Dates

By Tydore
  • 1774
    1774 BCE

    1774

    In 1774, the British Parliament passed a series of laws collectively known as the Intolerable Acts
  • 1765

    1765

    The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament.
  • 1776

    1776

    By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain.
  • 1781

    1781

    On September 28, 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown.
  • 1783

    1783

    The Treaty of Paris of 1783 finally ended the American Revolutionary War.
  • 1787

    1787

    The Constitution of the United States established America's national government and fundamental laws.
  • 1941

    1941

    Air Raid On Pearl Harbor.
  • 1945

    1945

    Truman becomes US President following the death of President Roosevelt, Nuclear Bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan surrender on August 14.