| A | B |
|---|
| 1607 | Jamestown founded |
| 1608 | Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec |
| 1689 | King William's War begins the French and Indian Wars |
| 1718 | The French establish New Orleans |
| 1754 | George Washington starts the Seven Years' War; Albany Congress |
| 1757 | William Pitt takes over the British war effort |
| 1759 | The French are defeated at the Battle of Quebec |
| 1763 | Treaty of Paris; Proclamation of 1762 |
| 1764 | Sugar Act: first act to raise revenue |
| 1765 | The Quartering Act, Stamp Act, Stamp Act Congress |
| 1766 | Declaratory Act |
| 1767 | Townshend Acts |
| 1770 | The Boston Massacre |
| 1772 | Committees of Correspondence founded |
| 1773 | British East India Company is bailed out with Tea Act; Boston Tea Party |
| 1774 | The Intolerable Acts; Quebec Act; First Continental Congress |
| 1775 | Lexington and Concord; Second Continental Congress |
| 1776 | Thomas Paine writes Common Sense; Declaration of Independence |
| 1777 | Battle of Saratoga; Articles of Confederation drafted |
| 1778 | Franco-American alliance formalized |
| 1781 | Battle of Yorktown |
| 1783 | Treaty of Paris ends the War for Independence |
