Boycotts: A Brief Timeline of 3 Boycotts with a few Details in Between

  • Townshend Act

  • Samuel Adams' "Circular" Letter

  • Boycott on British Goods

  • Townshend Act Cuts Back

  • Boston Tea Party

  • The Rides of Paul Revere and William Dawes

  • Declaration of Independance

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  • Treaty of Paris Signed

  • Capitol moved to D.C.

  • War of 1812 Begins

  • War of 1812 Ends

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Underground Railroad Established

  • Depression Begins with "Panic" of 1837

  • Mexican-American War Begins

  • Mexican-American War Ends

  • Lincoln Elected President

  • Civil War Ends

  • 15th Amendment Ratified

  • Civil RIghts Act of 1875 deemed unconstitutional

  • Wahington Declared a State

  • Southern States Disenfranchise Blacks

  • Taft takes Office

  • WWI Starts in Europe

  • WWI Ends

  • Nazi Party Gains Majority in Government

  • WW II Begins

  • WWII Ends

  • Segregation in Public Schools Deemed Unconstitutional

  • Claudette Colvin Refuses to Give Up Seat

  • Mary Louise Smith Refuses to Give Up Seat

  • Vietnam War Begins

  • Rosa Parks Refuses to leave her seat

  • Start of Montgomery Bus Boycott

  • Bus Boycott Ends

  • Kennedy Assassinated

  • Grape Strike Begins

  • Race Riots in Many Cities

  • MLK Assassinated

  • Grape Strike Ends

  • Vietnam War Ends