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- 1754
- Start of the French and Indian War, pitting the French and their Indian allies against the British for control of North America.
- 1760
- George III becomes King of England.
- 1762
- James Otis Jr., brother of Mercy Otis Warren, publishes a pamphlet arguing for a limitation on Parliament's right to interfere with colonial affairs.
- 1763
- French and Indian War ends with a British victory. To appease Native Americans, King George III forbids colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
- 1765
- In March, King George III approves the Stamp Act, which taxes the American colonies to pay for the French and Indian War. Horace Walpole, British Member of Parliament, opposes the Stamp Act before Parliament and speaks out for the rights of American colonists.
- In July, Boston patriots ("Sons of Liberty") unite in opposition to the Stamp Act. In August, a mob destroys the...
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