The Revolutionary War timeline document summarizes key events in the American Revolutionary War in 5 paragraphs. It describes the Boston Massacre in 1770, the Boston Tea Party in 1773, the start of the war at the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775, the pivotal American victory at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777, and the Treaty of Paris in 1778 that ended the war and recognized American independence from Britain.