend Acts 1773 Boston Tea Party 1775 Battle at Lexington and Concord 1775 George Washington Named Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army 1776 Declaration of Independence 1776 Thomas Paine Publishes Common Sense 1776 British Occupy New York 1776 Washington Crosses the Delaware