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Age of Enlightenment and John Locke
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French and Indian War
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Treaty of Paris
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Pontiac's Rebellion
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Proclamation of 1763
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Paxton Boys' Rebellion began
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Admirality Courts
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Writs of Assistance
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Sugar Act
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Regulator's Movements
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Stamp Act
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Stamp Act Congress forms
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Stamp Act Riots
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Declaratory Act passed
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Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania
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Townshend Acts are passed
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Boston Massacre
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Committees of Correspondence
no specified date, but they started in March of 1773 -
Tea Act
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Boston Tea Party
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Boston Harbor Closes
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Start of Martial Law
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Quebec Act
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Quartering Act
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Declaration of Rights and Greivances drafted
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First Continental Congress convenes
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Continental Assosciations form
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Committees of Safety Formed
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
Started shortly before midnight on the 18th but most of the battling took place on the 19th -
Second Continental Congress begins
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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Washington take control of the Continental Army
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Olive Branch Petition drafted
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Declaration of Causes and Necessity for Taking Up Arms
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Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense pamphlet
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Declaration of Independence approved