1700-1800

By MalachiWindschitl

  • Lightning Rod

    was invented by Benjamin Franklin by flying a kite in a lighting storm, proving lighting had electricity

  • French and Indian War

    started between Great Britian and France, this is also known as the Seven Year War

  • Treaty of Paris

    this treaty ended the French and Indian war, Great Britian gained alot of land in North America and gained all of the French territories

  • Boston Massacre

    British troops fire into a groups of people, killing five men and leading to extreme public protests

  • Lewis and Clark Expedition

    had finally started

  • Boston Tea Party

    was a political protest where a group of colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians went on to three ships in Boston harbor and dumped more than 300 crates of tea overboard as a protest against the British tea tax

  • First Continental Congress

    met in Philadelphia, with 56 delegates representing every colony except Georgia

  • The Intolerable Act

    these acts were to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    1,200 American militiamen moved onto Charlestown Peninsula this was between America and the British

  • Common Sense

    Thomas paine made this pamphlet to show they could be a free nation

  • Declaration of Independence

    is adapted into the United States in Philadelphia

  • The Declaration of Independence

    the United States declared independence from Great Britian

  • The flag of the United States

    Continental Congress approved .

  • Stars and Stripes (New Flag)

    Congress made this the Nations Flag

  • Articles of Confederation

    is the 1st United States Consitution

  • Battle of York Town

    this was between America lead by George Washington and the British

  • Shays's Rebellion

    farmers from New Hampshire to South Carolina stand up to protest high state taxes and harsh penalties for failure to pay.

  • U.S. Constitution

    12 of the original 13 colonies, met in Philadelphia to draft this document.

  • George Washington

    is elected as the 1st president of the United States by states electors

  • U.S. Supreme Court

    meets for the 1st time in New York

  • First ten amendments

    are ratified into the United States Constitution

  • Cotton Gin

    was invented to make the process of the cottton industry move a lot faster, this was invented by Eli Whitney

  • John Adams

    is elected as the 2nd president of the United States