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The French and Indian War (1754-1763)
The French Indian War was one of a series of wars between the British and French starting as early as the 1600s. -
Stamp Act
These taxes angered the colonists and they managed to force the British to eliminate the Stamp Act and to reduce the taxes on sugar. -
Boston Massacre
Taxation and other issues built tension between Britain and the colonies. This tension showed between the colonists and the British soldiers posted in Boston. -
Tea Party
On the evening of December 16, 1773, a group of men calling themselves the "Sons of Liberty" went to the Boston Harbor. The men were dressed as Mohawk Indians. They boarded three British ships, the Beaver, the Eleanor and the Dartmouth, and dumped forty-five tons of tea into the Boston Harbor -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
On April 18, 1775, British General Thomas Gage sent 700 soldiers to destroy guns and ammunition the colonists had stored in the town of Concord, just outside of Boston. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, only days after George Washington was elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army -
The Quest for Independence
The quest for independence started long before the American Revolution. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was approved at the Second Constitutional Congress. The Declaration of Independence introduced a fundamental change in the view of government. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris officially ended the revolution, and recognized the United States of America as an independent nation -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention held in 1787 approved the Constitution of the United States of America.
