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The Sugar Act
It was a revenue-raising act passed by the British Parliament of Great Britain in April of 1764. The earlier Molasses Act of 1733, which had imposed a tax of six pence per gallon of molasses, had never been effectively collected due to colonial resistance and evasion. -
Stamp Act Passed
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. -
Louis XVI ascends to throne of France
Louis ascended to the French throne in 1774 and from the start was unsuited to deal with the severe financial problems that he had inherited from his grandfather, King Louis XV. ... During their trip, Marie and Louis were apprehended at Varennes, France, and carried back to Paris. -
Captain James Cook begins his third voyage
n 1776 Cook sailed in a repaired Resolution (July) to search for the North West Passage and to return Omai to his home on Huahine in the Society Islands -
Bank of North America incorporated in Philadelphia
The President, Directors, and Company, of the Bank of North America, commonly known as the Bank of North America, was a private bank first adopted on May 26, 1781 by the Confederation Congress -
Catherine II of Russia annexes the Crimea
One late-autumn morning in 1782 Empress Catherine II sat in her study in the Winter Palace drinking coffee and contemplating the fate of Crimea. In her hand was a carefully-crafted letter from Prince Grigory Potemkin, president of the War College, commander-in-chief of Russian armed forces, and grand admiral of the Black Sea and Caspian fleets. -
Andrew Jackson admitted to the bar
Jackson apprentices himself to a lawyer for three years, and is admitted to the North Carolina bar at age 20. Charismatic, wild, and ambitious, Jackson loves to dance, entertain, gamble, and carouse with friends in taverns. -
U.S. Constitution adopted, when New Hampshire ratifies it
The newly adopted Constitution created a stronger federal government under a system of checks and balances. It placed the duties of Congress ahead of those of the presidency.
