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Queen Ann's War
Queen Anne's War was the second in a series of French and Indian Wars fought in England's Thirteen American Colonies; in Europe, it is viewed as the North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession -
Birth of Washington
George Washington is born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. -
Benjamin Franklin Invents the Lightning Rod
Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod after earlier in the year proving that lightning was electricity by flying a kite in a thunderstorm. -
The End of The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War ends with a peace treaty that cedes Canada and the American Midwest to the English. This signals and effectively tightens the control of Great Britain's colonial administration of North America. -
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The American Revolution
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America. They defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War in alliance with France and others -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre occurred when British troops fired onto a Boston mob, who were demonstrating against British troops at the customs commission. This event was later credited as the first battle in the American Revolution, which began five years later, and was used as an incident to further the colonist's cause of rebellion. -
The Boston Tea Party
Meeting at the Old South Meeting House, Bostonians led by Josiah Quincy and Samuel Adams discussed the new British tax on tea and subsequently boarded three ships in the nearby harbor, tossing the 342 chests of tea overboard. The Boston Tea Party caused Parliament to close the port of Boston and pushed the American colonies one step closer to war. -
George Washington Becomes General
The Continental Congress appointed George Washington commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, sending him to Boston with the task to take charge of the ragtag militia there. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence, from the pen of Thomas Jefferson and his committee, was approved in the Second Continental Congress of the United States of America, held in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was influenced by many writers, including John Locke, and was emboldened by the notion that man had the natural right to change or overthrow the government that denied their rights. -
Peace Between America and Britain
In Paris, France, John Adams leads an American delegation and signs the peace treaty officially ending the Revolutionary War between the United States and Britain.
