Revolutionary War By ekfields Apr 5, 1764 The Sugar Act Mar 22, 1765 The Stamp Act Mar 18, 1766 Stamp Act is repealed Mar 5, 1770 Boston Massacre Dec 16, 1770 Boston Tea Party May 10, 1773 Tea Act Period: Mar 31, 1774 to Jun 22, 1774 Intolerable Acts Period: Sep 5, 1774 to Oct 26, 1774 First Continental Congress Apr 18, 1775 Ride of Paul Revere and William Dawes Apr 19, 1775 The shot heard 'round the world May 10, 1775 Second Continental Congress Jun 15, 1775 George Washington becomes Commander in Chief Jan 15, 1776 Common Sense is published Period: Jul 1, 1776 to Jul 4, 1776 Debates and Revisions of the Declaration of Independence Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence is adopted Nov 16, 1776 Hessians capture Fort Washington, New York Dec 26, 1776 George Washington crosses the Delaware Jun 14, 1777 New flag is adopted Jul 27, 1777 Lafayette arrives in Philadelphia Jul 11, 1780 French Troops arrive to help Americans Mar 2, 1781 Articles of Confederation Oct 19, 1781 Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown Sep 3, 1783 United States and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Paris