The american revolution By dogs10 Oct 17, 1689 The french and indian war begins Sep 3, 1763 Treaty of Paris Oct 7, 1763 Royal Proclamation Apr 5, 1764 Sugar Act Mar 22, 1765 Stamp act Oct 7, 1765 Stamp Act Congress Jun 15, 1767 Townshnd Acts Mar 5, 1770 Boston Massacre Nov 29, 1773 Boston Tea Party Sep 5, 1774 First Contintal Congress Mar 23, 1775 Patrick henry "give me liberty" Apr 19, 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord May 10, 1775 Second continental Congress meets May 10, 1775 Fort Ticonderoga Jun 17, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill Jan 10, 1776 "common Sense" published Mar 17, 1776 British evacuate Boston Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence announced Dec 19, 1776 "The Crisis" published Dec 26, 1776 Washington captures Trenton Dec 19, 1777 Winter at Valley Forge, PA Aug 14, 1779 John Paul Jones defeats the Serapis Sep 19, 1779 British defeated at Saratoga Sep 25, 1780 Benedict Arnold plans found out Oct 18, 1781 Cornwallis surrenders Apr 18, 1860 Midnight Ride of Paul Revere