The American Revolution
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Updated: 14 Nov 2022
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Created byClaire the Bread Fascist
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Proclamation of 1763The Sugar ActThe Currency ActThe Stamp ActThe Quartering Act of 1765Patrick Henry's "If this be treason, make the most of it!" speechThe Virginia Stamp Act ResolutionsThe British Parliament repeals the unpopular
Stamp Act of the previous year, but, in the
simultaneous Declaratory Act, asserts its "full
power and authority to make laws and statutes
... to bind the colonies and people of America ...
in all cases whatsoever"The Townshend Acts, named for Chancellor of
the Exchequer Charles Townshend, are passed
by Parliament, placing duties on many items
imported into AmericaBoston Non-Importation AgreementThe Boston MassacreThe Gaspee AffairThe Tea ActBoston Tea PartyBoston Port ActAdministration of Justice ActMassachusetts Government ActQuartering Act of 1774Quebec ActBattle of Point Pleasant, Virginia (disputed as to
whether it was a battle of the American
Revolution or the culmination of Lord
Dunmore's War)Articles of Association, 1774Galloway's Plan rejectedPatrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me
death" speechThe Rides of Paul Revere and William DawesThe Cambridge AgreementThe Lords of Trade issues quo warranto writs
for the charters of several North American
colonies, including MassachusettsRevocation of the Charter by Charles IICharter arrives in Boston establishing the
Dominion of New England in America1689 Boston revoltWilliam III and Mary II approve the charter
formally establishing the Province of
Massachusetts BayPierre de Rigaud, Governor of New France,
capitulates to Field Marshal Jeffrey AmherstKing George II of Great Britain dies and is
succeeded by his grandson George IIIThe Treaty of Paris formally ends the French
and Indian WarA Liberty Pole is erected in New York City
commons in celebration of the Stamp Act
repealBritain's Secretary of State for the Colonies,
Lord Hillsborough, orders colonial governors to
stop their own assemblies from endorsing
Adams' circular letterPeriods
French and Indian WarThe Albany CongressThe Stamp Act CongressThe First Continental Congress meets in
Philadelphia and issues Declaration and
ResolvesNew England planters emigrate to Nova Scotia, Canada to take up lands left vacant after the Expulsion of the AcadiansPontiac's War is launched by a Native American confederation in the Great Lakes region under the overall command of the eponymous Ottawa chief
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