HISTORY: UNITED STATES 
973.3 Revolution and confederation 
SUMMARY OF 973.3 
Political history 
Diplomatic history 
Special campains and battles 
General military history 
Naval history 
Celebrations 
Prisons, hospitals 
Personal narrativs 
.39 Illustrativ material 
.31 Political history; causes, results 
For financial history see 336.73 
Causes 
Stamp act 1765 
Navigation acts; mercantil policy 
Burning of the Gaspé 17 June 1772 
Boston massacre 5 Mar. 1770 
Taxation and representation 
Tax on tea 1767 Boston tea party 16 Dec. 1773 
Boston port bill 1774 
Political history 1775-83 
Continental congress See 328.73 U. S. legislativ bodies 
Declaration of independence 4 July 1776 See also 973.361 
Mecklenburg declaration 20 May 1775 
Loyalists, tories See also 973.381 Treason and traitors 
Relations of special classes to the Revolution 
Clergy and churches 
Lawyers 
College graduates 
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1775-89 
316 
317 Treaty of peace 1783 
Concluded at Paris 3 Sep. 1783: ratified 14 Jan. 1784 
318 Confederation 1783-89 
Shay’s rebellion 1786-87 Massachusetts 
Cession of western territory to United States 
319 
.32 Diplomatic history; relations with other nations 
Divided like 940; e. g. 973.324 Relations with France; 973.326 Relations with 
Spain 
.33 Special campains and battles 
331 Campains of 1773 
Lexington and Concord 19 April See also 973.352 
Bunker Hill 17 June See also 973.366 
Siege of Boston June 1y7x-March 1776 
Ticonderoga 10 May 
Crown Point 12 May 
“anadian expeditions 
Montgomery 
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Events in the south