1689	Dec	17		First paper money is introduced
1700	Dec	19		Boston reps to endeavor against slavery
1704	Apr	11		Boston gets a newspaper
1721	Dec	24		Boston is incorporated as a city
1755	Jan	1		New England troops sail for Seven Year War
1765	Jan	1		Protests erupt against Stamp Act of 1765
1768	Sep	30		British troops come to maintain order in Boston
1770	Mar	5		Boston Massacre mirrors growing resentment
1772	Nov	20		Boston Committee draws rights of colonists
1773	Dec	16		Boston Tea Party brings revolutionary war closer