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Stamp Act
The British put taxes on all paper goods in America, colonist got really mad. -
Stamp Act Repeals
England repealed the Stamp Act, the colonist were happy now. -
Boston Massacre
Colonist got into a fight with British soldiers, five of the colonist were killed. -
The Battle of Alamance
Tryon led an attack on a group of rebels. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of rebels dressed as Indians that dumped Britsh tea into the Boston Harbor. -
The First Continental Congress
Twelve colonies came together to discuss how to convince Britian to change its policies of taxation. -
The Edenton Tea Party
A group of women signed a document that said they were in support of boycott on British goods. -
The Battle of Moores Creek Bridge
The British troops ordered to move some of the planks and grease the rest of them. -
The Declaration of Independence
The colonies sent a letter to the king of Britan declaring their independence. -
The Battle of Cowpens
The patriots confronted the British Army and won the battle with fewer soldiers. -
The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
The British army fought patriots outside the Guilford Courthouse, the British lost many men but still won. -
The Treaty of Paris
Benjamin Franklin met with Britsh officials in Paris to sign the treaty which formally ended the war. -
Northwest territory is Established
On this day in 1787 Congress inacts the Northwest oredinance structuring settlement of the northwest territory and creating a policy for the addition of the new states. -
The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia
55 deligates met in Philadelphia to discuss the Articles of the Confederation. They decided that the articles were to weak, so they rewrote the whole thing. -
Delware becomes the First State to Ratify the Constitution
Delware's ratification proved that the states were willing to consider an extra legal document drafted behind closed doors. In many ways the ratification proccess was assortive second american revolution and Delware's unanamous vote accurately foretold that it take place without bloodshed. -
George Washington became the President of the United States
In 1789, deligates from the states that had verified the consititution elected George Washington as the first president of the United States. -
Eli Whitney invents the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin to help sort cotton faster. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was a deal between America and France where America bought 827,000 square miles of land West of the Mississippi River for $15,000,000. -
U.S. Law ends legal importation of enslaved Africans
The United States issued a law stating that you could no longer bring new slaves into America. -
The Beginning of the war of 1812
The Americans joined the war because the British were taking British born american citizens. -
The End of the War of 1812
The Britsh Army attacked New Orleans and was quickly destroyed by the better American Army. -
The Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act moved thousands of Indians west Mississippi River. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Lincoln in 1862. The was written to end slavery. It eventually ended slavery only in the Confederate States. -
The 13th Admendment
The 13th Admendment abolished slavery. It was last ratified on March 16th, 1995. -
The 15th Admendment
The 15th Admendment prohibits denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, color, or former slaves. This declared all men the right to vote. -
America Becomes a Nation of Immigrands
Thousands of immigrants moved to the United States from a variety of countries. -
The Automobile changes the Face of America
The automobiles made transportaion alot easier in the United States, aslo Congress created cross country road.
