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THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION
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1689
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Glorious
Revolution
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1690-1697
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King
William's War |
1702-1714
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Queen Anne's
War |
1730s
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The
Second Great Awakening begins
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1740-1748
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King George's
War |
1756-1763
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Seven Years'
War (a.k.a. French and Indian War) |
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1754
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French defeat Washington at
the Battle of Great Meadows (aka Ft. Necessity)
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| 1754 |
Albany Congress meets
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1755
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French defeat General Braddock at Battle of
Ft. Dusquesne
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1756
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English declare war against France
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1758
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William Pitt becomes prime minister
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1759
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British capture Ft. Niagra; Gen. James
Wolfe defeats Marquis de Montcalm at the Battle of Quebec
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1760
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Gen. Jeffrey Amherst captures Montreal
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1763
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Treaty of Paris ends the war
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1763
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King
George issues the Proclamation of 1763
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1764
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Parliament
passes the Sugar Act
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1765
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Parliament
passes the Quartering Act and the Stamp Act
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Oct. 1765
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Stamp
Act Congress meets in New York City
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January 1766
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Parliament
repeals Stamp Act; issues Declaratory Act
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1767
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Parliament
issues Townshend Acts
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1768
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Lord
Hillisborough sends troops to Boston
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1770
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Boston
Massacre
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"
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Parliament
repeals all the Townshend Acts except the one on tea
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1772
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The
Gaspee Affair
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1773
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Parliament
passes the Tea Act
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Dec. 16, 1773
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The
Boston Tea Party
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1774
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Parliament
passes the Intolerable Acts
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"
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First
Continental Congress convenes
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April 19, 1775
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Lexington
and Concord
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May 1775
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Second
Continental Congress convenes
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Oct. 1775
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King
George issues the American Proclamation
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Jan. 1776
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Thomas
Paine publishes Common Sense
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June 1776
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Richard
Henry Lee issues his resolution for independence
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July 2, 1776
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Congress
approves the Declaration of Independence
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July 4, 1776
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Congress
publishes the Declaration of Independence
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