Brittany Goins ~ Revolutionary War Timeline By Brittany Goins 1753 Start of the French and Indian War 1763 Proclamation of 1763 Period: 1763 to 1764 Pontiac's War 1765 Stamp Act 1767 Townshend Acts Mar 5, 1770 Boston Massacre 1773 Tea Act 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Intolerable Acts 1775 Battle of Fort Duquesne 1775 Second Continental Congress 1775 Lexington and Concord 1776 France cedes Canada 1776 Saratoga 1776 Retreat from New York Mar 17, 1776 Bunker Hill Jul 4, 1776 Declaration Of Independence Approved Aug 2, 1776 Declaration of Independence Signed Period: 1777 to 1778 Valley Forge 1778 French Alliance 1782 Treaty of Paris Dec 4, 1783 Washington's Fairwell