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End of French and Indian War
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. The
French received all land from the Mississippi River west, while the British received all
land from the Mississippi River east. -
Proclamation
King George III/ England kept colonist east of the Application Mountains to maintain peace with Native Americans -
Enforcing Trade Laws
To increase revenue, New takes were placed on colonist resort to smuggling, this dropped English revenue. -
Sugar Act
Parliament passed Sugar Act- this lowered taxes on molasses.
Grenville hope colonist would pay and also allowed smuggled goods to be taken. Colonist felt violated by laws and taxes. -
Stamped Act
Patrick Henry is a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. Colonists argued that only their own assemblies could tax them. The assembly passes a resolution a formal expression of opinion declaring that it had the only and sole exclusive right and power to lay taxes. -
Townshend Acts
Parliament passed the Townshend Acts to tax imported goods like glass,tea,and paper. Any British taxes angered the colonist this lead to protests. Some Women protest groups were called Daughters of Liberty. Women also protested by supporting another boycott of British goods. -
Trouble in Massachusetts
Protest continued to flare in the colonies, making British officials nervous. They sent a word to Britain that the colonies were on brink of rebellion. It was a rough time in Boston when protest and British officials fought. -
Boston Massacure
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770 between a patriot mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed. -
Tension in the Streets
A fight broke out between some Bostonian's and soldiers. British officers tried to calm the colonist/protest down. 3 killed and 2 injured. -
Spreading the News
Colonial leaders used the killings as propaganda: information designed to influence opinion. Samuel Adams put up posters that described the Boston massacre as a slaughter of innocent Americans by the redcoats. In 1772 Samuel Adams revived the Boston committee of correspondence, group used in earlier protests. -
Crisis in Boston
So this is Basically the Boston Tea Party. The Tea act also removed some but not all the taxes on tea, making it less expensive for colonist. Yet they were still mad. They didn't want to pay any tax, and they didn't want to be told what to buy. -
A Tea Party
Colonist in New York and Philadelphia forced the tea ships to turn back. At midnight on December 16, colonist dressed up as Native Americans boarded the ships and threw 342 chest of tea overboard. This was called the Boston Tea Party. -
The Intolerable Act
Parliament responded by passing a series of laws called the coercive acts which means force someone to do something. -
A Meeting In Philadelphia
55 delegates gathered in Philadelphia they had came to set up a political body that would represent Americans and challenge British control. The delegates called this the Continental Congress. -
The Delegates Votes
Delegates discussed complaints against the British. In a statement of grievances, the delegates called for the repeal of 13 acts of Parliament. They believed these laws violated the "laws of nature" -
Continental Congress
delegates from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia were fighting a Native American uprising and was dependent on the met in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts. -
The Colonial Militias
American Colonist had a long tradition of serving and protecting their communities in militias. Members of militias were a big part in the towns defense. Members practiced using muskets and cannons. -
Fighting Begins
Many colonist believed that if fighting with the British were to break out it would happen in New England. Militias in Massachusetts held drills, made bullets. Some Militias were known as minuteman. -
Great Britain adds Troops
The British also got ready for a fight. King George told Parliament that the New England Colonies were in a "state of rebellion" and that "blows must decide" who would control America. -
Lexington and Concord
Meanwhile, the British continued their march. At dawn the redcoats approached Lexington. There they ran into 70 waiting minuteman Led by Captain John Parker. By the time they reached Boston 174 were wounded and 73 were dead. -
American Revolutionary War
In April 1775 British soldiers, called lobster backs because of their red coats, and minutemen the colonists militia exchanged gunfire at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. Described as the shot heard round the world it signaled the start of the American Revolution and led to the creation of a new nation. -
The British on the Move
Colonial protest leader Dr. Joseph Warren walked through Boston, Watching for any unusual activity by the British, He saw troops marching out of the city. -
1776- Jefferson write the DOI
Through the many revisions made by Jefferson, the committee and then by congress. Jefferson retained his prominent role in writing the defining document of the American Revolution -
1776 - Battles of Trent and New Jersey
It was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War. Almost two-thirds of the Hessian force was captured, with negligible losses to the Americans. -
Deceleration of Independence
It was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule. People in the colonies were unhappy that they did not have a say in their government and still had to pay taxes. -
1777 - Articles of Confederation
In 1777 the second Continental Congress appointed a committee to draw up a plan for a new central government. The new central government had no chief executive. They have a official, which is a president or governor. All the states had to the articles any amendments yet not every state supported the articles of confederation at first. -
1777 - Howe captures Philadelphia
The British army began an initiative to capture the colonial capitol of Philadelphia. British General Howe approached Philadelphia from the Chesapeake River.This brilliant tactic by General Howe proved to be successful as the Continental Army was forced to retreat. -
1777 thru 1778 - State Constitutions
The most important function of many state constitutions is to provide a framework for the governance of the state. Many are modeled on the U.S. Constitution, but some differ importantly. -
1777- American and British Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the Revolutionary War. Some facts about the war are that 5,895 British and Hessian troops surrendered on October 17, 1777. -
1776 thru 1778 - Manumission
Manumission is the liberating of a slave from bondage. It is the formal act of freeing one from slavery. In South Carolina as with several other states in Deep South slaves could be manumitted by one of two ways. -
1778- Congress prohibits enslaved people imported to the US
is a United States federal law that provided that no new slaves were permitted to be imported into the United States. It took effect in 1808, the earliest date permitted by the United States Constitution. -
1778 - Winter at Valley Forge
General George Washington moved the Continental Army to their winter quarters at Valley Forge. By the time the army marched into Valley Forge on December 19, they were suffering not only from cold, hunger, and fatigue, but from low morale in the wake of the disastrous Philadelphia Campaign. -
1779 - John Paul Jones & Serapis
John Paul Jones was a Revolutionary War hero known as the father of the U.S. Navy. When the American Revolution broke out, Jones sided with the colonists and joined the Continental Navy with his greatest victory coming from his against all odds defeat of the British warship Serapis in 1779. -
1779 Spain Declares war on Great Britain
Spain declares war on Great Britain.Spain's King Charles III would not consent to a treaty of alliance with the United States. Spain's entry into the imbroglio ensured that the British would have to spread their resources even thinner. -
1780 - British forces capture Charles Town
Americans suffer their worst defeat of the revolution on this day in 1780, with the unconditional surrender of Major General Benjamin Lincoln to British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton and his army of 10,000 at Charleston -
1781 British surrender at Yorktown
British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8,000 men to General George Washington at Yorktown, giving up any chance of winning the Revolutionary War. -
1781 & 1783 - Plans for first Fed. Tax
It was a plan for new government to force the states to pay taxes so the government could pay the soldiers and so they could pay the french. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was the official peace treaty between the United States and Britain that ended the American Revolutionary War. -
Spain closed lower Mississippi River to American Western Settlers
When Spain closed the river to Americans in 1784, Southerners were threatened war. Southern delegates in Congress argued that the river was a commercial life line for their economy. Westerners even threatened to raise troops and drive the Spanish out of the region. -
The Ordinance of 1785
In 1785 the confederation congress passed an ordinance, or law that set up a process to survey and sell lands north of the Ohio River. The government would sell each section at a public auction, or sale for at least a dollar an acre. Congress drafted a law to protect the interests of hardworking settlers. -
1787 - Shay's Rebellion
In 1787, Shays rebels marched on the federal Springfield Armory in an unsuccessful attempt to seize its weaponry and overthrow the government. -
May of 1787 - Convention
The Constitutional Convention took place from May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The point of the event was decide how America was going to be governed. -
1787 - The North West Ordinance
Passed in 1787, created a single Northwest territory from lands north of the Ohio river and east of the Mississippi river. Lands were divided into 3 to 5 smaller territories. When a territory had 60,000 residents the people could seek statehood. In 1798 the congress created the Mississippi territory from land west of Georgia. -
Singing of the Constitution
The Signing of the United States Constitution occurred on September 17, 1787, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention, representing 12 states. -
Delaware first state to approve Constitution
Delaware became the first state to ratify the suggested Constitution. All 30 of the members of its Convention voted for the Constitution. On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to approve the Constitution. -
New Hampshire ratifies Constitution
New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the new Constitution, making its adoption official. Rhode Island was last to ratify, not joining the Union until May 1790. -
1800 - Land Act of 1800
The Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance aimed to encourage settlement in the Northwest territory. In 1800 congress placed the law act. The law made it easier for people to buy land in the territory.
