Tuesday, May 19, 2015

18th Century Timeline (1761-1775)

1762: Catherine becomes Czarina
1763: Treaty of Paris
1763: Proclamation of 1763
1764: Sugar Act
1765: Stamp Act
1765: Quartering Act
1766: The Declatory Act
1767: Townshend Duties
1768-74: Russo-Turkish War
1769-70: James Cook in New Zealand and Australia
1769-73: Bengal Famine
1770: Boston Massacre
1771: Arkwright Factory
1773: Tea Act
1773: Boston Tea Party
1773-75: Pugachev's Rebellion
1773: East Indian Company founded
1774: Intolerable Acts
1774: First Continental Congress
1775: Lexington and Concord
1775: Ticonderoga falls to Benedict Arnold
1775: Second Continental Congress
1775: Olive Branch Petition
1775-83: American Revolution

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