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The House of Burgesses passes the first comprehensive slave code.
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The Yamasee, Carolina’s closest allies and most lucrative trading partners, turned against the colony and nearly destroyed it entirely.
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The Walking Purchase was emblematic of both colonists’ desire for cheap land and the changing relationship between Pennsylvanians and their Native neighbors.
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Stono rebellion was developed when a group of eighty enslaved people set out for Spanish Florida, burned a plantation killing at least twenty white settlers.
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The currency that worked in Virginia might be worthless in Pennsylvania. Colonists and officials in Britain debated whether it was right or desirable to use mere paper, as opposed to gold or silver, as a medium of exchange. Paper money tended to lose value quicker than coins and was often counterfeited. These problems, as well as British merchants’ reluctance to accept depreciated paper notes, caused the Board of Trade to restrict the use of paper money -
France and Britain feuded over the boundaries of their respective North American empires. The feud turned bloody in 1754 when a force of British colonists and Native American allies, led by young George Washington, killed a French diplomat. This incident led to a war, which would become known as the Seven Years’ War or the French and Indian War.
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The French defeated Britain’s German allies and forced them to surrender.
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After hearing Neolin's vision of the need to remove Europeans from the land Pontiac and three hundred warriors sought to take Fort Detroit by surprise in May 1763, but the plan was foiled, resulting in a six-month siege of the British fort.
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The Sugar Act sought to combat widespread smuggling of molasses in New England by cutting the duty in half but increasing enforcement.
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The act required that many documents be printed on paper that had been stamped to show the duty had been paid, including newspapers, pamphlets, diplomas, legal documents, and even playing cards.
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The Townshend Acts were Britain’s attempt to draw revenues from the colonies, creating new customs duties on common items, like lead, glass, paint, and tea, instead of direct taxes.
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East India Company was forced under government control and the company was allowed to sell its tea without the usual import duties. -
Boston's Sons of Liberty, led by Samuel Adams and John Hancock, disguised as Mohawks boarded ships, carrying shipments of tea, which they dumped into the harbor. -
George Washington launched a surprise attack on the Hessian camp at Trenton on Christmas day by crossing the Delaware River by night. -
A document drafted by Thomas Jefferson with edits made by John Adams and Benjamin Franklin, declaring independence from Great Britain. Congress approved the document.
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Congress announced the document in effect after the majority of states had ratified it.
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The Bill of Rights were ten amendments added to the Constitution.
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The Alien Act allowed the federal government to deport foreign nationals, or “aliens,” who seemed to pose a national security threat. The Sedition Act allowed the government to prosecute anyone found to be speaking or publishing “false, scandalous, and malicious writing” against the government.
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