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French Indian war
Britian won the french and indian war in 1763. As a result it gained control of canada and the ohio valley. Areas formerly claimed by france. Pg 47. -
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Foundations of American Government
Timeline of the foundations of american governemt -
Sugar act
Sugar act, 1764, taxes clonists for the french and idian war. PG. 47 -
Stamp act
Said americans must buy stamps to place on their deeds, mortages, liquour lisences, playing cards, almanac and newspapers. PG 47 -
Repealed
Sons of liberty came together and got the stamp act repealed. -
Townshed acts
Townshed acts restricting restricting trade and taxing tea and other goods are enacted. -
21 missions
Spanish Franciscan friars establish 21 missions in claifornia. -
Boston massacre.
British troops shot and killed 5 agitators in boston, known as the boston massacre. -
Almanace.
Battle of almanace. a pre american revolutionary war between local milita and a group of rebles called "the regulators". -
Samuel adams.
Samual adams writes his rights of the colonist document. The report of the commitee correspondence to the boston meeting. -
Rules!
Benjamin Franklin writes and publishes a satirical essay in The Public Advertiser called Rules By Which A Great Empire May Be Reduced To A Small One. -
Britain blockades Boston harbor
Britain blockades Boston harbor and First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia to protest and petition King George -
American Revolution
Daniel Boone opens the Wilderness Road and settles Kentucky and Battle of Lexington and Concord - The American Revolution begins -
Declaration of INdependcence
Thomas paine publishes Common sense and the declaration of independence was signed. -
Saratoga
Washington crosses the frozen Delaware River and captures Trenton and Princeton, New jersy. and
Battle of Saratoga, New York. The Americans under General Gates defeats British General Burgoyne -
Valley forge
Washington's army Winters at Valley forge
George Rogers Clark captures British forts at Cahokia, Kaskaskia, and Vincennes in the Ohio Valley -
Seige
British siege of Savannah, Georgia -
Capture!
British capture Charleston, South Carolina -
Defeat at Yorktown
French fleet and American and French troops defeat the British at Yorktown -
Gnadenhutten Massacre
US Congress resolves establishment of a US mint and Gnadenhutten Massacre - Ohio militia kills 90 indians -
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Paris is signed. Britain recognizes American Independence -
John Jay
becomes 1st US Secretary of State (foreign affairs) -
Hopewell
The Treaty of Hopewell is signed between the Confederation Congress of the United States of America and the Cherokee people -
Money
US Congress adopts silver dollar & decimal system of money -
Shays rebellion and US Constitution
Shays' Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Capt Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass. And Arthur St. Clair is elected the 9th President of the President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation.
Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery)
Delaware becomes 1st state to ratify the US constitution
Pennsylvania becomes 2nd state to ratify US constitution
New Jersey becomes 3rd state to ratify US constitution -
Ratifying the US constitition
8 states join to ratify the US constitution -
1st President
1st US Congress meets and declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps)
George Washington inaugurated as first president of the United States of America -
State of the Union address
1st US President George Washington delivers 1st state of the union address. Thomas Jefferson becomes the 1st US Secretary of State under President Washington -
Justice of African Americans
Benjamin Banneker writes a letter to the Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson using language from the "United States Declaration of Independence" to criticize Jefferson's pro-slavery stance and to request justice for African Americans