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1777 BCE
Declaration of Independence
American Militia under General Stark victorious at the Battle of Bennington, VT (actually fought in Walloomsac, New York, several miles to the west) -
1775 BCE
Stamp Act
Date the Stamp Act was to take effect but with no one to distribute the stamps, the act could not take effect. -
1775 BCE
"Shot Heard Around the World"
The first shot happen in Lexington Massachusetts in the morning of the 19th -
1773 BCE
Tea Act
A New York newspaper publishes the full text of the Tea Act for the first time in the colonies, provoking sharp debate. -
1773 BCE
Boston Tea Party
British Tea is being boycotted . Dressed as Indians , colonists board an English ship in Boston Harbor - dump 18,000 pounding of English tea into the water -
1767 BCE
Townshend Acts
In 1767 Townshend were a series of law which set new important taxes on paint ,glass,paper,and tea. In Boston ,MA tensions are very high, Brits station 2000 troops in the city -
1765 BCE
Quartering Act
Colonial assemblies required to pay for supplies to British garrisons. The New York assembly argued that it could not be forced to comply. -
1763 BCE
Proclamation Line
King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory -
Intolerable or Coercive Acts
The British government banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains. -
Declaratory Act
The American colonies act 1766, commonly known as the declaratory act -
Boston Massacre
Mob in Boston surroundings a group of 9 British. Soldiers panic and fire ,killing 5 colonist including cripus attack -
Committee of Correspondence
56 Delegates, including George Washington ,John Jay,John and Samuel Adams ,Patrick Henry , meet in Philadelphia
