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John Campbell establishes the Boston News-Letter, which becomes the first successful newspaper in America.
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The conflict between the French and the British for the control of eastern North America takes place for seven years.
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With this treaty, the British formally gain control of Canada and all the French territory east of the Mississippi.
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The Boston Massacre kills five men and leads to public protest.
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Colonial patriots disguised as Indians board three ships in the Boston Harbor and dump nearly 300 crates of tea into the ocean in protest.
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First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia with 56 delegates representing every state except Georgia.
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War of Independence fought between Britain and the 13 colonies.
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Continental Congress adopts Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.
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Continental Congress Approves the First Official Flag of the U.S.
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Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
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The Continental Army spends a brutally cold winter and spring in Valley Forge, PA.
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General Charles Cornwallis surrenders to General George Washington at Yorktown, VA.
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Great Britain acknowledges American independence in the Treaty of Paris which brings the Revolution to an end.
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Farmers from New Hampshire to South Carolina take up arms to protest high taxes.
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The Constitutional Convention, made up of delegates from 12 of the original 13 colonies, meet in Philadelphia to draft the Constitution.
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George Washington is unanimously voted President.
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Having been ratified by nine states, the Constitution goes into effect.
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U.S. Supreme Court meets for the first time at the Merchants Exchange Building in New York City.
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The first ten amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill Of Rights, are ratified.
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This new invention would greatly increase the demand for slavery.
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John Adams is Inaugurated as the second president in Philadelphia.
