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A time in history where there was much Phrophesy.
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Yale, one of todays most prestigeous unoiversitys, was founded on May 21st, 1701.
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The first Newspaper of America sucessfully starting running. This is important because now colonists from most ares can all recieve news in a timely manner.
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There became a ban on marriage between whites and blacks in the colony of Massachudetts.
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In March of 1714, George I takes the throne as the King of England
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The colonists had been introduced to the Tea crop. And it was a major factor in the trade route.
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The first blacks had been brought to the Louisiana Territory
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The French had founded and colonized the port of New Orleans
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At this point in time, the population of Blacks in the colonies had reached 75,000
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In March of 1729 Benjamin Franklin stated publishing his newspaper, The Pennsylvanie Gazette
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A newsletter written by Benjamin Franklin. Included weather predictions, humor, proverbs, and epigrams. Continiously ran through 1757 and sold over 10,000 copies.
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A religious revitalization movement that swept the Atlantic world
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Florida promised freedom to any slaves who could escape and 75 South Corolinians revolted and killed several men
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A meeting of delagatesfrom seven American Colonies at which ben Franklin proposed the Albany Plan of Union to unify the colonies.
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Started when French troops captured a British Expeditionary force, lasted seven years. Ended with the Treaty of Paris.
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Essentually put British officers above the law.
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This treaty signed in 1763 ended the French and Indian War
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This line set the western boundary for the British North Americans to not cross onto the Indian Territory
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The Sugar Act put a tax on sugar being imported into the Colonies.
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The Currency Act made all Colonial money non-valid and had to use a different form of money that the British accepted
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In Boston in early summer of 1765 a group of shopkeepers and artisans who called themselves The Loyal Nine, began preparing for agitation against the Stamp Act. As that group grew, it came to be known as the Sons of Liberty
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An act imposed on the Colonists that forced them to house British troops in their own homes. Along with housing them they had to feed and take care of them when necessary
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The Stamp Act was repealed in March of 1766. This was a victory in many ways for the colonists. They no longer had a tax on stamps/ paper products, and they had also overcame an imposition by the British.
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An Act imposed by the British. Ended up resulting in near rebellioin, and bringing in no revenue for the British
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British Troops opened fire on Americans having a protest. Killing 5 of them.
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The Committees of Correspondence were formed throughout the colonies as a means of coordinating action against Great Britain. Many were formed by the legislatures of the respective colonies, others by extra-governmental associations such as the Sons of Liberty in the various colonies
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Another tax imposed on the colonists by the British. This one was to heavily tax tea, a newly loved crop in the colonies, an extreme amount.
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Rebellious act, done by American Indians to throw all the tea that was being taxed into the port and waste it. Therefor the British would make no money at all off of the Tea.
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Part of the many Bills passed by the British to instil on the Colonies. Bill were enforced and made to ensure the hardship of living in the Colonies.
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First Official meeting of colonists in order to re write their own laws. IN these meetings they would later come up with the Articles of Confederation, and also the Declaration of Independance.
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The first battle of the American Revolution
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A book written by Thomas Pain, in an attempt to show the colonists townspeople what they need to do in order to gain freedom. Or the consequences would be rough.
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On July 4th, 1776, the Colonies seperated themselves by signing the Declaration of Independance. This document seperated them from the British and arranged them as their own country, the United States of America.
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During the night of December 25, Washington led his troops across the ice-swollen Delaware about 9 miles north of Trenton. The next morning they attacked to the south, taking the Hessian garrison by surprise and over-running the town. After fierce fighting, and the loss of their commander, the Hessians surrendered.
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on November 15th, 1777, the Colonies created the Articles of Confederation. Which was the first document that would help us lead our on country, It would go on to fail,but was an important event in this time.
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In 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution, leaving the Colonies as their own free nation.
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Ends the French and Indian War
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Works Cited "APUSH Review Timeline." Dipity - Find, Create, and Embed Interactive Timelines. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 May 2013. . "Medieval Technology and American History - Timelines - Colonial American Timeline." Penn State College of Engineering. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 May 2013. .
