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George Whitfield is born
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Johnathan Edwards gives the speech "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was started due to conflicted French and English claims to the Ohio Valley -
Treaty of Paris 1763
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act stated that the colonies were required to house and feed British soldiers -
Stamp Acts
The Stamp Act was the first direct tax on the colonies, and required that almost every official document, as well as playing cards and dice, must bear a stamp -
Declatory Act
The Declaratory Act gave the British government complete control over the colonies -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was an incident where British soldiers reportedly opened fire upon a crowd of Bostonians, killing five of them and two boys -
Tea Act
The Tea Act gave monopoly of the tea industry to the East India Company, making it so that they were teh only source of tea the colonists had -
Boston Tea Party
A response to the Tea Act, 30-130 mne dressed up as indians, boarded a British ship containing tea at night, and threw the crates of tea into the harbor -
First Continental Congress
The first continental congress was a meeting of 56 delegates for the purpose of promoting free debate to declare the Rights and Grievances of the colonists to the British Government. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord began as a showdown between the American and British troops. It began with "the shot heard around the world", and ended with the Americans retreat and the British' advance towards Concord. However, the British were met with larger force, and, due to the Colonist's superior position, decided to retreat. Their march back to Boston proveed fateful for them, and at the end of the day 223 British soldiers died, while only 95 minutemen were killed -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was a battle between 1600 attacking Colonists and 2000 defending British. While the British held Bunker Hill, they had 200 casualties and 800 British troops wounded. -
French Recognition of the Independance of the United States of America
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Valley Forge
Valley Forge is where General George Washington was forced to wait out winter with an exhausted, cold, and tired army. Valley Forge was located just 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia, where the British were encamped -
The Battle of Saratoga
General John Burgoyne commanded and army of 8000 men and 100 cannons. He had taken losses and dug in at Saratoga, when General Horatio Gates of the Colonists decided to attack. The General Burgoyne was forced to surrender, marking a major turning point in the revolution. -
Bendict Arnold attempts to sell West Point to the British
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Treaty of Paris 1783
The Treaty of Paris 1783 ended the Revolutionary War, the terms being that the British would give the Colonists their independence and land, and the Colonists would stop persecuting loyalists -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia was a meeting of 55 delegates with the purpose of creating a Government from scratch -
The First President of the United States
George Washington was Elected as the first President of the United states by a unanimous vote -
Bank of the United Staes
The Bank of the United States was proposed a charter for 20 years in 1791 for the purpose of a secure repository for the Government -
Podt Office Act
800 Post Offices by 1830 -
Whiskey Rebellion
Farmers were upset about Hamilton's whiskey tax and rebelled. Washington responded with force and the famers scattered -
John Adams Elected President