1760-1774

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1760   George III becomes King of England  
1763   Treaty of Paris ends the 7 years war; Proclimation of 1763 forbids white settlement west of the Appalachian mountains  
1764   Sugar Act levies new trade duties on coffe, sugar, and wine; Currency Act prohibits colonial governments from issuing paper money and requires all debts to be paid in hard money  
1765   Stamp Act requires stamps be affixed to over fifty items where tax is imposed  
1766   Parliament repeals the stamp act but asserts its authority to tax the colonies in the declaratory act  
1767   Townshind duties act imposes taxes on imported glass, lead, paint, paper and tea to defray the cost of colonial administration  
1768   British troops order to Boston colonists begin to mount a trade boycott to protest the townshind duties  
1770   Boston Massacre leaves 5 dead and others wounded  
1772   Rhode Island colonists attack and burn british naval vessel Gaspee  
1773   Tea Act allows the east indian company to sell tea directly to American retailers; Boston tea party occurs when a band of indians boards 3 British vessels and dumps 342 chests of tea into Boston harbor  
1774   Coercive Acts close the port of Boston; Quebec Act expands the boundaries of Quebec to the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; First continental congress meeting in Philidelphia protest oppresive parliamentary legislation votes to boycott trade with Britian  


   

 
 

 
 

 

 
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