1775 King George III http://www.parthenonuk.com/photo_gallery5.php

1774 With The Boston Port Act, the British closed the Port of Boston http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/boston.html

1774 With The Quebec Act, the British claimed control from the St. Lawrence to the Mississippi http://www.uppercanadahistory.ca/uel/uel2p8a.jpg

1774 Louis the 14th becomes King of France http://worldroots.com/brigitte/royal/royal6a.htm

1774 With the Quartering Act, the British require colonists host British troops. http://www.manhattanrarebooks.com/quarteringact.htm

1774 The First Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/cox_corr/g_exp/first_continental.cfm?closeup=1

1774 Grievances were received by Lord Chatham but Parliament voted against relief http://www.generalatomic.com/AmericanHistory/continental.html

1775 Patrick Henry "Give me Liberty, or Give me Death" http://membrane.com/pac/liberty.html

1775 Fort Ticonderoga captured by Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold, and the Green Mountain Boys Militia http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/revolution-images/

1775 With grievances unsettled, The Second Continental Congress met at the Philadelpia Statehouse to declare independence http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AmericanRevolution/SecondCongress.htm