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Was the American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession, was a war involving the the Native Americans and the European colonists.
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The final conflict between the British and French in North America, gave British control of Canada and French territory east of the Mississippi River.
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British troops fire into a crowd of colonists leading to protests.
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Colonial patriots dress as Mohawk Indians and board British ships in Boston Harbor and throw over 300 crates of tea overboard to protest the British Tea Tax.
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Meeting in Philadelphia with 56 representatives from every colony except Georgia.
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The war for American independence from Great Britain
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The "Shots heard round the world" which started the American Revolution
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First Major battle of the Revolution, British Victory
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Official Declaration of Independence from Great Britain
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Washington and his army cross the Delaware River and commence an attack on Trenton, New Jersey.
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The turning point for the Americans in the Revolutionary War, got France to join the Americans.
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The continental congress adopts the Articles of Confederation, which serve as America's first constitution.
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General Cornwallis of the British surrenders at Yorktown after being encircled. Last Major Battle of the War
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Great Britain recognizes American Independence and sign the Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War.
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The Constitutional Convention meets in Philadelphia to draft a revised U.S Constitution.
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The Cotton Gin increases the demand for slave labor in the South
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