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Events Leading up to the Revolutionary War
Explore the Daily Life in the Colonies
What was going on in the rest of the world during the American Revolution?
1754-1763: French and Indian War
1770: Boston Massacre
1765: Stamp Act
The Stamp Act Riots
1770: Britain repeals Townshend Acts,
but tea is still taxed!
1765: Colonists Protest Stamp Act
1773: Boston Tea Party
1765: Sons of Liberty Organizes
1774: First Continental Congress Meets
1767: Colonists Boycott British Goods
Greenwich Tea Party
1767: Townshend Acts Imposed
1775: U.S. Navy is formed
1768: 4,000 British Troops Enter Boston
1776: Declaration of Independence
Conflict and Revolution: April 1775 - December 1776
