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Tea is introduced into the American colonies, and sparks the beginning of taxes later to come.
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The beginning of the war fought over the control of eastern North America between the French and the British.
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The Treaty of Paris marks the end to the French and Indian war. The British won the war, and in the treaty the French give all of their territories in North America to the British. The Treaty of Paris ended any foreign threat to the British colonies.
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A street brawl between colonists harassing a British solider turns into a bloody riot.
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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest where colonist were infuriated with taxation without representation. The colonists dressed as Indians and poured 342 boxes of tea brought from Britain overboard.
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American colonists were over the control that Britain had over the US colonies. So they fought for their independence against Britain.
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The Declaration of Independence was adopted announced the separation of the 13 colonies from the British. It explained how the colonies had the right to be independent, and no longer be controlled by the British.
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A new addition to The Treaty of Paris brings the Revolutionary War to a close. Great Britain acknowledges American Independence within the Treaty. This Treaty ceded a majority of the British territory east of the Mississippi to the United States as well.
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The first presidential election was held and George Washington was elected the first president of the United States.
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The first ten Amendments to the US constitution have been ratified, also known as the Bill of Rights.
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John Adams is elected second president of the United States.
