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the British Queen Anne established the royal colony of New Jersey by combining the American provinces of East Jersey and West Jersey.
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This war was fought between British colonies in North America and the French colonies as well as their allies.The French initially won many victories. Then in 1757, more soldiers arrived from Britain and the British colonists were able to defeat the French and their Indian allies. As a result, they gained control of the Ohio River Valley
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In 1768, British government ordered that British soldiers should be stationed in Boston. This was because most of the protests against new taxes imposed by the British government took place in Boston.In 1770, a group of protestors gathered around 8 British soldiers. They hurled abuse at the soldiers and threatened them with clubs and stones. The soldiers opened fire and killed three people, with another two later dying of wounds. This became known as the incident of Boston Massacre.
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The battles were the first armed engagement between British forces and the American revolutionaries. A portion of these forces marched to Lexington, Concord and other towns with the intention of destroying militia supplies.They were confronted by the militia men and the first shots of the American Revolution were fired. The militia men kept attacking the British force during its search for supplies and then during its march back to Boston. Then the militia army laid siege to Boston.
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In 1777, two battles were fought between the American and British forces in Saratoga County, New York. In the first battle, British were victorious but they couldn’t break through American lines to achieve their actual objective.In the second battle, the American army was decisively victorious.This was an important event of the Revolutionary War because the British defeat convinced France to form an alliance with America.
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The Declaration of Independence was a very important declaration adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1776. This declaration said that the 13 American colonies were no longer under British rule and considered themselves as independent entities.
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With the Surrender at Yorktown, the British realized that they could no longer win the war. So they decided to sue for peace. These efforts led to the Treaty of Paris signed in 1783. According to this treaty, Great Britain officially accepted its defeat and recognized the independence of the United States of America. The treaty also stated that the western boundary of the USA was the Mississippi River, although the newly born nation soon expanded beyond this boundary.
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Some of the states didn’t like the new constitution. They wanted to change it and agreed to vote in its favor only if the constitution would be amended soon after.
These amendments took place in 1791. They were collectively known as the Bill of Rights and comprised of a total of 10 amendments. The amendments were approved in 1789 by the Congress. But it needed to be approved by at least 10 states in order to become a part of the U.S. Constitution. -
The federal government decided to impose a whiskey tax. This tax was imposed on the producers of whiskey. It adversely affected the small producers in Virginia and Pennsylvania who started protesting against the tax. The protests were so widespread that President George Washington had to send in a militia. In the end, the tax was repealed.
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The construction of the White House began in 1790s. It was until 1800 that an American President came to live in it for the first time. Although it was still unfinished at the time, President John Adams and his wife Abigail Adams took up residence in the White House. Thus began the long tradition of White House becoming the seat of U.S. presidents.