Desert

America's Timeline

By colbymcneil

  • James Otis urges response to England's new tax

    "Taxation without representation is tyranny"

  • Boston Merchants boycott British goods

  • Stamp Act passed by British Parliament

  • Boston Merchants refuse to pay Stamp Act tax

  • Boston Massacre

    British troops kill 4 colonists after a riot breaks out.

  • Boston Tea Party

    A group of colonists dress up as indians and raid a ship carrying highly taxed tea, and dump it overboard in the harbor.

  • The Coercive Acts

    Called the intolerable acts by the Colonists.

  • English Paliament declares Massachussetts to be in a state of rebellion.

  • Shots Fired at Lexington and Concord

    Minute men force British troops back to Boston. George Washington takes control of the Continental Army.

  • Revolutionary War Begins

  • The Declaration of Independance is presented

  • England votes to end hostilities with America

  • Treaty of Paris is signed by Britain and the United States

  • George Washington is named First U.S. president

  • Bill of Rights Ratified

  • Fugitive Slave Act Passed

  • Whiskey Rebellion

  • Vermont and Kentucky were admitted to the US

  • Second President of the U.S. is John Adams

  • Logan Act

  • Library of Congress founded

  • Third President of the U.S. is Thomas Jefferson

  • Louisiana Purchase Treaty

  • Lewis and Clark explore the Louisianna Territory

  • Barbary Wars

  • Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves

  • U.S. slave trade with Africa ends

  • Fourth President of the U.S. is James Madison

  • Battle of Tippecanoe

  • War of 1812 begins