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October 7, 1763

The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the Seven Years' War.

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April 5, 1764
The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act 1764 or the American Duties Act, was a revenue raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain

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March 22 1765

An Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp

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March 18, 1766
An act for the better securing the dependency of his Majesty's dominions in America upon the crown and parliament of Great Britain.

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June 29, 1767
The Townshend Acts or Townshend Duties, refers to a series of British acts of Parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 relating to the British colonies in America.

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March 5, 1770
Confrontation in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. Killing five people

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December 16, 1773
342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians.

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March 31, 1774
The Coercive Acts or Intolerable Acts were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party

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June 22, 1774
The Quebec Act passed by the British Parliament to institute a permanent administration in Canada replacing the temporary government created at the time of the Proclamation of 1763

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September 5, 1774
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States.

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April 19, 1775
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

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May 10, 1775
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that formed in Philadelphia.

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June 17, 1775
The first major battle of the American Revolution, fought in Charlestown (now part of Boston) during the Siege of Boston.

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July 5, 1775
The Olive Branch Petition was a final attempt by the colonists to avoid going to war with Britain during the American Revolution.

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January 9, 1776
Common Sense advocated independence for the American colonies from Britain and is considered one of the most influential pamphlets in American history.

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July 4, 1776

A document that was approved by the Continental Congress that announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain