1754: French and Indian War (1754-1763)
1763: Writs of Assistance
1764: Sugar Act
1765: Quartering Act, Stamp Act, Sons of Liberty
1770: Boston Massacre
1773: Boston Tea Party
1774: Intolerable Acts, First Continental Congress
1775: Second Continental Congress, Lexington and Concord, Olive Branch Petition
1776: Common Sense, Declaration of Independence