 Revolutionary War Timeline |
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1764 |
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| Sugar & Currency Acts passed by Parliament | |
1765 |
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| Stamp Act passed by Parliament. This was a tax on all paper documents produced, including wills, deeds, and newspapers. Sons of Liberty formed. | |
1766 |
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| March - Stamp Act repealed by Parliament but Declaratory Act was issued, asserting Parliament's right to tax Americans in all cases. | |
1767 |
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| Townshend Acts passed, taxing trade goods like paper, glass, and tea on items imported into the colonies from Britain, not from foreign countries. Thereafter, the Sons of Liberty and other leaders urged Americans to boycott British products. Women joined this effort by making homespun cloth, hoping to end the colonies' dependence on English cloth. Many colonists stopped drinking tea, substituting coffee or herbal tea instead. | |
1768 |
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| Liberty Riot and Boston troops stationed in Boston | |
1770 |
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| Repeal of Townshend Act except the tax on tea. Lord North becomes prime minister. Boston Massacre. | |
1773 |
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| Tea Act. Boston Tea Party. | |
1774 |
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| First Continental Congress. | |
1777 |
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September 11 - Battle of Brandywine in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania |
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1778 |
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1779 |
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1780 |
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1781 |
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1782 |
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1783 |
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Links: Battle of Brandywine |
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