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| 1767 |
| | | The British Chancellor, Charles Townshend, passes a series of acts taxing all glass, lead, paint, paper and tea imported into the American colonies | |
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| 1770 |
| | | British troops fire into an unruly crowd in Boston, Massachusetts, killing five | |
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| 1770 |
| | | In response to American protests, the British government removes the Townshend duties on all commodities with the exception of tea | |
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| 1773 |
| | | Some fifty colonists, disguised as Indians, tip a valuable cargo of tea into Boston harbour as a protest against British tax | |
|  | Satirical response to British tea in America
National Archives, Kew
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| 1774 |
| | | As a retaliation for the Boston Tea Party, the British parliament closes Boston's port with the first of its Coercive Acts | |
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| 1774 |
| | | Britain's new Coercive (or Intolerable) Acts include the requirement that Massachusetts citizens give board and lodging to British troops | |
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| 1774 |
| | | Delegates from twelve American colonies meet in Philadelphia and agree not to import any goods from Britain | |
|  | Signatures on the petition of the Continental Congress
National Archives, Kew
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| 1775 |
| | | Patrick Henry makes a stirring declaration – 'Give me liberty or give me death' – to the Virginia Assembly | |
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| 1775 |
| | | General Gage sends a detachment of British troops to seize weapons held by American Patriots at Concord | |
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| 1775 |
| | | Paul Revere is one of the US riders taking an urgent warning to Concord, but he is captured on the journey | |
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