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The last of the 13 colonies to be established.
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Final conflict in the ongoing struggle between the British and French for control of eastern North America. Ends with the Treaty of Paris and the British formally gain control of Canada and all the French possessions east of the Mississippi.
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King George the III is crowned King
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English passed the Sugar Act to help pay the debt from the French and Indian War. The Sugar Act prohibited American imports of foreign rum and taxing imported molasses, wine, silk, coffee, and other items.
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The Stamp Act is passed by the British, taxing all colonial newspapers, advertisements, leases, licenses, pamphlets, and legal documents.
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Deadly riot in which British Troops fired into a mob killing 5 men.
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A group of Colonial patriots dump crates of tea overboard in protest of British Tea Tax and the monopolizing of Tea by The British East India Company.
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The First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia to discuss relations with Britain, the possibility of independence, and the hope of a peaceful solution.
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War of independence fought between Great Britain and the 13 British colonies on the eastern seaboard of North America. Battles of Lexington and Concord, Mass., between the British Army and colonial minutemen, mark the beginning of the war.
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Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence written by patriot and lawyer Thomas Jefferson in Philadelphia declaring America's independence from England.
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Second Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation
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Original 13 colonies meet in Pennsylvania to draft first U.S. Constitution.
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George Washington becomes the First President of the United States of America.
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First ten amendments to the US Constitution named the Bill of Rights are ratified.
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Eli Whitney invents the Cotton gin which boosted the production of Cotton.
