1. British troops arrive in Boston – 1768
2. The Boston Tea Party – 1773
3. King George III becomes the new king of Great Britain – 1760
4. The Townshend Acts – 1767
5. “The ‘shot heard around the world’ is fired” – 1775
6. The Boston Massacre – 1770
7. The Proclamation of 1763 – 1763
8. The First Continental Congress is formed – 1774
9. George Washington is appointed general and Commander-in-Chief of the new Continental Army – 1775
10. The British surrender at Yorktown – 1781
11. The Sugar Act – 1764
12. The Stamp Act – 1765
13. The Declaration of Independence is signed – 1776
14. Second Adams forms the Committee of Correspondence – 1772
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