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The Age of George III |
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| 1733 | Molasses Act is passed | |
| 1748 | July | Parliament sets aside £235,749 to reimburse the colonies for war debts |
| November | The codification of laws in Virginia is completed | |
| 1750 | May | The Board of Trade in England recommends that ten Virginia laws should be disallowed |
| 1751 | April | The Virginia House of Burgesses questions the right of Parliament to interfere in colonial affairs |
| 1754 | Start of the French and Indian War | |
| 1755 | October | The Virginia "Twopenny Act" is passed |
| 1756 | The French and Indian War becomes part of the Seven Years' War | |
| 1757 | June | Pitt the Elder is reappointed Secretary of State in Newcastle's ministry |
| 1760 | 26 October | Accession of George III to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland |
| 1763 | February | The Peace of Paris terminated the Seven Years' War |
| 30 March | The Cider Tax is passed | |
| 8 April | Bute resigns as PM and is succeeded by George Grenville | |
| 8 October | A royal proclamation fixes the boundaries in North America and the West Indies | |
| 11 October | A circular letter from the Board of Trade to colonial governors says that there must be strict adherence to the Navigation laws | |
| 1764 | Currency Act is passed | |
| 5 April | The Sugar Act extends and amends the 1733 Molasses Act | |
| August | Parliament sends the first official notices to the colonies of the proposed stamp duty | |
| October-
December |
New York, Massachusetts and Virginia remonstrate with parliament about the Sugar Act | |
| 1765 | Quartering Act is passed | |
| February | Several colonial agents, including Jared Ingersoll and Benjamin Franklin, meet Grenville to oppose the Stamp Act | |
| 22 March | Royal assent is given to the Stamp Act | |
| May | Start of the colonial opposition to the Stamp Act | |
| 10 July | Grenville resigns as PM and is succeeded by the second Marquis of Rockingham | |
| 14 August | the Stamp Act riots begin in Boston. | |
| August-October | colonial opposition to the Stamp Act mounts. There are incidents of effigy hanging and most of the Stamp collectors resign | |
| 7 October | the Stamp Act Congress meets in New York | |
| 1 November | the Stamp Act comes into effect. All colonial ports are closed because no stamps are available | |
| 2 November | Ports in Virginia open illegally; other colonial ports follow suit | |
| 1766 | January | British merchants petition parliament for repeal of the Stamp Act |
| February | the Stamp Act debates begin in the House of Lords | |
| 18 March | Royal assent is given for the Declaratory Act and for the repeal of the Stamp Act | |
| July | Rockingham resigns and is succeeded by Pitt the Elder, now Earl of Chatham | |
| 1767 | The American Import Duties Act is passed, causing more troubles in the colonies | |
| 1768 | October | Chatham resigns and is succeeded by Grafton
Troops arrive in Boston |
| 1770 | January | Grafton resigns and is succeeded by Lord North |
| March | Partial repeal of the Townshend Duties
Boston Massacre |
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12 January, 2016
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