1760- King George takes the throne of England.
1763- French and Indian War Ends. Canada and land east of the Mississippi River is added to Great Britiain's Empire.
1765- The Stamp Act is passed. The Stamp Act was passed as a means to pay for British troops on the American frontier. The colonists were the ones paying for the troops and they violently protested the Act.
1766- The Stamp Act is repealed.
1768- British troops arrive in Boston to enforce laws.
1770- Four workers are shot by British troops stationed in Boston. The American Patriots labeled the killings "The Boston Massacre."
1773- Massachusetts patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians protest the British Tea Act by dumping crates of tea into the Boston Harbor. The British Tea Act was when the British increased the taxes on tea that were shipped to the colonies.
1774- Benjamin Franklin and the First Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia.
1775- Shots are fired at Lexington and Concord. The......
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