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French and Indian war
Conflict between french and britian was going on for years over american and when the conlfict finally happened the colonies joined the british in fighting the french but the british taxed the colonist like crazy because britian put itself in a huge amount of debt. -
End of French and Indian war
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Boston Tea Party
Mad colonists dressed up as indiands mad at the heavy taxes on tea dumped 342 crates of british tea overboard into the ocean into the Boston harbor -
Stamp Act
Every paper or anything published or written on something had to have a stamp on it if not the person holding the paper could be fined or etc, and the colonist responeded to this act by force. -
Boston Massacre
Five colonist were shot and killed by British troops the british said the colonist had rocks and small weapons and were throwing them at the british. -
Driving
The rebel colonist drove the Loyalists from Moore's Creek Bridge, North Carolina. -
Capture
The british hold zeize of Fort Miffin, Pensylavnia -
U.S. and France
The U.S and France make a alliance with each other. -
Defeated
Cornwallis surrounded on land and sea by Americans and French and surrenders at Yorktown, VA -
Articles of Peace
At first america didnt want to do but when britian found out that they were making peace with france american changed their mind and was letting them know they were willing to negotiate. -
Treaty
The U.S congress ratifies opening peace treaty with Britian -
Congress ratifies
Congress of the U.S ratifies the peace treaty with great britian. -
Consititution signed
The U.S constitution was signed from 38 to 41 represenatives in philideaphia and nine of the 13 states had to agree with the constition but they did not get 9 signatures then. -
New Hampshire adopted
New Hampshire was the ninth state to sign and with that signature the constitution was officaly in effect.