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The French and indian war started March 15 1744 through October 18 1748
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The end of the French and Indian War in 1763 was a cause for great celebration in the colonies, for it removed several ominous barriers and opened up a host of new opportunities for the colonists
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The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765.
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The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers.
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The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston.
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On May 10, 1773, Parliament passed the Tea Act with the goal of aiding the struggling British East India Company.
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On December 16, 1773, after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor
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During the wee hours of April 19, 1775, he would send out regiments of British soldiers quartered in Boston.
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Original Declaration of Independence / dated 4th July 1776." Regarding the message on the back, according to the National Archives.
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Reaction assumed revolutionary proportions in Boston, in the summer of 1768, when customs officials impounded a sloop owned by John Hancock, for violations of the trade regulations.
