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Christopher Columbus discovers America after sailing across the Atlantic Ocean for around ten weeks time. Little did everyone know, this land would spout many disputes.
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Jamestown was founded, all the colonists settled down for land.
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The first thirteen colonies included: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island.
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In the winter of 1609-1610, Jamestown had gone though food shortages. Starvation got so bad that people resorted to cannibalism. By the end of the winter, when spring arrived, only 61 people survived out of the 500 colonists that were there previously.
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The French and Indian war is generally known to be called the "Seven Years' War." The war raised up from the commotion by the land of Ohio River.
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Britain gains a big portion of land in the United States after winning the French and Indian war.
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The Sugar Act started from the fact that the British wanted to end the smuggling trade, which angered a lot of people.
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The quartering act made it so people were forced to let soldiers into the colonists homes.
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The Stamp Act stemmed from the Sugar Act. Lot's of people were smuggling, so the Stamp act was implemented to stop smuggling altogether. Although, the stamp act angered lots of people because every paper had to be stamped, and each stamp required to pay taxes.
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The Townsend Acts happened because Britain got into a war and needed money to supply for the war, the only way to receive the amount of money they needed was to tax colonies. The colonists were not happy with this, and boycotted the goods.
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The Boston Massacre started as a street fight but then quickly escalated into a massacre which killed five people, which triggered many colonists.
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The Boston Tea Party was a protest in which colonists were furious at Britain for implementing the rule "taxation without representation." The colonists decided to dump tea into ocean.
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After the Boston Tea Party incident, Britain demands $1 million from all residents to pay for the tea dumped into the harbor.
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The Intolerable Acts was a sort of punishment for the people who participated in the Boston Tea Party protest.
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The first continental congress was joined by thirteen congress men from each American colony. This congress was an important step into the right direction to declare independence.
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Patrick Henry's speech consisted of the famous lines "Give me liberty, or give me death!" This speech encouraged America to fight for their freedom, rights, and independence.
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The American Revolution was to declare independence, and a war broke out. The American Revolution started because the colonists rejected the imperial rule.
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This jump started the American Revolution. In the Battles of Lexington and Concord shots could be herd, which were signs that this was the start of war for independence.
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Known to be one of the bloodiest battles that took part of the American Revolution. Although the colonists lost to the British, colonists got even braver to stand up to the British.
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Common Sense is a pamphlet that Tomas Paine wrote. Common sense talks about wanting independence, with good arguments to persuade people in the colonies to also fight for independence.
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America Colonists were tired of abiding Britans rules so they declared independence.
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The treaty of Paris ended the Revolution War. America was now seen as an independent country!
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The legendary American Constitution was written. The American Constitution is a constitution in which allows the people to vote for what they want, and only a selected few laws could be passed. After being ratified, a election would happen from December 15, 1788 to January 10, 1789.
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The Articles of Confederation were replaced to create a better, and stronger government where everyone could participate in.