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This royal proclamation issued by King George III prohibited settlers from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.
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This act was a revenue act to raise money for Britains' recent Seven Years' War. The act required that many printed materials be produced on stamped paper.
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This was an incident in Boston in which five U.S. civilians were killed by the British army.
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Americans, in protest about a British tax on tea, gathered at a British ship in Boston and dumped tea into the Boston harbor.
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The First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia to discuss ways to resolve the current issues with King George III and the power of Great Britain in America.
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The "Shot Heard Round the World" is fired at Lexington and Concord and is the start of the Revolutionary War.
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The British drive the Americans from Breed's Hill.
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"Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine prompts Americans to think about freedom from British rule.
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The Declaration of Independence is issued by the Americans, declaring their freedom from King George III.
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Americans defeat the British soldiers at Kings Mountain, SC.
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The Articles of Confederation adopted as America's first constitution and revealed America as a soverign nation.
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Cornwallis surrenders his troops at Yorktown,VA putting an end to the American Revolutionary War.
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The Americans and the British signed the Treaty of Paris, putting an end to the war.
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The U.S. Constitution, the law of the land, is signed.
