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Navigation Acts
Only English ships would be allowed to bring goods into England, and the Americans could export tobacco to England. -
French and Indian War ends
Signing the Treaty of Paris ending the war, Britain formally recognized the independence of the United States of America -
Stamp Act
Taxed items such as newspapers and pamphlets and the colonists started the phrase “no taxation without representation”. They protested since they had no representatives in parliament. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a crowd that was pelting them with stones and snowballs. 5 protesters were killed. -
Boston Tea Party
A handful of colonists hurled British tea into the harbor to protest the taxes on tea. -
Tea Act
British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. -
First Continental Congress
Preventative from each state discussed how to respond to Britain’s harsh movements against Massachusetts. -
Coercive/Intolerable Acts
Were to punish The colonists of Massachusetts for their actions of the Boston tea party. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Colonists and the British exploded into war. The first shots of the American revolution. -
Second Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America which united in the American Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
On July 4, 1776 American leaders signed the Declaration of Independence, forming the United States of America. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Americans triumphed over the British in battle which led the persuasion of France to help America. -
Winter at Valley Forge
While in terrible conditions the army was transformed a battered Continental Army into a unified, world-class fighting force capable of beating the British. -
Battle of Yorktown
With the help of the French fleet George Washington force the surrender of the British army with that the defeat, the British war effort crumbled. -
U.S. Constitution Writen
“We The People” – The government of the United States exists to serve its citizens. -
U.S. constitution adopted
Constitution became the official framework of the government of the United States of America when New Hampshire became the ninth of 13 states to ratify it.
