7.7: Chronology
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The following chronology is a list of important dates and events associated with this chapter.
Date | Event |
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1754-1763 | French and Indian War |
1754 | Albany Congress; Plan of Union |
1755 | Battle of Wilderness |
1759 | Annus Mirabilis (Year of Miracles) |
1763 | End of the Seven Years’ War; Peace of Paris; Proclamation Line of 1763 |
1763-1764 | Pontiac’s War |
1764 | Sugar Act and Currency Act passed by Parliament |
1765 | The Stamp Act and Quartering Act (both create internal taxes) enacted by Parliament; Stamp Act Congress met in New York City |
1766 | Declaratory Acts; Riots in New York City over enforcement of the Quarting Act |
1767 | Townshend Acts passed; Colonial Resistance built |
1769 | Virginia Resolves introduced into the House of Burgesses; Royal Governor closed the House |
1770 | Boston Massacre; Townshend Acts repealed |
1772 | Gaspee Incident; Committees of Correspondence created in many colonies |
1773 | Tea Act went into effect; Boston Tea Party |
1774 | Coercive Acts and Quebec Act (Intolerable Acts) passed by Parliament; First Continental Congress assembled in September and approved Declaration of Rights and Grievances; Continental Association formed to enforce boycotts |
1775 | Lexington and Concord; Second Continental Congress convened; drafted the Olive Branch Petition; Patrick Henry’s “Give me Liberty or give me Death”; Minutemen and Redcoats clash at Lexington and Concord |
1776 | Paine’s Common Sense Published; Second Continental Congress accepted the Declaration of Independence |