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Yale University is founded. -
in 1702, Charles II died, and there was a dispute about who shall succeed him as king of Spain. This led to war in Europe and eventually came to North America. -
In 1702, Queen Anne established the royal colony of New Jersey by combining East, and West Jersey. -
The British won the Queen Anne’s War and concluded it with a treaty in 1713. They also gained control of many new areas in North America including Acadia, Newfoundland, Hudson Bay, and St. Kitts island. -
By 1715, the British had established many colonies and took a lot of land from the Native Americans. This and many other factors led to the Yamasee War, a war between the British South Carolina, and the Native American Yamasee Tribe. -
At the start of the war, South Carolina experienced many setbacks, they lost many lives and settlements. But they slowly turned the war around, and by 1717, the Yamasee tribe was effectively defeated. -
After the British won Queen Anne's War, the French gave up some of their land that belonged to the Native Americans, who did not like the treaty. The British began settling on the land, which further angered the Native Americans. -
North and South Carolina were established by independent British settlers, which meant the government of the colonies was done by these independent colonists. By 1729, the British King purchased the colonies and they came directly under British rule. -
In 1750, the British parliament passed the Iron Act, which eliminated the taxes paid by Britain for their imported Iron from their colonies. It also said the colonies should not use iron for production and import it in raw form.
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This war was fought between the British, French, and Native Americans. The war was fought for control of the Ohio River Valley. At the same time, the Seven Years' War was happening in Europe. -
The Native American Tribes did not like the British victory in the Ohio River Valley, this led to another war. The Tribes killed many soldiers, but eventually settled down and agreed to settle it over negotiations. -
After the French and Indian War had ended, the King George II of Britain issued a Royal Proclamation. This proclamation was aimed at protecting the rights of the Native Americans. -
In 1733, the British Government passed the Molasses act but it was never strictly enforced, so they lowered the tax, but strictly enforced it. People were not very happy about this.
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By 1765 many British soldiers were stationed in North American colonies, and they needed shelter, food, etc. England wanted to get money for this from their colonists, so they passed the Stamp Act. This act said that if you wanted to print any material in North America you had to do so on the embossed papers imported from London. This was one of the main causes of the American Revolution.
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In an effort to raise more money from the colonists, Parliament passed several new taxes on items. These were on glass, tea, lead, and paper, Some American merchants started boycotting the taxes.
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In 1768, the British government ordered that soldiers should be stationed in Boston, due to the protests and riots because of the new taxes. In 1770, a group of protesters gathered around some soldiers and threw stuff at the soldiers, like rocks. They also threatened them. The soldiers shot and killed 5 protesters. -
In 1773, Parliament passed the Tea Act, this did not impose any new taxes, but it gave full control of the tea trade in the Americas to the British East India Company, which was in debt. They did this to stop smugglers because 80% of the tea consumed was smuggled, and make the company more money.
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The Boston Tea Party happened because of an organization called the Sons of Liberty. They strongly disagreed with all of the tea taxes. In December of 1773, they boarded British ships carrying tea and threw it all in the Boston Harbor. -
To punish the colony of Massachusetts, the parliament passed a lot of acts that took away all political rights of the people and closed the port of Boston and all economical activity. This was a major reason for the American Revolution.
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In 1774, the First Continental Congress took place. This was a meeting of the delegates from the 13 colonies. This was to discuss the Intolerable Acts passed by the British Parliament. -
British troops were stationed in Boston and marched to the towns Lexington and Concord. They marched to these towns to destroy the militia's supplies. They were instead, stopped by the US militia and shots were fired. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place as part of the Siege of Boston during the American Revolutionary War. The British decided to occupy the hills surrounding the city of Boston. They tried to occupy Bunker Hill but were surprised by US forces. They got the Hill later but lost a lot of men. This battle resulted in a very costly British victory after the US army ran out of supplies. -
In 1781, many battles were fought between British and US forces, after a while, the British were forced to take refuge in Yorktown, before they could get reinforcements and more supplies, the US and France launched sea and land sieges. THis led to the surrender of over 7500 troops and won the US independence. -
After the defeat at Yorktown, Great Britain realized they could no longer win the war. This led to the Treaty of Paris in 1783. In this, the British recognized the independence of the US and said their western border was the Mississippi river, though they would eventually expand past this.