AOS 1 Pre-Revolution
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Updated: 14 Mar 2021
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Created byJoshua Cheyne
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Jamestown is founded by John Smith 1607, 'Pilgrim Fathers' aboard the Mayflower land in Massachusetts 1620Hat Act 1732, Sugar and Molasses Act 1733Revival of Great Awakening 1740'sIron Act 1750, Currency Act 1751French-Indian war begins 1754The Battle of the plains of Abraham 1759, George III becomes King, 1760End of the French Indian War (Treaty of Paris), Start of Proclamation Act, Pontiacs Rebellion, 1763Sugar Act Established and James Otis' 'Rights of British Colonists Asserted and Proved, 1764Stamp Act, Quartering Act, The formation of the Son's of Liberty and Stamp Act Congress, 1765Repeal of the Stamp Act, Declaratory Act is established, 1766Townshend Duties Established, 1767John Dickinson's 'Letter from a Farmer', Samuel Adam's 'Journal of Our Times' and 'Massachusetts Circular Letter', 1768Boston Massacre, Samuel Adams 'Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre of Boston'.
Repeal of the Townshend Duties, Paul Revere draws the Boston Massacre 1770The Gaspee is burned, Samuel Adam's begins Committees of Correspondence in Massachusetts, 1772Tea Act Established, Boston Tea Party, 1773Coercive Acts Established, First Continental Congress, 1774Second Continental Congress, Colonial Militia skirmishes with British at Lexington and Concord.
Paul Revere Performs his Midnight Ride, Congress Appoints G. Washington as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.
Battle of Bunker Hill, Drafting of the Declaration of Independence, Olive Branch Petition, 1775Thomas Paine's Common Sense, Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence is made public, Battle of Long Island begins, 1776
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