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Ended with signing of Treaty of Paris and Hubertusburg by France, Spain, and Great Britain
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Begins when Native American warriors under Ottawa chief Pontiac attack British forces at Detroit. Pontiac's forces reinforced by other Native American tribes initiated a siege that would last months.
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During Pontiac's Rebellion Scots-Irish immigrants raided small Indian settlement of Conestoga where 6 Indians were killed and 14 were taken captive.
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Intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their land
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This act listed more foreign goods to be taxed like sugar, wine, and coffee, also regulated the export of lumber and iron
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First internal tax levied on American colonist by British government. Imposed tax on all paper documents in the colonies.
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Series of measures passed by British Parliament taxing imported goods to America heightening tensions between America and Great Britain.
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Between Native Americans and Great Britain relinquishing the Ohio country to the Iroquois Indian tribes who originally possessed them.
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Deadly riot started as a street brawl between colonist and a British soldier, quickly escalated into chaos and bloody slaughter
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Somerset v Stewart case slavery was unsupported by common law and judgement of the case was very significant
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Political protest, Americans angry at Britain for imposing taxation without representation, they dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor, first major act of defiance against Britain.
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Final straw in series of unpopular taxes, it's real goal was to bail out the indebted East India Company which was a major key in Britains economy.
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First joined in Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, 56 delegates from all colonies but Georgia drafted a declaration of rights and grievances.
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Punitive laws passed by Britain after Boston Tea Party, meant to punish Massachusetts colonists for defiance
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Fought during the siege of Boston in the early stages of the Revolutionary war. The British defeated the Americans but the British suffered many casualties.
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Kicked off American Revolutionary War, stemming from tensions between 13 colonies and British authorities. British troops marched to Concord to seize arms cache, first confrontation at Lexington started the fighting.
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Convention of delegates from all 13 colonies succeeding the First Continental Congress, decided to form the first Continental Army to protect against the Redcoats
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Writer Thomas Paine published pamphlet setting forth his arguments in favor of American Independence.
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General George Washington and his army crossed the Delaware and over the next 10 days won two crucial battles in the war, at Battle of Trenton Washington defeated Hessian mercenaries
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First written constitution of the United States stemming from wartime urgency. Under these articles states remained sovereign and Congress served as last resort on appeals.
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Turning point in American Revolution, British General John Burgoyne attacked Americans at Bemis Heights but was defeated and this American victory helped France recognize the colonists cause and become allies.
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Provided military alliance against Great Britain showing the absolute independence of the Americas
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British General Cornwallis surrenders 8,000 British troops to French and American forces at Yorktown bringing the American Revolution to a close.
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Ended Revolutionary War, negotiated by Ben Franklin, John Jay, John Adams and Great Britain. Britain recognized Americas independence and doubled size of America
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Engineered by Alexander Hamilton thought to be resulting from fact that officers and ,en of the Continental Army were not being paid and the new nation was in a financial crisis.
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National political convention to discuss problems besetting the U.S. under the Articles of Confederation
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Series of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties in Massachusetts which led to a military confrontation in 1787, rebels were mostly ex-revolutionary war soldiers who opposed state economic policies
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To address the problems of the weak central government under the Articles of Confederation
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Chartered a government for the Northwest territory also providing a method for admitting new states to the Union for territory and listed a bill of rights for the territory.
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Collection f 85 articles to support ratification of the U.S. Constitution
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Set in Federal Hall in New York City, this marked George Washington's first four-year term inaugurated as the first President.
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Watershed event in modern European history with the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte, French citizens razed and redesigned their political landscape uprooting centuries old institutions
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Established by Constitution to serve as the nation's capital
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Called for payment in full on all government debts as the foundation for establishing government credit
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First ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship
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Alexander Hamilton conceived of the first bank created to handle the colossal war debt and create a standard form of currency
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Uprising of farmers and distillers in Western Pennsylvania in protest of a whiskey tax, the region exploded and Washington responded by sending troops to put and end to the rebellion.
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Projecting future of U.S. and its place in the world economy, urged congress to promote manufacturing so that the U.S. could be "independent on foreign nations for military and other essential supplies"
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incident precipitated by military adventurism of citizen Edmond-Charles Genet
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Sought to settle outstanding issues between the U.S. and Great Britain that had been left unresolved since American Independence
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Final battle of Northwest Indian War, struggle between Native American tribes affiliated with Western Confederacy against the U.S. for control of The Northwest Territory
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Established intentions of friendship between the U.S. and Spain.
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Established a set boundary of Native American Lands and European settlements known a Greenville Treaty Line
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Adams won the first contested Presidential election against Thomas Jefferson and served his only four-year term
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Diplomatic incident between French and U.S. diplomats resulted in limited, undeclared war known as Quasi-War.
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Undeclared naval war between U.S. and French started grew from the XYZ affair and ended when France's politics changed
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Laws passed by Federalist Congress and signed by President Adams, these included new powers to deport foreigners and making it harder for new immigrants to vote
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Reduced size of the Supreme Court from six justices to five and eliminated the Justices' circuit duties, the act created sixteen judgeship for six judicial circuits
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Elected as third President of the U.S., first peaceful transfer of power from one political party to another in the U.S.
