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Jamestown was the first colony to be established by the British. It was set up in Virginia.
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This time period is from when Britain first established the Jamestown Colony, to when the Peace of Paris was signed in 1763 to end the French Indian war. During this time, Britain did not pay much attention to the colonies, and left them to their own devices.
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This was settled by Seperatists and Puritan pilgrims from England. They struggled through the first winter, but eventually flourished.
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This act was passed to allow toleration for all types of Christians in Maryland.
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These laws limited the trading capabilities of the colonies, creating a negative feeling towards Britain.
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The proprietors of each colony had a dispute, which caused the seperation of the Carolina colony into North and South.
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The start is the attack on Fort Necessity, the end is the signing of the Treaty of Paris. This war was over the land west of the Appalaichan Mountains, and it was between the French with Indian allies, and the British colonists.
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This act put a tax on sugar and molasses.
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This was an act passed by Parliament that put taxes on all printed goods, even playing cards.
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These acts were passed to tax imports on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
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The Boston Massacre happened when a mob of protestors against British soldiers in Boston got so threatening to the soldiers, that they opened fir into the crowd, killing five Americans.
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Leuitenant William Duddington, an enforcer of British trade law, was baited into shallows by a local heading to Providence. He wrecked, and locals from the area ganged up and captured him and his crew, and burned his boat. Parliament was outraged, but nothing could be done because the judges in America didn't like him either.
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The Tea act was designed to make all tea be shipped by the floundering East India Company. This undercut the local merchants though, and was widely unfavored in the colonies.
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Their task was first to make the British understand their greivances, which they vowed to meet the following year if those greivances were not cured.
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When General Gage of Britain went to seize an arsenal and arrest John Hancock and Samuel Adams, he was met by "a countryside in arms."
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The start is the Battles of Lexington and Concord. The end is the signing of the Treaty of Paris. This is a conflict between Britain and its American Colonies. The Americans wanted freedom, the British wanted control over the colonies.
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During this time, the Declaration of Independence was created, and the Articles of Confederation on March 1. The meetings took place in different locations, and over different periods of time, but together they made the Second Continental Congress.
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The British attacked at Bunker Hill, and even though they took it, they had severe losses.
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This was a petition that tried to make amends to England for previous acts taken, but it was rejected by the King.
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This was a pamphlet that enforced the idea of revolution against Britain.
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The Continental Congress declared indepence from Britain on this day. The paper form of this declared independence was scribed by Thomas Jefferson, and was called the Declaration of Independence.
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This was the battle that showed the French that the Americans had a chance, and ultimately led to their alliance.
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These were the Articles that were created to be a loose form of government, they limited the taxation and commercial regulation. All of the states ratified this.
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This is the document that ended the Revolutionary war.
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Congress surveyed off vast majorities of eastern territories to raise money for the US.
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This was a meeting of delegates from 5 states who wanted to change the Articles of Confederation. They made a request to have a more broad meeting held, which was the Philidelphia Convention.
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Daniel Shay, a veteran from the revolution, grew disgruntled about excessive taxes, so he led a rebellion to take an arsenal in Springfield. He was stopped by American militia at the arsenal, and was sentenced to death for treason.
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This Ordinance opened up the land east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio to settlement.
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This was a plan created during the Constitutional Convention that evened out the plans from the large and small states. This created the bicameral legislature with different types of representation.
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The Constitution was the revisement of the Articles of Confederation, and is the supreme law of the US.
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These orders issued by Britain required all trade to go through their ports. This created ill feelings within the colonies.
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In this battle, Governor William Henry Harrison led the Americans into battle against the native american's under Tecumseh. Overall the Americans won, as they burned Prophetstown the next day. This created suspicion that the British were coaxing the natives into uprising.
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This is the day that Congress declared war against Britain. The House vote ratio was 79:49, and the Senate ratio was 19:13.
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This fort was taken in the war, before the defenders even knew that there was a war. The British victory managed to cause many of the unaffiliated natives in the area to join the cause of the British.
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This is also called the massacre of Fort Dearborn. The Americans were leaving the fort to retreat from the Native Americans, and they were set upon by the Natives, and many men, women and children were killed.
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This was a conflict on Lake Erie, between 9 American ships, and 6 British ships. Oliver Perry led the Americans into a victory. During the battle, his flagship the "Lawrence" was destroyed by the British. He iconically took the flag and transfered it over to the "Niagra". After he did that, the battle started to go in the favor of the Americans.
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In this battle, 1300 British and Native Americans fought 3760 American militia. The significant Native American leader Tecumseh was slain in the fighting. The Americans achieved victory, and marched on to Moraviantown, a Native settlement that they burnt.
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In this battle, Andrew Jackson led 2000 American Infantry to achieve victory over the 1000 Red Stick warriors, who were part of the Creek Indian tribe. This broke up the Natives' power in the southwest.
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In this battle, 90000 American militia were summoned to fight the large British army. Only 7000 militia actually went, so they retreated, because the British had them vastly outnumbered. This led to the British burning of Washington DC.
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In this conflict, British troops attacked Plattsburgh, a lakeside town, by water and land. Thomas Macdonough fended off the water attack, and Alexander Macomb fought the land battle.
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New English Federalsists made this convention to attempt to reform the current government. Their attempts failed to work.
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This battle was a major victory for the Americans. They fought a larger British force, and roundly beat them. The British attacked with 11000, but they attacked the entrenched Americans directly resulting in a huge loss. Little did either side realize, the Treaty of Ghent had already been signed.
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This treaty ended the War of 1812. This treaty favored neither side, and gave bac conquered territories to both.
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This treaty created the unfortified border between the US and Canada. It is the largest of such borders in the world.
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This convention created the 49th parallel as the boundary from the Great Lakes to the Rockies.
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Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect this day. Its purpose was to raise the morale in the North by making slavery the cause of the war rather tha unification. Lincoln also wanted to gain anti-slavery foreign countries' support with this proclomation.
