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French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was all started because of an issue of whether the upper Ohio River Valley was a part British empire or part of the French empire and who hold power in North America. This War was also known as the Seven Years' War. The Great Britain had an advantage because the war provided them territorial gain in North America, but they had to pay the war's expenses. In 1763, the Great Britain defeated French and it forbid American colonial to settle west of the Appalachian. -
Townshend Act of 1767
The Townshend Act were a series of laws passed by the British government and it was used on the American colonies. The Act set down new taxes and took away some of the colonists freedoms like the taxes on import products. This made the colonist enraged. The colonist also thought that it was unfair because they did not get to represent in the British Parliament and they also did not get a say in the voting or vote at all. -
Boston massacre
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The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter. The conflict energized anti-British sentiment in American colonist and paved the way for the American Revolution. -
Boston Tea Party
click here The Boston Tea Party was a political protest at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. The event was the first major act that showed Great Britain that Americans wouldn’t take taxation and tyranny sitting down. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord started in the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. On April 18, 1775, British send hundreds of troops to march from Boston to nearby Concord for in order to seize an arms cache. Paul Revere sounded the alarm, so the colonial then began mobilizing to intercept the British or was called the redcoat column. There was many battles after that but in 1783, the colonists won their independence. -
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Second continental congress meets
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies. It convened on May 10, 1775 with representatives from 12 of the colonies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania shortly after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, succeeding the First Continental congress meeting. The Second Congress functioned as a national government at the outset of the Revolutionary War by raising armies, directing strategy, appointing diplomats, and writing treatises -
Olive Branch Petition sent to England
In 1775, the Continental Congress approved the Olive Branch Petition letter and it was written by John Dickinson and drafted by Thomas Jefferson. The Olive Branch Petition was a letter that was sent to king George lll of England from the second Continental Congress. The Congress wanted to avoid war with Great Britain in the american colonies. The petition was rejected by the British government and king George lll refused to read it and made his own Proclamation of Rebellion by reacting to it. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense Published
Thomas Paine wrote it in clear and persuasive prose and he arranged in order of moral and political arguments in his pamphlet to encourage people in the colonies to fight for the equal government. It was published on January 10,1776 and it was at the beginning of the American Revolution. The pamphlet had the largest sale and circulation of any book published in American history. Also, one of the all-time best- selling and there is still prints of it today. -
Declaration of independence adopted
The Declaration of independence was adopted by the Continental Congress, and severed as a political connections to Great Britain for the 13 colonies. Written by Thomas Jefferson with the help of Benjamin Franklin and John Adams and was then revised by Congress before being issued. The document draws on the new political theories of the Enlightenment, summarizes these ideas that people are endowed with unalienable rights.Summarized the colonists’ motivations for seeking independence. -
Articles of Confederation Created
On November 15,1777, the first constitution of the United States was called the Article of Confederation. It was adopted by the Continental Congress. The article created a weak central government, which leaves most of the power the states government. It also created to composed of a Congress, who had the power to declare war, appoint military officers, sign treaties, and etc. The Articles later replaced by the present United States Constitution on March 4,1789. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown (Sep 28, 1781 – Oct 19, 1781) was the final battle of the American Revolution, commanded by general George Washington, a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Paris
click here The Treaty of Paris formally ended the American Revolutionary War. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and John Jay negotiated the peace treaty with representatives of King George III of Great Britain. In the Treaty of Paris, the British Crown formally recognized American independence and ceded most of its territory east of the Mississippi River to the United States, doubling the size of this new nation. -
Constitution ratified
After defects in the post-Revolutionary War Articles of Confederation were apparent. the Constitutional Convention convened at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, after three months of debate moderated by convention president George Washington, the new U.S. constitution, was signed by 38 of the 41 delegates present at the conclusion of the convention. And became the official framework of the government of the United States of America when New Hampshire became the ninth of 13 states to ratify it. -
Bill of Rights adopted
In 1789, President Washington sent out copies of the amendments that was adopted by the Congress to the states. The state legislatures only proposed twelve amendments to the constitution. By December 15, 1791, numbers three through twelve of the amendments were adopted by the states to become the United states. Which was also known as Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights were to protect the rights of the U.S. citizens and people to practice any religion or have freedom of speech, press, and etc.
