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Queen Anne's War
Queen Anne's ware was another French and Indian War that was fought under the rule of Queen Anne. -
First Regular Newpaper
The First regular newspaper was printed in Boston by John Campbell. -
Port Royal
British troops begin a 9-day siege on a French Held fort, Port Royal in Nova Scotia. The British capture the fort at the end of the siege. -
George Washington
George Washington was born -
Freedom of Press
Freedom of press is recognized in New York -
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The French and Indian War
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first battle of King George's War
The first battle of King George's War begins with a raid by New French against the British port of Canso. The four-year conflict against northern British colonies takes a heavy toll after battles in Maine, at Fort Massachusetts, and in Saratoga, New York. -
The Lightning rod
Ben Franklin Invents the Lightning Rod. -
Fort Duquesne
George Washington and his troops attack Fort Duquesne -
Stamp act
The British placed taxes on all types of paper. The paper required a special stamp from the government on it to prove the taxes have been paid on it. -
stamp act repealed
Stamp Act is repealed after the colonist attacked the stamp issuer in the colonies. -
Town shed Act
The Townshend act is placed on various commodities -
Sugar Act
The sugar act is placed on various commodities in the colonies. -
Boston massacre
The Boston massacre occurs where British soldiers shot colonist including the first casualty named Crispus Attacks -
Townshend repealed
The Townshend act is repealed except for the tea as a show of power over the colonists. -
organization of Committee of Correspondence
Samuel Adams starts planning the committee of correspondence meeting. -
Committee of Correspondence
The first meeting of the colonists trying to decide what to do about the tea problem. -
Boston Tea Party
Josiah Quincy and Samuel Adams decided to board three British ships and dump all the tea aboard the ship. They did so dressed as Indians. -
Boston Port Closed
The port of Boston is closed in response to the dumping of the British tea into the harbor previously. -
Intolerable Acts
The intolerable acts included the quartering act which allowed Britain to force colonists to house British troops free of charge. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress addressed the issues of the act and called for the colonies to boycott all British goods. -
Commander-in-Chief
The Continental Congress appoints George Washington as the Commander-in-Chief of the continental army. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet called common sense which was a resistance pamphlet against the British government. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was sent to the King Declaring the colonies free of British rule. -
Delaware River
General Washington crosses the Delaware River with his 2,400 troops to attack and defeats 1,400 hessian soldiers. In the first Battle of Trenton. -
The Battle of Princeton
General Washington and the 7,000 man Continental Army defeats British General Charles Cornwallis at Princeton, New Jersey. -
Star and Stripes
The Continental Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes as their flag. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union are adopted by the Continental Congress in Independence Hall. It serves as the first constitution of the United States. -
French Involvment
The French recognize the confederacy as an independent nation. They begin to assist the Americans in the battle against the English, which is a major turn in the war. -
French treaty
French sign the treaty of amity and commerce with the U.S. formally recognizing the independence of the states. -
First battle of Savanna
Georgia is lost to the British -
Bank of North America
The Bank of North America is incorporated in Philadelphia by an act of Congress to help stabilize the issuance of paper currency. It was capitalized in 1781 with $400,000. -
American Soil
The British start to withdraw their forces from North America. -
Treaty of Paris
The British recognize American independence informaly and signs a temporary treaty. -
Formal recognition
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. -
Shay's rebellion
Shay and other poor in-debt farmers revolt against the U.S A state-militia is employed to defeat the rebels who are placed in jail. -
1st President
George Washington is selected unanimously by the electoral college to serve as the first United States president. -
Constitution
Delegates at the Constitutional convention decide to adopt the constitution. -
Supreme Court
The Federal Judiciary Act is passed creating the Supreme Court. -
Bill of Rights
The bill of Rights is put into effect. -
2nd Term
George Washington is elected as president for a second term. -
Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin is patented by Eli Whitney. -
Whiskey Rebellion
Western Pennsylvania farmers rebel against a tax that was passed on liquor. The are suppressed by a militia to show that the federal government is indeed in power. -
George Washington's goodbye
George Washington gives his final address as president warning against political parties large public debt, etc., -
2nd President
The electoral college decides that John Adams will serve as the second president of the United States. -
Alien and Sedition acts.
Four bills that state it is unlawful to speak maliciously of the United State government. -
George Washington Passes
George Washington passes away at his estate in Virginia.