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(1607) Colony and Dominion of Virginia - (1632) Province of Maryland - (1712) Province of North Carolina - (1712) Province of South Carolina - (1732) Province of Georgia.
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(1629) Province of New Hampshire - (1636) Connecticut Colony - (1663) Colony of Rhode Island - (1691) Province of Massachusetts Bay
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(1664) Delaware Colony - (1664) Province of New York - (1664) Province of New Jersey - (1681) Province of Pennsylvania
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The final conflict in the ongoing struggle between the British and French for control of eastern North America. The British win a decisive victory over the French
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The British King George III and forbade the colonists to settle west of the Appalachian mountains until proper treaties had been made with the Amerindians.
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Sugar Act (taxes on sugar) / Currency Act (regulated paper money issued by the colonies).
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The colonists had to buy special tax stamps and attach them to newspapers, pamphlets, licenses, and legal papers. The Stamp Act Congress founded by 27 representatives from 9 colonies in New York Merchants and shopkeepers refused to sell British goods until the Stamp Act was withdrawn
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Asserted the authority of the British Parliament over the colonies in all cases.
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British troops fire into a mob, killing five men and leading to intense public protests.
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Group of colonial patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians board three ships in Boston harbor and dump more than 300 crates of tea overboard as a protest against the British tea tax.
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Five Acts were passed to punish the people of the Boston tea party . The Boston harbor was closed until the tea was paid for.
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56 delegates representing every colony except Georgia, met to oppose British oppression divided opinions on how to solve the problem.
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War of independence fought between Great Britain and the 13 British colonies on the eastern seaboard of North America. Battles of Lexington and Concord, Mass, between the British Army and colonial minutemen, mark the beginning of the war.
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The Declaration of Independence was issued (4th July 1776) by Thomas Jefferson. It officially named the colonies “The United States of America”. It sent the basis for a new form of government
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Continental Congress approves the first official flag of the United States and adopts the Articles of Confederation, the first U.S. constitution
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Treaty of Paris: Stated that the Colonies were an independent nation. More territories were granted to them.
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George Washington is unanimously elected president of the United States in a vote by state electors.
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First ten amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, are ratified.
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John Adams is declared as the second president of the United States, in Philadelphia.
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France sold Louisiana to the US (Napoleon needed money to fight against Britain). President Jefferson wanted explorers to go beyond Louisiana (lands known as Oregon).
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The explorers were Lewis and Clark, who arrived to the Pacific Ocean. This became known as the Oregon Trail.
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It was decided that slavery would be permitted in Missouri and Arkansas but banned in lands to the west and north of Missouri.
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All Amerindians east of the Mississippi River would be moved to “Indian Territory” (unfarmable lands).
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Forced relocations of Native Americans in the United States from the Southeastern United States, to areas to the west of the Mississippi River that had been designated as Indian Territory.
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The treaty brought an end to the Oregon boundary dispute by settling competing for American and British claims to the Oregon Country
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Congress decided that California was admitted to the US as a free state and people in Utah and New Mexico could decide whether to own slaves or not
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It made it easier for southerners to capture slaves who had escaped from their masters. The law called for severe penalties for those who assisted these black people. Slave owners offered rewards for the return of runaway slaves. This lead to the emergence of “bounty hunters” who made their living by hunting down fugitive slaves.
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Eleven southern states announced that they were now an independent nation.
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Confederate forces opened fire in Fort Sumter, South Carolina, which was occupied by the United States. This marked the beginning of the Civil War.
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It was passed by Lincoln and declared that all slaves living in the Confederacy were to make free. This changed the focus of the war from succession to protecting slavery.
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Confederate forces marched into Gettysburg Pennsylvania but found the Union blocking their way. Union forces won and the Confederacy would never recover from this defeat. This was the biggest battle ever fought in the US.
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Became more famous than the battle because it expressed certain principles of the democratic government.
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He was succeeded by Andrew Johnson.
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Despite opposition from the president. It also set up the Freedmen’s Bureau. Both were intended to ensure black people’s rights in the South. 14th Amendment to the constitution gave blacks the right to citizenships and vote
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This placed all-white governments in the South under military rule. They would be able to elect their government again only if they accepted the 14th amendment.
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Most were made up of black some northerners and some southerners.
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Black people were more and more treated as “second class citizens”.
