Nation of Nations 3/e Davidson, Gienapp, Heyrman, Lytle, and Stoff
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KEY EVENTS

1755 Braddock defeated by French and Indians: British and colonists lose during the early years of the war

1756 England and France declare war: war becomes global

1759 Decisive English victory at Quebec: Wolfe gains control of the St. Lawrence

1760 George III becomes king of England

1763 Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Years' War

Pontiac's Rebellion: Indians strike out in response to white westward migration

Royal Proclamation prohibits settlement west of the Appalachians: Proclamation of 1763

1764 Sugar Act: Parliament's first attempt to tax colonials directly

Currency Act: Parliament restricts use of colonial currency

1765 Stamp Act: Parliament's second attempt at direct taxation of the colonies

Quartering Act: Parliament orders the colonies to provide housing for British troops

1766 Repeal of the Stamp Act: Parliament relents under pressure from British merchants

Declaratory Act: Parliament affirms its authority in the colonies

1767 Townshend Duties: Parliament's third attempt at direct colonial taxation

Parliament suspends New York Assembly: for refusing to comply with the Quartering Act

1770 Boston Massacre: British troops fire on civilians

Repeal of most Townshend Duties: Parliament retains tax on tea

1772 Gaspee Commission: convened in response to the burning of a customs vessel by Rhode Islanders

1773 Boston Tea Party: the resistance in Massachusetts destroys East India Company tea

1774 Coercive Acts: Parliament's attempt to punish Massachusetts and undermine the resistance

First Continental Congress meets at Philadelphia

1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord: the first engagement between British troops and American rebels

1776 Thomas Paine's Common Sense published

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