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A group of Puritans known as the Pilgrims left Britain for America so they could worship freely. They sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in a ship called the Mayflower. They landed in present day Massachusetts
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England united with Scotland to form Britain
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Between 1756 and 1763, Britain and France fought a war for control of North America
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Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which taxed newspapers and other painted material. The colonists were outraged, so they boycotted these three items.
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British Troops and American Colonists clashed. A Boston crowd threw snowballs at the British Soldiers. The Soldiers fired and killed three people.
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The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia.
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On April 19, 1775, they met armed colonists at Lexington and fought the first battle of the America Revolution.
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The congress issued the Declaration of Independence. It was written by Thomas Jefferson in Virginia, the Declaration stated that the Colonies were separating from Britain and forming a new nation- the United States of America
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The American won the Battle of Saratoga in New York.
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It was the final victory of America, in Virginia.
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55 delegates met to change the Articles. They met in Philadelphia to write a constitution for an entirely new national government.
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George Washington was elected toe first president of the United States.
