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Delaware colony is established
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Carolina is split into north and south
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Georgia colony is established
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Molasses Act
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Great Awakening Begins
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Stono Rebellion Occurs
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French and Indian War begins
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Georgia becomes a royal colony
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First Treaty of Paris
Ends the French and Indian war -
Proclamation Line Established
Line made to keep settlers from settling west -
Currency Act
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Sugar Act
Replaces Molasses Act -
Stamp Act
First direct tax on American Colonies -
Quartering Act
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Stamp Act Congress formed
Congress by colonies to try and get king to remove stamp act -
Declatory Act
Act saying the colonies have to listen to Parliament -
Restraining Act
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Townsend Duties
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Revenue Act
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Boston Massacre
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Tea Act
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Boston Tea Party
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Quebec Act and 4 Coercive Acts
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First Contenital Congress
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March on Lexington and Concord
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Second Continental Congress
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Common Sense is anonymously published
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Deceleration of Independence is Signed
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Washington crosses the Delaware river
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Winter at Valley Forge
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Battle of Saratoga
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Congress ratifies the Articles of Confederation
Not every state ratified it at this point -
Second treaty of Paris
The British make peace with America and France, granting America freedom -
Northwest Ordinance of 1784
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Northwest Ordinance of 1785
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Shay's Rebellion
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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Call of Convention
Congress meets to discuss how to fix issues with Articles of Confederation -
Constitution of United States is signed by the first states.
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Judiciary Act
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Washington is unanimously elected president
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Rhode Island is the last state to sign the constitution
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Charter for the Bank of the United States
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Whiskey Rebellion starts
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Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin
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Jay treaty
Treaty between America and British which made the British evacuate forts in northern America -
Whiskey Rebellion ends
Washington uses military to put down the rebellion -
John Adams becomes president
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Washington dies