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In the 1730s there was a religious movement known as the Great Awakening.
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In 1739 African slaves led the Stono Rebellion.
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In the French and Indian War, the French joined the Indians against the British Colonies.
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In 1770 a fight broke out in Boston, Massachusetts leaving five Bostonians dead.
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In 1773 over a hundred men costumed as native Indians dumped tea overboard in response to the Tea Act.
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In 1774 fifty-six delegates gathered to create the Declaration of Rights and Grievances.
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In 1775 the British attacked Lexington and Concord.
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On May 10, 1775 the second Continental Congress was held in Philadelphia.
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In 1775 to thousand British soldiers attacked sixteen-hundred colonists at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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On July 4, 1776 the Declaration of Independence was ratified.
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In 1783 the Treaty of Paris was signed ending the American Revolution.
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In 1786 Daniel Shay led a rebellion to lower taxes.
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In 1787 fifty-five delegates gathered for a Constitutional convention in Philadelphia.
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On June 21, 1788 the Constitution was officially ratified.
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In 1789 George Washington was elected the first president of the United States.
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Starting in 1790, another religious revival began called the Second Great Awakening.
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In 1791 the Bill of Rights was ratified.
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In 1791 the Whiskey Rebellion was led in response to a tax on whiskey.
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In 1793 Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin an invention that removed the seeds from cotton.
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In 1796 John Adams won the presidency.
