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The French and Indian war. The war was fought between the two greatest powers on earth, they have been rivals for a very long time and the rivalry had followed them to North America.
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Forbes commanded between 5,000-7,000 men, including a contingent of Virginians and eventually driving the French back to Canada.
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The sugar act was the first tax on American colonies imposed by the British parliament.
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The Boston tea party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty
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Benjamin Franklin persuades the French to sign treaty of alliance committing France to the US cause
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DescriptionCommon Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
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It was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution.
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George Washington, unanimously elected first president of the United States.
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The US Congress passes Fugitive slave laws, enabling southern slave owners to reclaim escaped slaves in northern states
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The U.S. Supreme Court first declared an act of Congress unconstitutional, establishing the doctrine of judicial review.
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A conflict between the U.S. and the UK, with their respective allies, from June 1812 to February 1815.
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Andrew Jackson, elected president of the USA
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Gold is found on the property of John Sutter, at Coloma on the Sacramento, and news of it launches the first gold rush
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A civil rights act is passed by the US Congress, guaranteeing the legal rights of African-Americans
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The US Congress passes the interstate commerce act, an early attempt to avoid the excesses of unrestrained capitalism
