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End of Seven Year's War
A treaty was signed in Paris that ended the French and Indian War that took place in North America. -
Proclomation of 1763
Geoge III did not want to have to defend the colonies so he prohobited them from setteling west of the Appalchain mountains, which got them a gaurentee of saftey from the Native Americans.. -
The Sugar Act
The sugar act required colonial merchants to pay taxes on sugar and molasses that was imported. It also included some other good such aw wines and coffee. -
Stamp Act
The stampt act required American colonists to pay taxes on all printed paper. Many people were offended by the Stamp Act, because the purpos of it was to raise money for troops. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act required that colonies provided housing, food, and drink to British troops. -
Virginian Resolution
Virginia refused to follow the Stamp Act, this was a beginning for rebellion against these laws in America. -
Stamp Act Ruled Unconstitutional
Representative from the different colonies met up and decided that the stamp act was unconstitutional because they had not given their consent on these taxes. -
Townshed Revenue Act
More taxes were put on tea, glass, lead, paper, and paint in order to help pay for the administration of the colonies. Colonies were not in favor of this 'taxation without representation'. -
British troops come to Boston
The recent laws that had been passed had caused a lot of political unrest in America, so British troops were sent in to Boston to sort things out. -
Boston Massacre
British troops killed five colonists, this led to outrage, and increased tensions between Americans and the British. -
Repeal of the Townshend Revenue Act
The unfavored townshend revenue act was finally repealed on this date. -
Tea Act
Parliament exempted it's tea from import taxes by allowing tea to be sold directly to the colonies. Americans were angered by this because it worked as an inderect way to lower taxes for Britain. -
Boston Tea Party
Americans who were angered by the Tea Acts dressed up as Indians and dumped huge ammounts of tea into the Boston harbour. -
Intolerable Acts
A series of laws were passed after the Boston Tea Party. These acts were meant to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party, and this angered Americans. Many colonists protested by boycotting British products. -
Continental Congress
Delegates from the colonies meet to discuss their opposition to the Intolerable Acts. -
The Revolutionary War Begins
American colonies have been pushed to the point where they want to be independant from Britain, and the Revolutionary War begins. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first major battles of the Revolutionary War took place. These battles where between British Soldiers and American Minute Men. This is when the famous warning of Paul Revere is from. -
Olive-Branch Petition
Congress presents a petition asking for recognition of American rights, as well as the end of the Intolerable acts for a cease fire. This proposal was rejected. -
France Accepts US as Independant
France recognized the US as independant from Britain, which was a large step forward for Americans. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty of paris was signed which gave american it's freedom, and ended the revolutionary war. -
Last of British Troops Leave
The last british troops left the United states officially on this date. -
Shay's Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion was a series of protests by American farmers. These farmers were protesting against tax collection and judgments that were given for debt. -
The Constitutional Convention
Delegates from the different states gathered to discuss the constituntion. The meeting led to much conflict and created the Great Compromise which set the government up for a system with the House of Representativees, and the Senate. -
Signing of the Constitution
38 of the 55 delegates signed the Constitution on this day. After this all that was left was to get the constitotion ratifies by at least 9 or the 13 states. -
The Constitution goes into effect
On this date, New Hampshire was the ninth state to sign and ratify the consitution, allowing it to go into effect. Other states followed shortly afterwards.
