Timelines of the American Revolution
Prelude to War: 1754 - 1774
1754
- French and Indian War begins.
1755 July 9 - Braddock's Defeat at the Monongahala River near Fort Duquesne.
1760 October 25 - King George II dies. George William Frederick becomes King George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland.
1761 December 2 - Writ of assistance issued in Boston.
1763 February 10 - French and Indian War ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. October 7 - King George III signs the Proclaimation Act of 1763.
1764 April 5 - Sugar Act is passed by Parliament. September 1 - The Currency Act takes effect.
1765 March 22 - The Stamp Act is passed by Parliament May 15 - Quartering Act takes effect. October 7 - The Stamp Act Congress meets in New York City. October 9 - Declaration of Rights is passed by the Stamp Act Congress October 17 - The Stamp Act Congress passes Resolutions protesting the Stamp Act October 25 - Massachusetts Resolves are passed. November 1 - The Stamp Act takes effect.
1766 March 18 - The Stamp Act is repealed by Parliament. March 18 - The Declaratory Act is passed by Parliament. April 24 - News of the repeal of the Stamp Act reaches the American colonies. May 16 - The Stamp Act Repeal takes effect.
1767 July 2 - The Townshend Act is passed by Parliament. July 2 - The New York Restraining Act is passed by Parliament. October 1 - The New York Assembly is suspended as the New York Restraining Act takes effect. November 20 - The Townshend Act takes effect.
1768 February 11 - The Massachusetts Circular Letter is adopted by the Massachusetts House of Representatives. June 10 - John Hancock's ship, Liberty is seized by customs collectors. October 1 - British soldiers occupy Boston, Massachusetts.
1769 September 5 - Coffee House Brawl in Boston, Massachusetts.
1770 January 19 - Patriots riot in New York (Battle of Golden Hill). January 20 - Patriots riot in New York (Nassau Street Riot). March 5 - Boston Massacre. April 12 - The Townshend Act is repealed by Parliament.
1772 June 9 - British merchant ship Gaspee is burned near Providence, Rhode Island.
1774 January 20 - New York Committee of Correspondence is created. March - Parliament enacts the Intolerable Acts April 22 - British tea ships are boarded and tea cargo is destroyed in New York. April 30 - Logan's Massacre at Logan's Camp, West Virginia. May 17 - Lt. General Thomas Gage returns to America and becomes Royal Military Governor of Massachusetts. May 20 - The Administration of Justice Act takes effect. May 20 - The Massachusetts Government Act takes effect. May 27 - The Virginia House of Burgesses is dissolved by Royal Governor Lord Dunmore. June 1 - The Boston Port Bill takes effect, closing Boston Harbor. September 1 - British soldiers sieze gunpowder stored in Charlestown, Massachusetts (Powder Alarm). September 5 - The First Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. December 14 - Massachusetts militia captures Fort William and Mary in Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Portsmouth Alarm).
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