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In March 5, 1770 - The Boston Massacre occurs when British troops fire into a Boston mob, who were demonstrating against British troops at the customs commission.
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The Townshend Acts, duties on goods such as lead, paper, glass and tea enacted three years earlier, were repealed by British parliament on April 12, 1770, except for that on tea, continuing to raise opposition in America.
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May 1771 - In Connecticut, the General Assembly directs the governor, Jonathan Trimball, to collect all publick letters and papers which hereafter in any way affect the interest of this Colony and have the same bound together, that they may be preserved.
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September 8, 1771 - The Mission San Gabriel in San Gabriel, California is founded by Fathers Pedro Cambon and Angel Somera,Anza established the first overlands route to California from Mexico.
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The first independent Anglo-American government is founded in May by the Watauga Association in East Tennessee, a group of settlers needing mutual protection along the Watauga River.
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In 1773 the American Recvolution war and the U.S war Independence was growin tensions between residents of Great Britains 13 North American
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The Intolerable Acts, including the reestablishment of the Quartering Act, requiring colonists allow British soldiers into their homes, and the curtailment of Massachusetts self-rule, are enacted by the British government.
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By the end of January 1775, there were 37 newspapers being printed in the American colonies. Seven newspapers were published in Massachusetts, one in New Hampshire, two in Rhode Island, and 4 in Connecticut.
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Thomas Paine, and English writer, published his pamphlet Common Sense, touting the ability and right of America to create a democratic and free nation, winning public support for the cause of American independence from Britain with the sale.
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General Washington and the 7,000 man Continental Army defeats British General Charles Cornwallis at Princeton, New Jersey.
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The Prussian Army meets with the Continental Congress in York, Pennsylvania. They direct him to join General George Washington at the winter encampment at Valley Forge to drill the Continental Army
