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Britain and France had been fighting forever. But, the war ended because of the Treaty of Paris. The war was fought to decide who would get North America. However, Britain's victory would lead to the American Revolution.
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Pontiac was chief of the Ottawas who brought together multiple Native American Tribes and led them to Ford Detroit to siege the fort. But, they lost terribly.
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Scots-Irish frontiersmen formed together in Pennsylvania and attacked the local Indians because of the French and Indian War and Pontiac's Rebellion.
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A document signed by the British to check up on the Natives by controlling where they lived and controlling how many settlers came lived near them.
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This was an act passed by Parliament that raised revenue. It imposed a tax of six pence per gallon of sugar.
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Another act passed by parliament where tax was imposed on the colonists for every paper they bought.
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A revenue act that taxed all goods imported to colonists.
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A treaty between the Native Americans and England negotiated between Sir William Johnson and representatives of the 6 nations and Iroquois tribes.
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A rebellion started by the colonists. They were angry and threw snowballs at redcoats and the redcoats fired shots back and killed tons of people.
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This was a decision of a case called the Somerset Case. A slave named James Somerset was taken from England to the colonies and the case was meant to end slavery in England.
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A protest by the Bostonian where they went on ships importing tea and threw the tea into the harbor.
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An act of Parliament whose purpose was to reduce the huge amount of tea held by England and help the company survive.
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A meeting of delegates from 12/13 colonies who met in Philadelphia to give ideas as how to resist the British's forced laws and tax.
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After the Boston Tea Party, these laws were meant to punish Massachusetts for defying Britain and participating in the Tea Party. Tax was raised.
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A battle where Britain defeated the colonists. The British had driven out the Americans from Breed's Hill to Bunker Hill.
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These were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The Americans won and proved to the British they weren't amateurs.
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A meeting of delegates that met in Philly.
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A document signed by the colonies representatives to best explain to the King why they demanded freedom.
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A battle won by the Americans.2400 soldiers of the continental army under George Washington set out to fight 1400 Hessian soldiers. It was an easy defeat.
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A fight that marked a "turning-point" in the revolutionary war. British troops surrender in this battle.
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A defensive alliance of France and the US during the Revolutionary War in which military protection was said to be provided in the document.
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85 essays begging NY citizens to validate the US Constitution.
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After the states declared freedom from England, the colonies set up the Articles of Confederation as a document to record their new government's function.
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This ended the last major break out in the war.
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A planned military coup led by the continental army when the revolution was nearing its end.
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Representatives signed this document with King George and American Colonists in Paris. It ended the revolutionary war.
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A meeting suggested by James Madison to discuss interstate trade.Only 5 states showed..
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A fight led by a former militiaman in Massachusetts. They protested the foreclosure of farms for debt. They shut down the court system for a little while too..
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A meeting to address problems of the central government under the Articles of Confederation.
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A government for the Northwest. It allowed new states to join the union and listed all bill of rights.
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Washington was elected the first president because all of the colonists knew he was a great leader and they all really respected him. He turned out to be a great leader.
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The French Revolution began because the French King Louis needed money because he's wasted all of France's money and then the French were starving so they retaliated and later came the revolution.
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Washington DC was chosen as the capital because for the Northern colonies, they wanted a new federal gov that assumed war debts and the southern colonies wanted a capital close to places with slave holding.
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In 1790, Hamilton called for a payment in full on government debts.
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The bill of rights approved 10/12 amendments.
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The first bank was a national bank set up in 1791. It had a term of 20 years.
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A tax protest that began in 1791 and ended in 1794 under George Washington.
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This is the third major report of Alexander Hamilton. It was presented to congress in 1791.
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Edmond Charles Genet was a minister in the US that released a regime of the new French Republic who was at war with GB and Spain.
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The Americans fought the Confederation of Native Americans and won the battle.
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A treaty signed in San Lorenzo de El Escorial that established a good bond between the United States and Spain.
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A treaty signed for US and England in 1795 that look away from way and kept peace between nations.
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A treaty that established a boundary with the Indians' land and settled open land for European Settlers.
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An incident between United States and France that began the Quasi War.
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He was elected president in 1797 and ended his term in 1801. He was the second president of the US.
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A naval war of the United States against France under John Adams. It ended when Napoleon came into power and he changed their politic focus in France.
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A series of laws passed by Federalist congress in 1798. It was signed by John Adams (the president). The laws included deportation and it made immigrants harder to vote.
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An attempt by Federalists such as John Adams to include Federalists in the Federal Courts.
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Jefferson was elected the president in 1801 and won with 73 votes.
