| A | B |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Anger; colonists moved west anyway |
| Stamp Act passed | Boycotts of British goods; first colonial Congress assembled |
| Stamp Act repealed | Boycotts ended |
| Declaratory Act passed | Colonists continued to celebrate the Stamp Act's repeal |
| Townshend Acts passed | New boycotts, Boston Massacre |
| Townshend Acts repealed | Committees of correspondence formed |
| Tea Act passed | Boston Tea Party |
| Intolerable Acts passed | First Continental Congress summoned; militias trained |
| Troops ordered to Lexington and Concord | Second Continental Congress summoned; Continental Army formed |