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timeline

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1765

Parliament passed the stamp act in 1765.

1765

• 1765 grenville knows that his country needs money

1766• Parliament voted to repeal stamp act

in 1766.

1768

• In 1768 British warships arrived in Boston harbor.

1774-1775

• Henry was a delegate to the continental congress 1774 and 1775

1772

• Adams formed a committee of correspondence in Boston in 1772.

1773• Britain punished the people of

Boston. Boston was closed no ships would be able to come on go until the people of Boston paid for the tea they had destroy.

1774

• Colonial leaders met at the first continental congress in

Philadelphia to decide how to oppose the intolerable acts.

1778

1773

• In 1773 , committees of correspondence began writing about the tea act, a new law passed by parliaments.

1774

• In September 1774 representatives from every colony except Georgia met at the first continental congress in Philadelphia.

1775

• In march 1775 Patrick Henry made the most famous speech of his carrier

1789

• In 1789,george Washington was elected our nations first president.

1770

• The primary source, published in 1770,shows an original etching and an account from Boston gazette and country journal.

1775

• In 1775 the American revolution began

1776

• In 1776 the declaration of independence is signed.