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Pontiac's Rebellion
launched by Native American tribes who were dissatisfied with British postwar policies in the Great Lakes region -
End of the French Indian War
The French and Indian War comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756–63. It pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
Pontiac's War was launched in 1763 by Native American tribes who were dissatisfied with policies in the Great Lakes region after the French and Indian War. -
Paxton Boy's attack Pennsylvania Indians
The Paxton Boys were frontiersmen of Scots-Irish who formed a vigilante group to retaliate against local American Indians in the aftermath of the French and Indian War and Pontiac's Rebellion. -
Proclamation of 1763
Intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. -
Proclamation of 1763
Issued by King George III, the proclamation prohibited settlers from crossing west over the Appalachian Mountains in order to prevent further conflicts between settlers and Native Americans. -
Paxton Boys
A vigilante group who attacked local American Indians in the aftermath of the French and Indian War and Pontiac's Rebellion -
Sugar Act
A revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain which raised duties on foreign refined sugar imported by the colonies so as to give British sugar growers in the West Indies a monopoly on the colonial market. -
Sugar Act
A law passed by the British Parliament in 1764 raising duties on foreign refined sugar imported by the colonies so as to give British sugar growers in the West Indies a monopoly on the colonial market. -
Stamp Act
Imposed a direct tax on the Thirteen Colonies and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Revenue Act placed a tax on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea. -
Townshend Acts
Indirect levies on glass, white lead, paper, and tea. -
Treaty of Fort Stanwix
A treaty between Native Americans and Great Britain signed in present-day Rome, New York. -
Boston Massacre
Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
Somerset Decision
Famous judgment of the Court of King's Bench in 1772, which held that chattel slavery was unsupported by the common law in England -
Somerset Decision
A famous judgment of the Court of King's Bench in 1772, which held that chattel slavery was unsupported by the common law in England -
Tea Act
The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the financially struggling company survive. -
Tea Act
The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the financially struggling company survive. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. -
Intolerable Acts
The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting to discuss, first and foremost, how would the colonist meet the military threat of the British. It was agreed that a Continental Army would be created. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
Intolerable acts
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. -
Declaration of Independence
The 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence. -
Common Sense
Advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Written in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. -
Declaration of Independence
By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence. -
Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Alliance
A defensive alliance between France and the United States of America, formed in the midst of the American Revolutionary War, which promised mutual military support in case fighting should break out between French and British forces -
Siege of Yorktown
The significance of the conflict was that Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington as French and American forces trapped the British at Yorktown. The British surrender at the Battle of Yorktown ended the American Revolutionary War. -
Articles of Confederation
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. -
Articles of Confederation
The original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789. -
Lord Cornwallis Surrenders
Lord Cornwallis surrenders to George Washington at Yorktown thus finalizing the colonial victory. -
Newburgh Conspiracy
The Newburgh Conspiracy was a plan by Continental Army officers to challenge the authority of the Confederation Congress. -
Newburgh Conspiracy
The Newburgh Conspiracy was what appeared to be a planned military coup by the Continental Army in March 1783, when the American Revolutionary War was at its end. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolutionary War. The treaty was signed by King George III and representatives of the United States. -
Shay's Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Massachusetts where American Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays led four thousand rebels in a protest against perceived economic and civil rights injustices. -
Annapolis Convention
A national political convention held September 11–14, 1786 at Mann's Tavern in Annapolis, Maryland. -
Constitutional Convention
A gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution. -
Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance chartered a government for the Northwest Territory. -
The Federalist Papers Published
A collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the United States Constitution. -
Inauguration of George Washington
The first inauguration of George Washington as the first President of the United States was held on Thursday, April 30, 1789 on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City, New York. -
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French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies that lasted from 1789 until 1799. It was partially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion of the French Empire. -
Hamilton's First Report on Public Credit
Called for payment in full on all government debts as the foundation for establishing government credit. -
Washington DC chosen as the capital
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Hamilton's Report on Manufactures
Hamilton's Report on Manufactures went further than any other report in projecting the future of the United States and its place in the world economy. Hamilton urged congress to promote manufacturing so that the United States could be "independent on foreign nations for military and other essential supplies." -
Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington, ultimately under the command of Revolutionary war veteran Major James McFarlane. -
First Bank of the United States Chartered
The First Bank of the United States was needed because the government had a debt from the Revolutionary War, and each state had a different form of currency. -
Bill of Rights Ratified
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Citizen Genêt Affair
The Citizen Genêt affair began in 1793 when he was dispatched to the United States to promote American support for France's wars with Spain and Britain. -
Battle of Fallen Timbers
a struggle between Native American tribes affiliated with the Western Confederacy, including support from the British led by Captain Alexander McKillop, against the United States for control of the Northwest Territory -
Jay's Treaty
A 1795 treaty between the United States and Great Britain that averted war, resolved issues remaining since the Treaty of Paris of 1783 -
Treaty of Greenville
Ended the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country and limited strategic parcels of land to the north and west. -
Pinckney's Treaty
Established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain. -
Election of John Adams
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XYZ Affair
A diplomatic incident that occurred in 1797 between the United States and France. Angered by the 1795 Jay Treaty that restricted trade with any nations hostile to Great Britain, the French began seizing American ships. -
Alien and Sedation Acts
These laws included new powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote. -
Quasi-War with France
The Quasi-War was an undeclared war fought almost entirely at sea between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800. -
Election of Thomas Jefferson
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Judiciary Act of 1800
Reduced the size of the Supreme Court from six justices to five and eliminated the justices' circuit duties.
