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French and Indian War
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This war was also known as the 7 years war. Because of the French being in the Ohio River Valley the British declared war on the French. Once the war was over in 1763. The British received parts of Canada from the French and Florida from Spain. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty were a secret organization that was established in the Thirteen American Colonies to advance the rights of the European colonists and to fight taxes by the British government. -
Stamp Act
The British Parliament in 1765 started to tax American colonies with stamps on all legal documents like Newspapers and mail -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street murder in Boston on March 5, 1770 which started as a fight between American colonists and a British soldier, which more soldiers came and shot the American colonists. This conflict sparked anti-British sentiment that lead to the Revolution, -
Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians. The Americans were protesting both a tax on tea and the perceived monopoly of the East India Company. -
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
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The Intolerable Acts were the last of put against the Americans by the British that sparked outrage among the American colonists. Who wanted an intercolonial conference that eventually became known as the First Continental Congress. These events lead to the Revolution. -
First Continental Congress Meets
On September 5, 1774, the leaders of the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia to organize colonial resistance to Parliament’s Coercive Acts.The Congress issued a Declaration of Rights, affirming its loyalty to the British Crown but disputing the British Parliament’s right to tax it. The Congress declared, then it would reconvene on May 10, 1775, and the colonies would cease to export goods to Britain on September 10, the First Continental Congress disbanded on October 26, 1774. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord signaled the start of the American Revolutionary war on April 19, 1775. The British Army set out from Boston to capture rebel leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington as well as to destroy the Americans store of weapons and ammunition in Concord. -
Second Continental Congress meets
Link text In June of 1775, the Second Continental Congress meets. They are struggling to finance the war and they don't have enough power to change taxes. They made George Washington the General of the Army. -
Olive Branch Petition sent to England
The Olive Branch Petition was made by the Second Continental Congress on the 5th of July, and sent to King George on July 8, 1775. It was an attempt to give more free rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown. -
Declaration of Independence Adopted
The U.S Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in the Pennsylvania State House. It was the day our nation became its own. -
Articles of Confederation created
In 1776, the United States of America declared themselves free from Great Britain. ... This document established the United States as a confederation of sovereign states. The Articles of Confederation introduced thirteen different articles that granted powers to the states and to the federal government. -
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The Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was a military conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and The Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolutionary War. The year and date that the Battle of Yorktown took place on October 9, 1781. The Battle of Yorktown ended in victory for the American colonists. On October 19, 1781, the British laid down their arms and surrendered. -
Treaty of Paris signed
The treaty, signed by Franklin, Adams and Jay at the Hotel d'York in Paris, was finalized on September 3, 1783, and ratified by the Continental Congress in early 1784. In it, Great Britain finally gave formal recognition to its former colonies as a new and independent nation: the United States of America
