American Revolutionary War By josephholzmer Dec 25, 776 December 25–26, 1776: Washington crosses the Delaware https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Washington 1754 1754–1763: French and Indian War https://www.britannica.com/event/French-and-Indian-War Mar 22, 1765 March 22, 1765: Stamp Act https://www.britannica.com/event/Stamp-Act-Great-Britain-1765 Mar 5, 1770 Boston Massacre https://www.britannica.com/event/Boston-Massacre Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party https://www.britannica.com/event/Boston-Tea-Party 1774 March–June 1774: Intolerable Acts https://www.britannica.com/event/Intolerable-Acts Sep 5, 1774 First Continental Congress convenes https://www.britannica.com/topic/Continental-Congress Mar 23, 1775 Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty or give me death” speech https://www.britannica.com/biography/Patrick-Henry Apr 18, 1775 Paul Revere’s Ride and the Battles of Lexington and Concord https://www.britannica.com/event/Battles-of-Lexington-and-Concord Jun 17, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Bunker-Hill 1776 Thomas Paine’s Common Sense published https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Paine Jun 15, 1776 June 15–July 2, 1767: Townshend Acts https://www.britannica.com/event/Townshend-Acts Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence adopted https://www.britannica.com/topic/Declaration-of-Independence Sep 22, 1776 Nathan Hale executed https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nathan-Hale Oct 17, 1777 Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Burgoyne Dec 19, 1777 December 19, 1777–June 19, 1778: Washington winters at Valley Forge https://www.britannica.com/place/Valley-Forge-historical-area Feb 6, 1778 France and the United States form an alliance https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/alliance.html Sep 23, 1779 John Paul Jones: “I have not yet begun to fight!” https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Paul-Jones-United-States-naval-officer 1780 Benedict Arnold turns traitor https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benedict-Arnold 1781 September–October 1781: Siege of Yorktown https://www.britannica.com/event/Siege-of-Yorktown Mar 1, 1781 Articles of Confederation ratified https://www.britannica.com/topic/Articles-of-Confederation Sep 3, 1783 Treaty of Paris ends the war https://www.britannica.com/topic/Treaty-of-Paris-1783
