Articles of Confederation

  • Proclamation of 1763

    No settlers were allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • Declatory Act

    Parliament announced that they had unlimited power to tax and control the colonies.
  • Townshed Acts

    Placed taxes on basic goods, lead and tea.
  • Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party was a tax placed on tea. It resulted in angry colonists dumping multiple gallons of tea in Boston harbor.
  • The Itolerable Acts

    All citizen's rights were revoked, and all trading was controlled by England.
  • 1st Continental Congress

    All colonists met in Pennsylvania. They sent a letter to King George requesting for their rights back.
  • War of Independence

    The Revolutionary War. The Americans won.
  • The Constitution was Adopted