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| 2/2/1732 - George Washington is Born |
| 12/28/1732 - Poor Richard's Almanack Published |
| 10/30/1739 - War of Jenkins' Ear |
| 6/24/1750 - Iron Act of 1750 |
| 6/1/1751 - Currency Act of 1751 |
| 8/12/1754 - French and Indian War |
| 2/15/1755 - General Braddock arrives in Virginia |
| 1/1/1756 - Seven Years' War |
| 10/25/1760 - King George III crowned |
| 4/5/1764 - Sugar Act (The American Revenue Act of 1764) |
| 2/2/1765 - Stamp Act of 1765 |
| 3/24/1765 - Quartering Act of 1765 |
| 5/29/1765 - The Virginia Resolves |
| 8/1/1765 - Sons of Liberty Formed |
| 3/18/1766 - Stamp Act Repealed |
| 3/18/1766 - Declatory Act |
| 6/29/1767 - Townshend Revenue Acts |
| 3/5/1770 - Boston Massacre |
| 4/12/1770 - Townshend Revenue Acts Repealed |
| 12/5/1770 - British Soldiers Acquited |
| 5/10/1773 - Tea Act |
| 12/16/1773 - Boston Tea Party |
| 6/1/1774 - Intolerable Acts |
| 9/1/1774 - New England Prepares for War |
| 9/5/1774 - First Continental Congress |
| 3/30/1775 - New England Restraining Act |
| 4/19/1775 - Battles of Lexington and Concord |
| 5/10/1775 - Second Continental Congress |
| 6/15/1775 - George Washington is named commander-in-chief. |
| 6/17/1775 - Battle of Bunker Hill |
| 7/6/1775 - Olive Branch Petition |
| 12/22/1775 - Continental Navy Created |
| 1/10/1776 - Common Sense Published |
| 3/17/1776 - British Evacuate Boston |
| 7/4/1776 - Congress Declares Independence |
| 8/27/1776 - Battle of Long Island |
| 10/28/1776 - Battle of White Plains |
| 11/16/1776 - Battle of Fort Washington |
| 12/26/1776 - Battle of Trenton |
| 1/3/1777 - Battle of Princeton |
| 8/16/1777 - Battle of Oriskany |
| 8/16/1777 - Battle of Bennington |
| 9/11/1777 - Battle of Brandywine |
| 9/19/1777 - Battle of Saratoga (Freeman's Farm) |
| 10/4/1777 - Battle of Germantown |
| 10/7/1777 - Battle of Saratoga (Bemis Heights) |
| 6/28/1778 - Battle of Monmouth |
| 12/29/1778 - Capture of Savannah |
| 3/29/1780 - Siege of Charleston |
| 8/16/1780 - Battle of Camden |
| 10/7/1780 - Battle of King's Mountain |
| 1/17/1781 - Battle of Cowpens |
| 3/15/1781 - Battle of Guilford Courthouse |
| 9/8/1781 - Battle of Eutaw Springs |
| 10/9/1781 - Battle of Yorktown |