Parliament of Great Britain Timeline of Events

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The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland...

Timeline of Events

1707

10.23.1707

The first Parliament of Great Britain meets.

1765

3.22.1765

The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.

1768

6.21.1768

James Otis, Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.

1773

4.27.1773

The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade.

1774

7.4.1774

Orangetown Resolutions adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts thumb becomes a nation in 1776]]

1775

2.9.1775

American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.

1791

1.25.1791

The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada.