TENSION BUILDS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND ITS AMERICAN COLONIES
1. 1763
-------- Boston Massacre British station troops in Boston First Continental Congress meets Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years’ War Parliament passes Tea Act; Tea dumped in Boston harbor Merchants sign nonimportation agreements Virginia Resolves challenge Stamp Act; Sons of Liberty stage crowd actions Battles of Lexington and Concord
2. 1765
-------- Boston Massacre British station troops in Boston First Continental Congress meets Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years’ War Parliament passes Tea Act; Tea dumped in Boston harbor Merchants sign nonimportation agreements Virginia Resolves challenge Stamp Act; Sons of Liberty stage crowd actions Battles of Lexington and Concord
3. 1768
-------- Boston Massacre British station troops in Boston First Continental Congress meets Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years’ War Parliament passes Tea Act; Tea dumped in Boston harbor Merchants sign nonimportation agreements Virginia Resolves challenge Stamp Act; Sons of Liberty stage crowd actions Battles of Lexington and Concord
4. 1768– 1769
-------- Boston Massacre British station troops in Boston First Continental Congress meets Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years’ War Parliament passes Tea Act; Tea dumped in Boston harbor Merchants sign nonimportation agreements Virginia Resolves challenge Stamp Act; Sons of Liberty stage crowd actions Battles of Lexington and Concord
5. 1770
-------- Boston Massacre British station troops in Boston First Continental Congress meets Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years’ War Parliament passes Tea Act; Tea dumped in Boston harbor Merchants sign nonimportation agreements Virginia Resolves challenge Stamp Act; Sons of Liberty stage crowd actions Battles of Lexington and Concord
6. 1773
-------- Boston Massacre British station troops in Boston First Continental Congress meets Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years’ War Parliament passes Tea Act; Tea dumped in Boston harbor Merchants sign nonimportation agreements Virginia Resolves challenge Stamp Act; Sons of Liberty stage crowd actions Battles of Lexington and Concord
7. 1774
-------- Boston Massacre British station troops in Boston First Continental Congress meets Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years’ War Parliament passes Tea Act; Tea dumped in Boston harbor Merchants sign nonimportation agreements Virginia Resolves challenge Stamp Act; Sons of Liberty stage crowd actions Battles of Lexington and Concord
8. 1775
-------- Boston Massacre British station troops in Boston First Continental Congress meets Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years’ War Parliament passes Tea Act; Tea dumped in Boston harbor Merchants sign nonimportation agreements Virginia Resolves challenge Stamp Act; Sons of Liberty stage crowd actions Battles of Lexington and Concord