stirrings of rebelion

french and indian war

1754

fight for Ohio valley

french indian war end

1763

fight for ohio valley

Boston tea party

Dec 16, 1773

political protest by sons of liberty threw tea into harbor

intolerable acts

Mar 24, 1774

used to punish the colonist for boston tea party

Lexington and concord

Apr 19, 1775

first fight in revolutionary war