Boycotts: A Brief Timeline of 3 Boycotts with a few Details in Between By BntyHntr Jun 10, 1767 Townshend Act Feb 10, 1768 Samuel Adams' "Circular" Letter Aug 3, 1768 Boycott on British Goods Mar 11, 1770 Townshend Act Cuts Back Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Mar 23, 1775 The Rides of Paul Revere and William Dawes Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independance Period: Oct 11, 1780 to Oct 11, 2000 Years Sep 3, 1783 Treaty of Paris Signed Jun 11, 1800 Capitol moved to D.C. Jun 18, 1812 War of 1812 Begins Feb 18, 1815 War of 1812 Ends Jan 3, 1820 Missouri Compromise Jan 11, 1830 Underground Railroad Established May 10, 1837 Depression Begins with "Panic" of 1837 Apr 25, 1846 Mexican-American War Begins Feb 2, 1848 Mexican-American War Ends Nov 6, 1860 Lincoln Elected President Apr 9, 1865 Civil War Ends Feb 3, 1870 15th Amendment Ratified Feb 11, 1883 Civil RIghts Act of 1875 deemed unconstitutional Nov 11, 1889 Wahington Declared a State Feb 11, 1899 Southern States Disenfranchise Blacks Mar 4, 1909 Taft takes Office Jul 28, 1914 WWI Starts in Europe Nov 11, 1918 WWI Ends Sep 7, 1930 Nazi Party Gains Majority in Government Sep 1, 1939 WW II Begins Sep 2, 1945 WWII Ends May 17, 1954 Segregation in Public Schools Deemed Unconstitutional Mar 2, 1955 Claudette Colvin Refuses to Give Up Seat Oct 21, 1955 Mary Louise Smith Refuses to Give Up Seat Nov 1, 1955 Vietnam War Begins Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks Refuses to leave her seat Dec 5, 1955 Start of Montgomery Bus Boycott Jun 5, 1956 Bus Boycott Ends Nov 22, 1963 Kennedy Assassinated Sep 8, 1965 Grape Strike Begins Jan 1, 1966 Race Riots in Many Cities Apr 4, 1968 MLK Assassinated Jun 30, 1970 Grape Strike Ends Apr 30, 1975 Vietnam War Ends