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White - Uncategorized
Red - Battle
Orange - Gathering
Green - Peace Treaty
Blue - Law / Proclamation
Purple - Non-USA

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First enslaved arrive in Virginia: At Port Comfort brought by the Virginia Company

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The Albany Congress: Seven British colonies sent reps to determine relations w/ French and Native American tribes. Provided starting point for later colonial unification. Model for the Stamp Act Congress & First Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin's Albany Plan was central topic.

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Battle of Jumonville Glen, led by George Washington (aged 21)
- Seen as the start of the Seven Years' War

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The duration of the Seven Years' War (AKA: French and Indian War)

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The Treaty of Paris (1763) is signed, ending the Seven Years' War. Britain gets Quebec and Ohio Valley. Spanish gets New Orleans and French land west of the Mississippi River. French keeps only sugar-making islands in the Caribbean

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Royal Proclamation of 1763: Forbade (and forced back) all American settlement west of the Appalachians. Outlawed private purchases of Native lands. Angered many landowners and settlers.

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Pontiac's War: Alliance of Ottawa, Shawnee, Wyandot, Seneca, Cayuga, and Delaware led by Chief Pontiac to attack the Ohio Country and the Pennsylvania frontier. Started w/ attack on Fort Detroit. Surrendered due to lack of supplies, essentially ended 1764

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Sugar Act & Currency Act: Sugar act taxed molasses and sugar. Currency Act forced it to be paid in gold and silver rather than Colonial paper currency.

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Stamp Act: Direct tax, forcing printed materials to be printed on stamped British paper. Required to be in British currency. Included legal documents, magazines, playing cards, newspapers, and all contracts (deeds, wills, marriage licenses, etc).

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The Stamp Act Resolves: Message by state representatives EXCEPT Virginia (stopped by Lt. Gov. Francis Fauquier) gathered in New York. Argued that Stamp Act was unlawful since British Parliament did not include colonial representatives.

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The Stamp Act Congress: First gathering of elected reps from American colonies. Released set of resolutions and sent petitions to King George III and Parliament. Disputed the right to tax the colonies. From this emerged "no taxation without representations."

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Stamp Act Repealed:

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Declaratory Act:

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Townshend Acts:

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Boston Non-Importation Agreement:

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Boston Massacre:

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Tea Act:

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Boston Tea Party:

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Intolerable Acts:

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First Continental Congress:

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Battles of Lexington and Concord:

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Capture of Fort Ticonderoga:

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The Second Continental Congress convenes:

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The Continental Army is created:

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Oneida Declaration of Neutrality:

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Battle of Bunker Hill:

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The Olive Branch Petition:

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Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms:

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Proclamation of Rebellion:

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King George III rejects the Olive Branch Petition:

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Creation of the Continental Navy:

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Lord Dunmore's Proclamation:

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Publication of Common Sense:

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The British evacuate Boston:

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The Committee of Five begins work on the Declaration of Independence:

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The Lee Resolution is proposed in Congress:

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A committee is formed to draft a constitution:

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The New Jersey State Constitution is adopted:

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Congress votes to declare independence from Great Britain:

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The text of the Declaration of Independence is approved by Congress:

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Battle of Long Island:

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Staten Island Peace Conference:

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Battle of Trenton:

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Battle of Assunpink Creek:

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Battle of Princeton:

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The Vermont State Constitution is adopted:

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Marquis de Lafayette joins the Continental Army:

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Battle of Brandywine:

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Battle of Saratoga:

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The British occupy Philadelphia:

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The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union are accepted by Congress:

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Continental Army winter encampment at Valley Forge:

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Formation of the Culper Spy Ring:

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The Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance are signed with France: