1765

8-Dec

Eli Whitney (Inventor)

14-Nov

Robert Fulton (builder of first profitable steamboat)

23-Nov

Frederick County, Maryland, repudiated the British Stamp Act.

1-Nov

The Stamp Act went into effect in the British Colonies, prompting stiff resistance from the Colonists.

19-Oct

The Stamp Act Congress, also known as the Continental Congress of 1765, issued a Declaration of Rights and Grievances in response to the Stamp Act

7-Oct

The Stamp Act Congress convened in New York to draw up colonial grievances against England.

29-May

Patrick Henry denounced the Stamp Act before Virginia’s House of Burgesses. Responding to a cry of “Treason!” Henry replied, “if this be treason, make the

3-May

The first school of medicine in the American colonies, the Medical School of the College of Philadelphia (now the Perelman School of Medicine at the

24-Mar

Britain enacted the Quartering Act, requiring American Colonists to provide housing to British soldiers.

22-Mar

Britain enacted the Stamp Act to raise money from the American colonies. The act set off such a strong protest that it was repealed in

8-Dec

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1-Nov

19-Oct

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29-May

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24-Mar

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Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell