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The Proclamation of 1763
Prevented English settlement west of the appilantion mountians and anyone already there was forced to move back east. -
sugar act
England taxed sugar and wines to help pay for expenses during the french and idian war -
The stamp act
The stamp act was a tax on all printed goods -
The quartering act
colonists had to house and supply british troops -
The stamp act was repealed
After much debate with parlament King George 3 repealed the stamp act. -
The declartory act
Stated that the british goverment had total control to pass any legestlation on the colonies -
the Townshend Revenue Acts
Taxed colonists on daily items like tea, paint, and paper -
The boston massachure
British soliders fire into a crowd of colonists and killed and wounded some of them. -
The townshend acts are repealed
All townshend act taxes are repealed excepted for the one on tea -
Gaspee Affair
Colonists attack british ship in Rhode Island -
The tea act
Taxs colonies tea imports and gives the British East India Company a monopoly on tea -
The boston tea party
Discised as indians colonists dump tea in boston harbor -
the Intolerable Acts
Parlament pass laws on colonists to make them pay for the boston tea party including the boston port act -
First contintental congress
first continental congess meets including some of the founding fathers -
concord and lexington
The shot heard around the world was at concords northern brige and then when british soliders entered lexington they were attacked and forced to retreat by colonists -
The Second Continental Congress
Appointed George Washington as general of colonial army -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Colonists lost the battle due to lack of amuntion but made the british take heavy losses -
The olive branch pettition
Colonists signed a pettition stating that they wanted peaceful negotations with britian but the king refused to even look at it and declared colonists were in open rebellion. -
Common sense
Thomas paine writes the paphlet "Common Sense" that argues for independence from britian. -
The Declaration of Independence
The continetal congress agreed to formally sign the declaration of independence and slipt from britian -
Washington crosses the deleware
General Washington crosses the deleware river on christmas and captures 1500 enemy mercanarys -
The Articles of Confederation
The colonists adopted the to form their new goverment -
Valley Forge
Washington settles his men to spend the winter at valley forge -
France declares war on england
France declares war on britian -
Spain declare war with britian
Spain declares war with england butdosent ally with the colonists -
Yorktown
Gen. Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown to Gen.Washington -
War ends
Congress declares that the Revolutionary War is over -
The treaty of paris
The Colonies and england sign a peace treaty in paris -
change articles
Continental congress calls for a convention to amend the articles of confederation. -
constintutional convention
Delegates meet in phildelphia to change the articles of confederation. -
consitution is ratified
By this time the nessisary 9 states have ratifed the consitution. -
1st vice president
John Adams is sworn in as first vice president of the united states -
1st president
George Washington is sworn in as first president of the united states -
Bill of rights
U.S. congress has adopted the bill of rights and sent it to the states to be ratified. -
U.S. Army
The United States army is established -
The Post
United states postal service is made. -
Mint
The United States mint is made. -
Drafting
The united states military draft is made. -
Reelected
George Washington and John Adams are reelected to be president and vice president again. -
11th amendment
The 11th Amendment is passed by congress. -
Navy
The United States Navy is made. -
2nd president
John Adams is sworn in as 2nd president of the united states and Thomas Jefferson is sworn in as vice president. -
Marines
The United States marine corp is made. -
Washington DC
Washington DC becomes the offical capital of the united states
