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1702, Siege of St. Augustine
The siege of St. Augustine was the second of the four wars that occurred in the French and Indian wars. This war was of four great wars that broke out between France, England and the Indians. It begin when France decided to raid English settlements located in the English frontier, and what is known today to be Florida. -
1704, The Deerfield Massacre
In 1704, during Queen Anne's War, Deerfield, Massachusetts is attacked by the French and Indians. This led my one Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville, a French military commander. A day in advance, he had set up a camp just outside of Deerfield. The battle ended with both the French and Indians winning and a total of 56 killed and 100 captured. This would go on to be called the Raid on Deerfield or better known as the Deerfield Massacre. -
1732, George Washington is born
In 1732, on February 22, George Washington is born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. -
1750, The Iron Act
In 1750, the British Parliament enact what was called The Iron Act. This act was enforced so that Britain could be in control of where Iron goes and who in goes to. The act would protect British forges from the competition of Americans so that the British could be in control of trading iron in the colonies. -
1763, the French and Indian War comes to an end
In 1763, the Seven Year War, or the French and Indian War, comes to an end with the signing of a treaty that gives up both Canada and the American Midwest over to the English. In doing so, Great Britain's colonials grip on North America grows even more. -
1765, the Stamp Act is meant with disagreement
In 1765, the Stamp Act is passed by the British government that required American colonists to pay tax for paper that was been printed. They would also be taxed on such things and playing cards and newspapers. Furious by this, on October 22, nine different colonies decided to hold a stamp act congress in new York that would create a declaration of Rights that would be against taxing without representation. -
1770, the Boston Massacre
In 1770, Boston citizens begin demonstrating against British troops at the customs commission. This resulted in the troops warning the colonists to stop what they are doing several times, until the troops begin to open fire on them. The first person to fall was Crispus Attucks who was fugitive slave and merchant seaman near the front. Besides him, several others fell and died and this was the beginning to the America revolution. -
1789, George Washington is elected as the first American President
In 1789, on February 4, George Washington is chosen by the Electoral College as the first American President and John Adams is chosen as the first vice president. Along with that, the first Congress meet in the Federal Hall of New York City.