February 1763 March 1765 October 1765 March 1766 June 1767 Treaty of Paris Proclamation of
1763 Stamp Act Congress Declaratory Act
Puts an end to the Seven Years’ War that had started in 1754.
France ceded all its American
territories, except New Orleans.
The British
Parliament repeals the Stamp Act, but claims that it is entitled to tax colonies
October 1768 April 12th 1770 December 16 th 1773
May to June 1774 September 1774 British troops arrive
in Boston Boston Massacre Repeal of Townshend Revenue Act
First Continental Congress A British response
to political unrest in the colonies.
April 1775 January 1776 July 4th 1776 Battles of Lexington
and Concord Second Continental
Congress Publication of Thomas Paine’s
Common Sense The first two battles
opposing the British troops and the Minutemen (members of the militia from one of the 13 colonies during the American Revolution). Those two battles officially started the
American
Revolutionary War.
Published
anonymously, the pamphlet advocated the independence from Great Britain. It was of great
influence on the outcome of the American revolution.
