Document Gateway: John Dickinson, “The Liberty Song” (1768)
Excerpt from “The Liberty Song” (Massachusetts Historical Society)
Image Gateway: Boston Massacre (1770)
Paul Revere’s print depicting the Boston Massacre (1770)
The Colonial Crisis: A Timeline of Documents
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- 1763 Royal Proclamation
- 1764 Sugar Act // Currency Act
- 1765 Stamp Act // Sons of Liberty
- 1765 Thomas Whately’s defense of Stamp Act // Daniel Dulany’s response
- 1766 Benjamin Franklin’s testimony before the House of Commons
- 1766 Repeal of Stamp Act // Declaratory Act
- 1767 Townshend Duties // John Dickinson’s Letters
- 1768 Mass Circular Letter // Seizure of Hancock’s ship // “Liberty” song
- 1769 William Knox’s defense of Parliamentary sovereignty
- 1770 Boston Massacre // Repeal of Townshend Duties (except tea)
- 1773 Relief for East India Company // Boston Tea Party
- 1774 Coercive or Intolerable Acts // First Continental Congress (Association)
- 1774 Thomas Jefferson’s “Summary View” pamphlet
- 1775 Lexington & Concord // Second Continental Congress
- 1776 Thomas Paine’s Common Sense // State constitutions
- 1776 Abigail Adams: Remember the Ladies
- 1776 Declaration of Independence