American Revolution By nahia008 Period: 1763 to 1774 Lead-in To War 1765 British Troops Occupy Boston Mar 22, 1765 Passage of the Stamp Act 1772 Committees of Correspondence Established 1774 Britain Tries to Intimidate Massachusetts 1775 Britain Forms an Alliance with Patriot Slaves Period: 1775 to 1777 Independence Declared Apr 19, 1775 War Breaks Out Jun 17, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill: Americans Hold Their Own 1776 America Declares Its Independence Feb 27, 1776 Moores Creek: Loyalists Defeated Jun 28, 1776 South Carolinians Repel British Attempt to Take Charleston 1777 George Washington Crosses the Delaware River 1777 Campaign of 1777 & Battle of Saratoga: Britsh Setback 1777 Winter of Change for the Continental Army Period: 1777 to 1778 War in the North 1778 France Enters the War Against Britain 1778 George Rogers Clark Attacks the British in Ohio Country Period: 1779 to 1781 Southern Campaigns Mar 15, 1779 Guilford Courthouse: Costly British Victory May 12, 1780 Charleston Falls to the British Oct 7, 1780 Kings Mountain Victory Revives Patriot Hopes 1781 Ninety-Six: Longest Siege of the War 1781 Yorktown: Large British Army Surrenders Jan 17, 1781 Battle of Cowpens: American Tide Continues 1782 Loyalists Leave America Period: 1782 to 1787 Aftermath Sep 3, 1783 Treaty of Paris Officially Ends the War 1784 American Victory Pushes Indians Farther West 1787 U.S. Constitution Replaces Articles of Confederation