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Massacre in 1711
Hostilities break out began when the settlers were massacred in the Tuscorora Indian War by the Native Americans in North Carolina. War lasted for 2 years. -
Tea Introduced
Tea introduced to American colonies by the Dutch.The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam was acquired by the English who renamed the settlement New York and passed on many of the tea drinking customs that were common in England. -
New Orleans
In 1718 New Orleans was fouunded by the French. Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, a founder of outposts in what are now Biloxi, Mississippi, and Mobile, Alabama, placed a cross at a point where the Mississippi curved near Lake Pontchartrain to mark the site for a new settlement -
The Molasses Act
The Molasses Act was passed by the English Parliament. Rum & sugar were imported from non-British islands in the carribean which led the English to be protected from the French & Dutch. -
The England War
In 1739 England declare war on Spain, as a result, in America hostilities break out between Florida, Spaniards, Georgia, & South Carolina colonists. 3 seperate violent uprisings by black slaves occur in South Carolina. -
The Iron Act
The Iron Act is passed by the English Parliament, limiting the growth of the iron industry in the American colonies to protect the England Iron. -
French & Indian War
The French & Indian war erupts as a dispute over land in the Ohio River Valley. In May, George Washington leads a small group of American colonists to victory over French. Then builds fort necessity in the Ohio territory. In July, after being attacked by numerically superior French forces, Washington surrenders the fort & retreats. -
Currency Act
Currency Act prohibits from issuing any legal tender paper money. This act threatens to destabilize the entire colonial economy of both the industrial N. & agricultural S., uniting colonists against it. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act is passed by the English Parliament to offset the war debt brought on by the French and Indian war and to help pay for the expenses of running the colonies and newly acquired territories. This Act increases the duties on imported sugar and other items such as textiles, coffee, wines and indigo [dye]. -
Stamp Act
Stamp Act (eff Nov 1) passed by the English Parliament. 1st time in 150 year old history of British colonies in America, Americans will pay tax not to their own local legislatures in America but to the England directly. Under Stamp Act, all printed materials are taxed (ex. bills, newspaper, legal documents, licenses, dice & playing cards). Led by the most influental segments of colonial society (ex. lawyers, publishers, land owners, ship builders, & merchants) who are most affected by the Act. -
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre is known as the conflict between soldiers & a Boston mob. Which in the attack the was a confusion & soldiers fired into the crowd. Five roiters were killed, including Crispus Attucks, an African American. -
The Boston Tea Party
About 8000 Bostonians gather to hear Sam Adams tell them Royal Governor Hutchinson has repeated his command not to allow the ships out of the harbor until the tea taxes are paid. That night, the Boston Tea Party occurs as colonial activists disguise themselves as Mohawk Indians then board the ships and dump all 342 containers of tea into the harbor. -
The Continental Congress
Coercive Acts were restrictive new laws passed by the Parliament intended to punish Boston with unintended effect. In Philadelphia the Continental Congress drew up a list of rights that Parliament should respect, declared their loyalty to the king & defend themselves from any attack by the British army. In regards to the list of rights they were not ready to cut their ties to Britain, but also refused to obey Parliament. -
Intolerable Acts
English Parliament passes the first of a series of Coercive Acts (called Intolerable Acts by Americans) in response to the rebellion in Massachusetts. The Boston Port Bill effectively shuts down all commercial shipping in Boston harbor until Massachusetts pays the taxes owed on the tea dumped in the harbor and also reimburses the East India Company for the loss of the tea. -
The Second Continential Congress
In June the Second Continential Congress created a committee to draft a declaration, or formal statement of independence. Thomas Jefferson wrote the draft. On July 4, Congress approved the Declaration of Independence.It announced to the world that the thirteen former British colonies had become the free and independent United States of America. -
Battle of Yorktown & End of Revolutionary War
In 1781, the Americans, with the help of the French, won a major victory at the Battle of Yorktown. In 1783, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, & other colonial leaders signed the Treaty of Paris with representatives of Britain. The treaty ended the Revolutionary War & recognized the United States as an independent nation. -
Great Compromise
In 1787, delegates from 12 states met to review the Virginia Plan. The plan proposed new government with 3 branches: a legislature, an executive, & a judiciary. The states population would determine the number of its representatives in Congress. The plan gave the national government more power, but each state had an equal vote.
