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1754
George Washington’s forces initiate French and Indian War
Albany Congress convenes
1755
General Braddock is defeated at Fort Duquesne
1758
British forces take Louisbourg
1759
British forces take Quebec
1760
British forces take Montreal
1763
Treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War
Pontiac attacks Detroit British issue Proclamation of 1763
1764
Britain begins to enforce the Navigation Act Parliament passes the Sugar and Currency Acts
1765
Parliament passes the Stamp and Quartering Acts
Stamp Act Congress convenes in New York
1766
Parliament repeals the Stamp Act, passes the Declaratory Act
1767
Townshend Acts impose duties on goods, suspend the New York assembly
1768
British troops occupy Boston
1770
Parliament repeals all duties under the Townshend Acts except tax on tea
The Boston Massacre occurs
1772
Samuel Adams creates first Committee of Correspondence
1773
Boston Tea Party occurs
1774
Parliament passes Coercive, or Intolerable, Acts
Parliament passes Quebec Act
First Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia
Boycott of British goods begins
1775
American forces win Battle of Lexington and Concord
Second Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia
Second Continental Congress extends Olive Branch Petition
King George III declares colonies in state of rebellion
1776
Thomas Paine writes Common Sense
June 6: Second Continental Congress begins to debate independence
July 2: Second Continental Congress votes to declare independence
July 4: Delegates sign the Declaration of Independence
1777
Vermont adopts a state constitution prohibiting slavery
Iroquois begin to raid colonial settlements in western New York and Pennsylvania
The Battle of Saratoga
1778
France and United States form Franco-American Alliance
1779
Spain enters war against Britain
1781
British forces under Cornwallis surrender to Washington at Yorktown
1783
Peace of Paris signed to end war
