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Jamestown
In 1606, King James I promised new land, and wanted to make a settlement in North America. On May 14th, 1607, a group of 100 members of the Virginia Company, founded the first permanent English settlement in North America close to James River, the conflict between The Native Tribes and the settlers made Jamestown go badly at first when the arrival of new settlers and supplies came. During the 1620's Jamestown expanded and this remained till 1699. -
French Indian War
Also known as The Seven Years War, was a battle between the British and the French. The French expansion on the Ohio River valley brought conflict to the British saying those were their colonies, the French built Fort Duquesne where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers joined to form the Ohio River. the British repeatedly attacked. The French won the battles. -
The Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln declared that all enslaved people in the States engaged in a rebellion against the Union so that all enslaved people would be free, but Lincoln didn't actually free all of the slaves when the proclamation was signed in January first of 1863 the document only applied to the slaves in the confederacy, and not to those in the border states. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston massacre happened because more than 2000 British soldiers occupied the city of 16,000 colonists and tried to enforce Britain tax laws so known as the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts. The American colonists went against the tax laws then this became a violent argument and started to fight against tax laws making it into a bloody war. -
Boston Tea Party
Massachusetts colonists Disguised as Mohawk Indians board 3 British ships full of tea dumping more than 342 chests of Tea Off the ships the Boston Tea Party was a protest of the British tax laws known as the Tea Act A bill designed to save the East India Company by lowering its tea tax and trading it to America when the three ships arrived in Boston the colonists demanded that the team must be returned to England making this the Boston Tea Party. -
The Continental Congress
The Continental Congress was a group of men that came together to act on behalf of North American colonies on the 1770s. The colonists came together to discuss their rights and respond to the acts that they believed trampled on those rights. These Committees Began to work together to forge a cooperative United approach. -
Battle of Lexington
The Battle of Lexington started because of the tensions between the 13 American colonies and British authorities. One-night, British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord. A confrontation on Lexington Town started off with fighting, then the British started to provoke more battles, and in 1783 the colonists had finally won their independence. -
The American Revolution
The American Revolution was a way to not build up more tensions between the residents of Great Britain's 13 colonies, and the colonial government, which represented the Bristish Crown. France entered the American Revolution on the side of the colonists, turning what had been a civil war into the international conflict. When the French started to help out the British became to surrender at Virginia, the Americans won their independence, but the fighting did not end until 1783. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
In the Revolutionary War, The British defeated the American colonists. Despite their loss the inexperienced colonial forces made it hard to win against the enemy. American troops learned that the British troops we're planning on sending troops from Boston occupying the hill, so this took to the Battle of Bunker Hill. -
Declaration of Independance
The Declaration of Independence was the first formal statement by the people stating their right to choose their own government. After the American and British Soldiers started their conflict, then the Revolutionary War, The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independance in Philadelphia on July 4th a date now celebrated as the birth of American independence. -
The battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga happened in September and October, in 1777, during the second year of the American Revolution. It included two battles, that were fought eighteen days apart, and was a decisive victory for the Continental Army and a turning point in the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown on October 19, 1781, was more than just a win for the American forces and its French allies. Yorktown, Virginia marked the conclusion of the last big battle of the American Revolution and the start of a new nation's independence. It also concluded Washington’s reputation as a great leader and election as first president of the United States. -
The Constitution
The Constitution of the United States established America’s national government and laws and guaranteed basic rights for its citizens. At the 1787 convention, representatives made a plan for a stronger government with three branches executive, legislative and judicial along with a system of checks and balances to ensure no single branch would have too much power. -
End of War
World War 1 ended on November 11, 1918, in Germany, they signed an agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in France, which caused the fighting to stop. During the four year conflict, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire, fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Romania, Japan and the United States. By the time the war was over, and the Allied Powers had won, more than 16 million people and soldiers and civilians were dead. .