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Privy Council
The Privy Council was established in 1704, and it regulated the value of foreign coins according to the silver content. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act caused each colonial assembly was directed to provide for the basic needs of soldiers stationed within the borders. -
Board of Trade
The Board of Trade ordered royal governors to veto any paper issues -
The Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a time when we retreated back into deep religious roots of Pietism, which meant mystical unities mixed with emotions. Two great orators came from this, their names where Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield. -
Georgia
Georgia was established in 1732. It was founded by James Oglethorpe. -
War Breaks out in Georgia
War begins to break out in 1739. Oglethorpe and the British troops decided to under take invasion of Florida. -
Stono Rebellion
The Stono Rebellion broke in South Carolina in 1739. The purpose of this rebellion was to give freedom to the fugitive slaves. -
The Parliament Forbids
Parliament passed an act forbidding anyone from accepting as legal tender any paper money issued by New England colonies -
French and Indian War
The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America. In 1759 the French surrendered. This war ultimately pushed us toward the American Revolution. -
Georgia the Royal Colony
Georgia became a royal colony in 1755. -
Rule of 1756
The Rule of 1756 made all ships of neutral countries could not trade with ports in which they had been excluded before the war. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was established to help regain the money we lost from the French and Indian War. We did that by raising the taxes from the colonies. -
Sugar Act
The sugar act replaced the Molasses act of 1733, which raised the taxes of sugar. -
Proclamation Line
The Proclamation Line honored the promises we made to Delaware and Iroquois by giving them the land we owed them. -
Currency Act
The Currency Act threatened to destabilize the entire colonial economy. Now colonists can no longer make money -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was the first direct tax on American colonies, which caused everything to have a stamp. And they placed taxes on the stamps. -
Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress made a petition to the king to change the Stamp Act -
Townsend Duties
The Townsend Duties taxed paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. -
Revenue Act
The Revenue Act created the Board of Customs and Commissioners. -
Mother Ann Lee and the Shakers
The Shakers began when Ann Lee a vision in 1770, which apparently shows her as the incarnation of Christ. When she died in 1784, her followers believed she was the female version of Christ. -
Boston Massacre
The British were patrolling the streets. Before you know it shots began to fire. In the end, 5 Bostonians and two boys laid dead. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act proposed to give monopoly to East India company on direct sales to the colonies -
Boston Tea Party
The Bostonians would not let the tea be unlocked until we payed the tax, so 30 to 130 men dressed in Indian costumes to throw the tea overboard. -
First Continental Congress
The Continental Congress was structured with emphasis on equality of participants and to promote free debate. -
American Revolution
The American Revolution begins in 1775 -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
77 men led by Captain John Parker men the British outside Lexington. The led to the famous saying "Shot Heard Around the World" -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress formed the continental army, which was led by George Washington -
French Support
France recognizes independence of the United States -
Battle of Saratoga
General Horatio Gates jumps on Burgoyne at Saratoga, the British surrendered. The Battle of Saratoga is considered the turning point of the American Revolution -
Loophole
Most American's supported the french revolution until the Reign of Terror began. We then created the US mutual assistance treaty with France in 1778. This was a loophole that basically allowed us the proclaim neutrality. -
Valley Forge
We marched out of valley forge in pursuit of British who left Philadelphia. -
End of the American Revolution
The American Revolution end on October 19, 1781. -
Northwest Ordinances of 1784, 1785, 1787
The Northwest Ordinances created procedures for 5 future states and it surveyed the Northwest territory to sale the land. -
Shay's Rebellion
The Shay Rebellion was created by Daniel Shay and he threatened to collapse the young nation if the property taxes were not to be reduced. -
George Washington Becomes President
George Washington was unanimously voted for our new county's first president. His Vice President was John Adams. -
Judiciary Act
The Judiciary Act established a federal judiciary system, which was the Federal District Court and the Circuit Court. -
The Second Great Awakening
The second Great Awakening made the United States a generally Christian society. We had camp meetings where and hear sermons. The most popular one was Cane Ridge, which had gone on for 9 days and 9 nights. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights was the first 10 amendments in the Constitution. -
Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion was created because the new whiskey tax was to much of a burden on western farmers. George Washington established an army to put down the rebellion before it came out of hand like Shay's Rebellion did. -
Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin in invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. -
Election of 1796
John Adams barely won, his vice president was Thomas Jefferson, who was from a separate party. -
Alien Act
The Alien Act authorized the president to deport any foreigner deemed "dangerous to peace and safety of the United States" -
Sedition Act
The Sedition Act published statements that held the US government in "contempt or disrepute" But this did not go well because it violated the Bill of Rights -
Death of George Washington
Our first president, George Washington, died in December 1799.