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Boston Massacre
As more and more British ships were sent in from England to enforce the recently passed acts, tensions were heating in the colonies. In Boston on March 5th, 1770 an enraged crowd of patriots gathered shouting and throwing objects at the British troops. Agitated the troops shot into the crowd marking the start of the Revoulation. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act were passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, and would launch the final spark to the revolution in Boston. This was a plan made by the British Parliament to discard excess tea. This surplus was sent to the colonies to later rot on the docks. The colonists angered and enraged on unfair acts decieded to boycot all goods involved. -
Boston Tea Party
With the pass of the Tea Act in motion the colonists got creative. Sixty-three men were ordered to board the British cargo ships on the night of December 16, 1773. While disguised as Native Americans the men grabbed hold of the tea and dumped the popular beverage into the harbors water. A huge loss to the Brits and the biggest impact the patriots have made on England. -
Creation of Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston were appointed to a committee to start the first draft of a declaration of independence. Jefferson is pushed to the head of the committee to construct and write the whole document that enstricts the life long independence from Great Britian. Later to be revised and read aloud to congress where then congress would revise a second time. -
Declaration of Independence
Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on the morning of July 4th, 1776 on a bright Philadelphia day. John Dunlap hand printed the Declaration of Independence that declares the thirteen newly independent sovereign states independence from Great Britian. In this is stated the rights of the individual and the rights as a whole country. At the time however it did not cover women, Blacks, Natve Americans, or White-men without land. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first written constitution of the United States. Under this the states stayed sovereign and independent. Congress served as the last option to appeal of disputes and was also given the authority to make treaties and alliances, maintain armed forces and coin money. However they could not regulate taxes or commerce -
Articles of Peace
British and Americans signed the preliminary Articles of Peace that provided American independence from the British and established boundaries for the new nation. The Continental Congress ratified Articles of Peace document on April 15, 1783. This was the foundation to the Treaty of Paris that opened the door to the end of the Revoultion. -
Treaty of Paris
American rule being dominant in the colonies the final Treay of Paris was signed September 3rd, 1783. This ratifies the independence of the 13 North American states. British army slowly starts to evacuate New York and then onto other colonies. The state of war has ended against Great Britian. -
US Constitution
On September 17, 1787 the creation of the US Constitution began. In this the Consitutional Congress was ratified. An offical set of laws and basic rights to govern was put into one document. The Constitution of the United States was the first constitution of its kind, and has influenced the constitutions of other nations. -
First Presidental Electon
In the US beginnings we did not have modern political parties, instead existed the Electoral College. George Washington was elected our nations first president in New York on April 30, 1789 by a unanimous vote leaving John Adams, the second popular vote, became the vice president. After his first term ended Washington was reelected in 1793 to serve his second term in office.
