Period III Timeline Flashcards
1754
The Beginning of the French and Indian War
1763
The Treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War.
Proclamation Act
1764
Sugar Act
First Committee of Correspondence established in Boston.
March of the Paxton Boys
1765
Stamp Act
Stamp Act Congress
1766
Declaratory Act
1767
Townshend Revenue Acts
1770
Boston Massacre
1772
The Gaspee Affair
1773
Tea Act
Boston Tea Party
1774
Coercive (Intolerable) Acts
First Continental Congress
1775
Fighting at Lexington and Concord
Second Continental Congress
1776
Publication of Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Declaration of Independence
1777
Articles of Confederation written
1778
Battle of Saratoga
France enters the war on the side of the American revolutionaries
1781
Articles of Confederation ratified by the states