1700-1800

By Kayleescheuer
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    Final conflict in the ongoing struggle tween the British and French for control of north America
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    The British formally gain control of Canada and all the French possessions east of the Mississippi
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British troops fire into a mob, killing five men and leading to intense public protests.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Group of colonial patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians board three ships in Boston harbor and dump more than 300 crates of tea overboard as a protest against the British tea tax.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    meets in Philadelphia, with 56 delegates representing every colony except Georgia. Delegates include Patrick Henry, George Washington, and Samuel Adams.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.
  • American Flag

    American Flag

    Continental Congress approves the first official flag of the United States.
  • American Revolution

    American Revolution

    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.