Timeline to US independence

1754-1763
	The French and Indian War
1754
June 19-July 11	The Albany Congress
1763
Oct. 7	Proclamation of 1763
1764
April 5	The Sugar Act
September 1	The Currency Act
1765
March 22	The Stamp Act
March 24	The Quartering Act of 1765
May 29	Patrick Henry's "If this be treason, make the most of it!" speech
May 30	The Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions
Oct. 7-25	The Stamp Act Congress
1766
March 18	The Declaratory Act
1767
June 29	The Townshend Revenue Act
1768
August 1	Boston Non-Importation Agreement
1770
March 5	The Boston Massacre
1772
June 9	The Gaspee Affair
1773
May 10	The Tea Act
Dec. 16	The Boston Tea Party
1774
March 31	Boston Port Act, one of the "Intolerable Acts"
May 20	Administration of Justice Act, one of the "Intolerable Acts"
May 20	Massachusetts Government Act, one of the "Intolerable Acts"
June 2	Quartering Act of 1774, one of the "Intolerable Acts"
June 22	Quebec Act, one of the "Intolerable Acts"
Sept. 5-Oct. 26	The First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia and issues Declaration and Resolves
Oct. 10	Battle of Point Pleasant, Virginia (disputed as to whether it was a battle of the American Revolution or the culmination of Lord Dunmore's War)
Oct. 20	The Association (prohibition of trade with Great Britain)
Oct. 24	Galloway's Plan rejected
1775
March 23	Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech
Apr. 18	The Rides of Paul Revere and William Dawes Read more here