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Creation of New Jersey
The two separate provinces of East New Jersey and West New Jersey are joined together by Queen Anne to from New Jersey. -
Birth of George Washington
In Westmoreland County, Virginia, George Washington was born. -
Invention of Lightning Rod
Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod after flying a kite during a thunderstorm to prove that lightning was in fact electricity. -
Beginning of the French and Indian War
French forces had built and occupied Fort Duquesne in Pittsburgh and did not want to leave Virginia territory despite warnings. George Washington along his troops d Fort Duquesne, which was an initial action of the French and Indian War. -
End of the French and Indian War
The peace treaty that ceded Canada and the American midwest to England signals and tightened the control of Great Britain's colonial administration that it had on North America. -
Sugar Act
Lumber, food, molasses, and rum in the British colonies are put under a duty through the Sugar Act. -
Stamp Act and the Events After
The Stamp Act is enacted by the British Government on March 22, which required revenue stamps, taxes, to pay for England's troops. Therefore, nine American colonies adopted a Declaration of Rights that was against taxation without representation. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts are enacted; which placed more levies on glass, painter's lead, paper, and tea. Excluding the tax on tea, all of these would later be repealed in three years. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre occurs after British troops fired into a mob in Boston that were protesting against British troops at the customs commission. There were about forty to fifty casualties resulting from the massacre. -
Boston Tea Party
When the English East India Company sought financial assistance, England allows the company to ship surplus tea to America at low cost; this upset colonists. Led by Josiah Quincy and Samuel Adams, a group of people from Boston discussed the new British tax on tea and then boarded three ships in the nearby harbor, and proceeded to toss the 342 chests of tea overboard. Parliament to closed Boston port, which pushed the American colonies one step closer to war. -
Lexington and Concord
Paul Revere and William Dawes rode through the night, warning patriots that the British were coming to Concord to destroy the arms located there. The battles of Lexington and Concord started the American Revolution. Colonists had began to gather arms and powder in the months prior during the anticipation that fighting the British would become necessary. -
George Washington's Appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army
George Washington is appointed by the Continental Congress as the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. -
End of the Revolutionary War
John Adams and signs the peace treaty that would officially end the Revolutionary War. -
1st President of the United States
George Washington is elected by the Electoral College to serve as the 1st President of the United States.
