| 1763 |
Proclamation of 1763 |
| 1764 |
Sugar Act and Currency Act |
| 1765 |
Stamp Act |
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Stamp Act protests |
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Sons of Liberty formed |
| 1766 |
Stamp Act repealed |
| 1767 |
Townshend Acts |
| 1770 |
Townshend duties repealed, except for tea tax |
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Boston Massacre |
| 1773 |
Boston Tea Party |
| 1774 |
Intolerant Acts (Coercive Acts) |
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First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia |
| 1775 |
Battles of Lexington and Concord |
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Second Continental Congress begins |
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Dunmore's Proclamation |
| 1776 |
Paine publishes Common Sense |
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British evacuate Boston |
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Declaration of Independence |
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British take New York |
| 1777 |
Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga |
| 1781 |
Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown |
| 1783 |
Treaty of Paris signed, granting independence to the United States |