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The british put taxes on all paper products.
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England repeals the stamp act.
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The colonist got in a fight with british soldiers and five colonists were killed.
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Tryon led an attack on a group of rebels.
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A group of rebels dressed as indians and dump the british tea into the boston harbor.
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12 colonies came together to disscus how to convince britan change is policies on taxation.
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A group sign a document that said they were in support of the boycott on british goods.
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The british troop were orderd to remove some of the planks and cover the rest in soap.
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The colonies sent a letter to the king of britan declaring their independence.
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The patriots confronted the british and won with fewer soldiers.
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The british army fought the patriots outside the guilford courthouse and lost many men but they still won.
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Benjamin Franklin in paris to sign the treaty which formally ended the war.
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On this day in 1787 congress enacted the north west ordinance structuring settlement of the northwest territory and creating a policy for the addition of new states to the nation.
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55 delegates meet in philadelphia to discuss the articles of confederation. They dicided that the articles were to weak and re-wrote the whole thing.
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Delaware's ratification proved that the states were willing to consider an extra legal document drafted behind closed doors. In many ways the ratification process was a sort of second american revolution and delawares unanamous vote accuratly foretold that it would take place without bloodshed.
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In 1789, delegates from states that had ratified the constitution elected george washington as the first president of the united states.
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Eli whitney invented the cotton which helped sort cotton faster.
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The lousiana purchase was a deal between america and france were america bought 827,000 square miles of land west of the mississippi river for $15,000,000.
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The united statews issued a law stating that you could no longer bring new slaves into america.
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America joined the war because th british were taking britsh born american citizens.
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A britsh army attacked new orleans and was quikly destroyed by the better american army.
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The indian removal act moved thousands of indians west of the mississippi river.
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Thousand of immagrants move to the united states from a variety of countries.
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The automobile made transportation alot easier in the us also congress created a cross country highway.
