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Steam Engine Invented
In 1712, Thomas Newcomen invented the steam engine in England. It gave people another way to power their boats, ships, planes, etc. -
Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a religious revival that impacted the English colonies. The movement came at a time when the idea of secular rationalism was being emphasized, and passion for religion had grown stale. -
Stono Rebellion
The Stono Rebellion was a slave rebellion in the colony of South Carolina. It was the largest slave rebellion in the Southern Colonies. -
French and Indian War
Also known as the Seven Years' War lasted from 1756 to 1763, forming a chapter in the imperial struggle between Britain and France. It determined control of the vast colonial territory of North America. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
Pontiac's War was launched in 1763 by a loose confederation of American Indians dissatisfied with British rule in the Great Lakes region following the French and Indian War. -
Proclamation Line established
The Proclamation of 1763 was issues by the British at the end of the French and Indian War to appease Native Americans by checking the encroachment of European settlers on their lands. It created a boundary separating the British colonies on the Atlantic coast from American Indian lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act of 1764, also known as the American Revenue Act 1764 or the American Duties Act, was the first tax on the American colonies imposed by the British Parliament. Its purpose was to raise revenue through the colonial customs service and to give customs agents more power and latitude with respect to executing seizures and enforcing customs law. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British parliament. The act imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was simply a proclamation that reinforced parliament's law-making power over the American colonies. It was designed to clarify the relationship between Britain and America. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767. They placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists including the following: new taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. -
Steam Wagon Invented
In 1769, Cugnot invented the steam wagon in France. It gave people another way of transportation. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, in which British soldiers shot and killed American colonists. This had a major impact on relations between Britain and the American colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing taxation without representation, dumped tea into the harbor. The event was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Teas Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British Government. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord kicked off the American Revolutionary War. Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was the first formal statement by a nation's people asserting their right to choose their own government. July 4 is a date now celebrated as the birth of American independence. -
Steam Boat invented
In 1783, Joffroy d'Abans invented the steam boat in France. It gave people another way to travel over water. -
Shay's Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion was a series of violent protests during 1786 and 1787 by a group of American farmers who objected to the way state and local tax collections were being enforced. -
US Constitution signed
The Constitution of the US was signed by 38 of 41 delegates present at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. -
George Washington inaugurated as President
served as 1st President from April 30, 1789-March 4, 1797 as a no party. He served two terms. He also was an American War General in the American Revolutionary War. -
Bill of Rights adopted
The Bill of Rights are the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution, confirming the fundamental rights of American citizens. -
Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion was a 1794 uprising of farmers and distillers in western Pennsylvania in protest of a whiskey tax enacted by the federal government. -
Johns Adams becomes second President
served from March 4, 1797-March 4, 1801 as a Federalist. Adams was a key Founding Father of the US.