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French and Indian war
With many European countries having chunks of land in North America, France and England wanted to take the most they could possibly take to expand, starting conflict which eventually led to a full out war not just in North America, but other continents as well. The British finally claimed victory after they and the French signed the Treaty of Paris, with England taking over all of the French land which spread all the way to most of Canada. -
Stamp Act of 1765
More about this topic --> The new tax was imposed on all american colonists and forced them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Townshend Act of 1767
They placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists new taxed items were 1767 paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
It started off as a complaint to one of the soldiers about an unpaid bill, and turned into a scene no one would want to see. The soldier stationed outside and the civilian started insulting each other, gathering a crowd where the civilians insulted the soldiers and so on, eventually getting physical, which led the soldiers to unload their weapons on the civilians, killing 5. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party happened because the colonists did not want to have to pay taxes on the British tea and thought that the tea would put all of the colonists out of business. -
Intolerable Acts
More about this topic ---> After the events of the Boston Tea Party, the British implied new laws to punish the colonists for their defiance. The acts infuriated the colonists and it eventually led to the start of the Revolutionary War -
First Continental Congress sends petition to the king
More about this topic --> The First Continental Congress was composed of delegates from 12 out of the 13 colonies gathered to talk about the British oppression of the colonies with the new implemented laws. They sent a petition to the king to revoke the newly changed laws, but the British government didn't respond, and it led to the American colonies boycotting the British. -
Second Continental Congress meets
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that started meeting on May 10, 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Olive Branch Petition sent to England
With the conflict between the colonies and England, the Olive Branch Petition was the final attempt to try to get England to stop and not go to war with their colonies. The British government ended up rejecting it. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
When the British government began to fear rebellion from the colonies, they began to give secret orders to capture colonial military supplies stored by colonists. The colonists were able to discovers this and defended themselves and their supplies in two battles, Lexington and Concord, and it marked the very start of the American Revolution. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776. -
Battle of Yorktown
The battle of Yorktown also known as the Siege of Yorktown. The British surrendered at Yorktown, ending on October 19, 1781 at Yorktown, Virginia. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives from the United States of America on September 3, 1783, it ended the American Revolutionary War. -
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Bill of Rights adopted
After the United States became independent from England, they needed a government and new laws to follow. The bill of rights was created to establish personal freedoms and rights.
