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 1763: Great Britain issues the
Proclamation of 1763 prohibiting
settlement west of the Appalachian
Mountains. The proclamation is
greatly resented in Virginia.
 1765: Great Britain imposes the
Stamp Act, taxing the American
colonies.
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 Patrick Henry challenges Great Britain's
right to impose the tax.
 In New York, delegates draw up a
Declaration of Rights and Grievances.
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 1766: Parliament withdraws the
Stamp Act but passes the
Declaratory Act, which give Great
Britain's the right to pass laws
governing the American colonies.
 1767: Townshend Duties taxes
imports of tea, glass, paper, lead, and
paint in the American colonies.
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 1770: British
troops fire into a
crowd of
demonstrators in
Boston in an
event that
becomes known
as the "Boston
Massacre."
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 Parliament repeals
the Townshend
Duties, except for
the tax on tea.
 1772: The Boston
Assembly demands
the rights of the
colonies and
threatens secession
from Great Britain.
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 Samuel Adams
forms a committee
for action against
Great Britain.
 1773: British
Parliament passes
the Tea Act.
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 The Boston Tea
Party takes place in
Boston,
Massachusetts. A
party of nearly 50
men disguised as
Indians, led by
Samuel Adams,
boards ships,
breaks open 343
chests of tea, and
empties them into
Boston Harbor.
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 1775: Patrick Henry
makes his "Give me
liberty or give me
death" speech in
Richmond.
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 Paul Revere rides to Lexington,
Massachusetts.
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 The first battles
of the American
Revolution take
place in
Lexington and
Concord,
Massachusetts.
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 The Americans are
defeated at Bunker Hill.
 King George III
declares the American
colonies in rebellion.
 Great Britain hires
29,000 German
(Hessian) soldiers for
the war in North
America.
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 1776: The Second Continental Congress
passes the American Declaration of
Independence.
Liberty!
 A group of men met in Philadelphia to
declare independence from the mother
country.
 On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress
adopted the Declaration of Independence.
Signers:
•George Washington did not sign the Declaration
of Independence because in July 1776 he was in
New York preparing to defend Manhattan against
the British.
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Forms of Resistance
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the Coming American Revolution
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