revolutionary war timelines

stamp act

Mar 22, 1765

townshend act

Jul 29, 1767

boston massacre

Mar 5, 1770

boston tea party

Dec 16, 1773

intolerable acts

Jan 1, 1774

second continental congress

May 10, 1775

battle of bunker hill

Jun 17, 1775

olive branch petition

Jul 8, 1775

common sense is published

Jan 9, 1776

declaration of independence

Jul 4, 1776

trenton

Dec 26, 1776

battle at saratoga

Oct 17, 1777

yorktown

Oct 17, 1781

treaty of paris

Sep 28, 1783