Albany Plan of Union (1754) - Colonists from 7 colonies met in Albany to discuss many issues including the war, Benjamin Franklin proposed a Plan of Union - a loose confederation of the 13 colonies and while the plan was never carried, the idea of uniting together remained.

1763 - Chief Pontiac led n attack against colonial settlements on the western frontier. British sent over troops to fight instead of using colonial militias.

1763 - Colonists were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

April 1764 - Placed a tax on foreign (non-British) sugar and certain luxuries

June 1772 - Rhode Island colonists burned the British patrol ship the Gaspee

Between 1772 - 1774, each colony established a Patriot led government that opposed British policies and became a communication network between the colonies.

December 1773 - Boston patriots dressed as Native Americans boarded ships and dumped 342 chests of tea worth about $1 million today into the harbor

1774 - also known as the Coercive Acts; passed to punish the people of Boston and Massachusetts for the Tea Party; closed the port of Boston until the tea was paid for; gave more power to the royal governor; allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be tried in England instead of the colonies; expanded the Quartering Act

Sept. - Oct. 1774 - met in Philadelphia in response to the Intolerable Acts; Georgia was the only colony that did not send a representative

April 19, 1775 - British troops on their way to destroy weapons