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French and Indian War
began in 1754, ended in 1763 -
Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a proposal to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies -
Stamp Act Congress
protest against new British taxation -
Boston Massacre
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. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773. Disguised as American Indians, the demonstrators destroyed an entire shipment of tea -
First Continental Congress
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Revolutinary War
The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783),in the United States, was the violent overthrow of the Kingdom of Great Britain's control of thirteen of its American colonies which joined together as the United States of America in July 1776. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775 -
Adoption of the Decleration of Independnce
Jefferson expressed the convictions in the minds and hearts of the American people. -
Articles of Confederation are approved
Its drafting by the Continental Congress began in mid-1776, and an approved version was sent to the states for ratification in late 1777 -
Articles of Confederation goes into effect
The Articles were in force from March 1, 1781, to June 21, 1788 -
End of Revolutinary War
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Signing the Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on one side and the United States of America on the other -
Shays Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787. The rebellion was named after Daniel Shays, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and one of the rebel leaders. -
King George III comes to the throne in Englad
