American Revolution Timeline By roo2019w 1763 End of French and Indian War Period: 1763 to 1776 American Revolution Timeline 1764 Sugar Act 1770 Boston Massacre 1773 Boston Tea Party 1774 First Continental Congrees 1775 Battle at Lexington ans Concord 1775 Gorge Washington Named Commander- in - chief of the continental Army 1776 Thomas Paine Publishes Common Sense 1776 Declaration of Independence 1776 Washington Crosses the Deleware