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Stamp act is passed
The british passed the stamp act to combat smuggling saying that all printed materials had to have a stamp on them, which was not free. This was intended to combat smuggling but pissed a lot of Americans off -
Townshed acts passed
After repealing the stamp act, Britain still needed money so they passed the Townshed acts, upping taxes and severly cracking down on smuggling -
Boston massacre
British killed 5 colonists in Boston, MA. Tensions over taxes and money and smuggling and revolution built up in the town square and ended in blood -
Boston tea party
American colonists dressed up as Native Americans and threw $4 million dollars (today) worth of tea into the Boston Harbor due to anger at Britain acting like it could tax whatever it wanted -
Battle of Trenton
Washington and his men make a daring surprise attack on british troops crossing the Delaware river on Christmas morning -
Battle of Saratoga
Huge victory by American troops against british. Happened in upstate New York -
Articles of confederation ratified
This began a decade of shoddy government between the colonies following wartime panic. Hardly anything got passed seeing as they needed 9/13 votes to do most anything and 13/13 votes to amend the articles. -
Battle of Yorktown
Cornwallis surrendered to American rebel troops after a grueling war -
Treaty of Fort Stanwix
Along with the treaty of Fort Mcintosh (January 21, 1785) the native americans living on the land that is now Ohio were forced by the Confederation to give up their land. This is an example of one of the only "successes" of the Articles of Confederation -
Northwest ordinance
Ordinance passed to create 5 new states in the ohio river valley with land taken from Native Americans. Acknowledged that Native Americans had been treated poorly and needed to be treated better. Also abolished slavery in the 5 new states. -
Articles of confederation rewritten
The articles of cnfederation proved to be an incredibly ineffective form of government and were therefore thrown out and completely rewritten into the consitution we know and love today -
Cotton gin invented
Eli whiteny invented the cotton gin making slavery, which was previously on a decline, supremely profitable and increased existance american cotton farms tenfold -
The Louisiana Purchase
Colonists paid native americans $15 million dlloars (today) for about 828,000 sq miles of land.This is about 4 cents per acre -
The orders in council
Britain passed these orders mandating that, before conducting trade with other countries, American ships first had to dock in Britain and pay taxes, this angered colonists considerably -
The Battle of Tippecanoe
William Henry Harrison destroyed Tecumseh and his men in response to Tecumseh trying to preserve the Native American settlements -
War of 1812 starts
The US declared war for the first time on Britain in rebellion to british people taking american sailors and forcing them into servitude
