1700-1800 By firestormworld 1754 Albany Congress Period: 1754 to 1763 French and Indian War 1763 Proclamation of 1763 Apr 5, 1764 Sugar Act Sep 1, 1764 The Currency act Mar 22, 1765 The Stamp act Mar 24, 1765 quartering act of 1765 May 30, 1765 Virginia Stamp act resolution Period: Oct 7, 1765 to Oct 25, 1765 Stamp Act Congress Mar 18, 1766 The Declaratory Act Apr 29, 1767 Townshend Act Mar 5, 1770 Boston Massacre Apr 7, 1772 The Gaspee incident Jun 2, 1772 Quartering act of 1774 May 10, 1773 The Tea Act Dec 16, 1773 The Boston Tea Party Mar 31, 1774 Boston Port Act May 20, 1774 Massachusetts Government Act Jun 22, 1774 Quebec Act Period: Sep 5, 1774 to Oct 26, 1774 First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia Period: 1775 to 1783 American Revolutionary war Mar 23, 1775 Patrick Henry's "give me liberty" speech Apr 18, 1775 Paul Revere rides Apr 19, 1775 Shot rings out at Lexington and begins the War May 10, 1775 Ethan Allan and green mountain boys take ft. Ticonderoga May 10, 1775 Second Continental Congress meets Jun 17, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill Nov 13, 1775 Attack on Montreal Dec 30, 1775 Benedict Arnold fails to capture Quebec Jan 15, 1776 Thomas Paine's Common Sense published Mar 3, 1776 British evacuate Boston Jun 12, 1776 Virginia creates it Deceleration of rights Jun 29, 1776 Virginia constitution is created Jul 4, 1776 Deceleration of Independence is signed Sep 15, 1776 Britain occupies New York Dec 26, 1776 Washington crosses the Delaware river Jun 27, 1777 Sir Lafayette arrives in Philadelphia Dec 19, 1777 Washington retires to Valley Forge Feb 6, 1778 US and France sign the French Alliance Jun 19, 1778 Washington leaves Valley Forge to South Carolina Dec 29, 1778 Redcoats occupy Savannah Jun 21, 1779 Spain declares war on Britian Jun 11, 1780 French troops arrive Sep 23, 1780 Benedict Arnold's plan to side with Britain foiled Mar 2, 1781 Articles of Confederation adopted Sep 15, 1781 Battle of Chesapeake Bay Oct 19, 1781 Cornwallis surrenders Nov 30, 1782 Britain signs Articles of Peace Sep 3, 1783 Treaty of Paris is signed Jun 21, 1788 US Constitution is adopted
