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Stamp act of 1765
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used -
Boston tea party
British Parliament closes the port of Boston in response to the Boston Tea Party. -
The history place
American Revolution: Conflict and Revolution 1775-1776. April 14, 1775 - Massachusetts Governor Gage is secretly ordered by the British to enforce the Coercive Acts and suppress "open rebellion" among colonists by using all necessary force. -
Issuing the Declaration of Independence
By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independenc -
1787 George Washington
- January 2, Washington forwards to governor Nicholas Cooke a letter from General James Varnum advising him that Rhode Island's troop quota ... The American Revolution has become an international war.
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Battle of Yorktown
On this day in 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops -
Treaty of paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. The Continental Congress named a five-member commission to negotiate a treaty–John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Laurens. -
The Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 was a conference held in Philadelphia in which state delegates met to frame the United States Constitution. The purpose of the convention was to amend the inefficient Articles of Confederation that had served as the preliminary constitution for the United States since 1781.
