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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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| c. 1770 |
| | | The triangular trade, controlled from Liverpool, ships millions of Africans across the Atlantic as slaves | |
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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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| 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 |
| | | Encouraged by Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine emigrates to America and settles in Philadelphia | |
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| 1774 |
| | | Illiterate visionary Ann Lee, leader of an English sect, the 'Shaking Quakers', crosses the Atlantic to spread the word | |
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| 1775 |
| | | John Singleton Copley, already established as America's greatest portrait painter, moves to London | |
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| 1778 |
| | | Benjamin Franklin persuades the French to sign a Treaty of Alliance, committing France to the US cause | |
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| 1778 |
| | | France, joining the American colonies in their fight against Britain, sends a large fleet across the Atlantic | |
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| 1778 |
| | | The American naval hero John Paul Jones makes successful raids around the coasts of Britain | |
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