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French and Indian War
The British and French colonies in North America were arrayed against one other in the French and Indian War, the seven year War was with various Native American tribes supporting either side. -
Stamp Act of 1765
The "Stamp Act," which helped pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War, was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. On a variety of papers, documents, and playing cards, the colonists was obligated to pay a tax, which was symbolized by a stamp. -
Sons Of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was a loosely organized, hidden, and occasionally violent political group active in the Thirteen American Colonies that was established to advance colonist rights and resist British government taxation. When the Stamp Act of 1765 was challenged, it was a major factor in the majority of the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was an event that took place in Boston on March 5, 1770, during which nine British soldiers opened fire on five people out of a crowd of three hundred to four hundred people who were verbally assaulting them and throwing various objects. -
Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty staged the Boston Tea Party, an American political and commercial protest, on December 16, 1773, in Boston, Massachusetts. -
First Continental Congress meets
The first Continental Congress of the United States gathered on September 5, 1774, in Philadelphia to discuss how to respond to restrictions on trade and representative government imposed by the British government in the midst of the Boston Tea Party. -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
The American Revolutionary War's opening battles were the Battles of Lexington and Concord. The conflicts took place on April 19, 1775, in the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, all located in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay. -
Olive Branch Petition sent to England
On July 5th, 1775, Congress approved the Olive Branch Petition, which was intended to be sent to the King as a final effort to avoid a formal declaration of war. The Petition underlined their allegiance to the British monarchy and their citizenship privileges. -
Second Continental Congress meets
The Declaration of Independence and the Second Continental Congress. Starting in May 1775, the Second Continental Congress met in Independence Hall. A month had passed since gunfire had erupted in Massachusetts' Lexington and Concord, and already the Congress was preparing for war. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence. Delegates started signing it on August 2, 1776, after it had been written on parchment. -
Articles of Confederation created
Josiah Bartlett and John Dickinson's drafts of the Articles of Confederation from late June 1776 are included in the Letters of Delegates to Congress. Bartlett and Dickinson both participated in the writing of the Articles of Confederation draft on the committee. -
Battle of Yorktown
The American Revolution's turning point came at the Battle of Yorktown. With their surrender, the British signaled the end of their rule over the colonies and the beginning of a new one: the United States of America. -
Treaty of Paris signed
This agreement, which the American colonies and Great Britain signed on September 3, 1783, put an end to the American Revolution and recognized the United States as an independent country. -
Great Compromise
Their famous "Great Compromise" established a dual system of congressional representation in honor of its founders, Connecticut representatives Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth. Each state would be given a certain number of seats in the House of Representatives according to its population. -
Constitution is ratified
The Constitution was ratified by New Hampshire on June 21, 1788, making it the ninth of the 13 states to do so. At that point, it was the legal basis for American federalism. But it was a drawn-out and difficult procedure to get ratified. -
Bill of Rights adopted
President Washington sent copies of the 12 amendments approved by Congress to the states on October 2, 1789. Ten of them, now referred to as the "Bill of Rights," had received approval from three-fourths of the states by December 15, 1791.
