1 janv. 1776 - Proc of 63 Sugar Act-64 Stamp Act-65 Townshend Acts-67,68 Boston Massacre-70 T Act-73 Boston T Party-73 Intolerable Acts-74 Olive Branch Petition-75 Battle of Lex & Conc-75 Lord Dunmore's Proc-75 Dec of Independence-76 Articles of Confed-77 Treaty of Paris-83 Shays Reb-86 Constitutional Convention-87 3/5 Compromise-87 NW Ordinance-87 Constitution Ratified-88 1st Bank of US-91 Bill of Rights-91 Whiskey Reb-94 Jays Treaty-94 First Elec-96 XYZ Affair & Quasi War-97-00 Alien & Sedition Acts-98 KY & VA Res-98

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Proclamation of 1763 - Restriction of colonial expansion west of the Appalachian Mountains to avoid war
Sugar Act 1764 - Revenue tax applied to colonial merchants to offset French and Indian War debt
Stamp Act 176 - Direct tax on colonists for legal documents, newspapers
Townshend Acts 1767,1768 - Taxes on imports of glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea; Paid salaries of colonial governors/judges
Boston Massacre 1770 - Lower class colonists threw rocks and harassed Redcoats in Boston, British soldiers fired back into the crowd killing 5.
Tea Act 1773 - Designed to provide a monopoly for struggling British East India Co. and
threatened colonial merchants; led to Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party 1773 - Colonists in the port of Boston dressed as Natives threw tea shipments into the bay.
Intolerable Acts 1774 - Closed Boston Harbor until colonists paid for Boston Tea Party damages, Coercive Acts limiting colonial representation in reaction to Boston Tea Party
Olive Branch Petition 1775 - Last colonial offering of peace; King George III ruled colonies in rebellion
Battle of Lexington and Concord 1775 - Started American Revolutionary War as first formal battle.
Lord Dunmore's Proclamation 1775 - British offered slaves freedom in exchange for fighting against the colonists

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