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French and Indian War
Britain won the French and Indian War. Due to this Britain gained control of Canada and the Ohio Valley. But because of this Britain had to station more troops in the colonies. -
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Sugar Act
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Stamp Act
After the war the British Parlament thought that the colonies should have to pay something for what had been done. So the Parliment passed the Stamp Act. This forced thecolonists to have to put stamps on essentially everything, and it their eyes it was a taxation, which was illegal. Due to the hatred of the act it was later repealed. -
Declaratory Act
Britain repeals the Stamp Act, but claims it was okay to tax them. -
Townshend Revenue Act
Taxes on tea and other goods were put into place to help pay for the adminitration of the colonies. -
Troops arrive
British troops arrive to handle some unrest amonsts the colonists. -
House of Burgesses
Virginia resolves George Mason oppose British polocies. The govenor closes the House of Burgesses. -
Boston Massacre
Britain contiuted to try and control the colonists througb other ways of taxations and other measures causing the colonists to rebel. On March 5, a group of colonists got together to protest and the British troops open fired and killed 5 protestors. This caused even more unrest in the colonies. -
Inventor
The inventor of the steam locomotive was born. -
Burning of the Gaspee
The revenue schooner Gaspee ran around Prividence and was burnt by locals angered by the law enforcment. -
Boston Tea Party
Once again, Britain was trying to force its authority on the colonists. Authority that the colonists so clearly did not want. But the British Parliment decided to add a tax on imported tea. The colonists were obviously upset, so they dressed up like Indians and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor. -
First Continential Congress
Colonists gathered in Philidelphia and assembled the First Continential Congress. This was to peacefully oppse the British rule. -
The American Revolution
British and American troops begin fighting at Lexington and Concord. This was the beginning of the American Revolution, and the first steps to freedom. -
Declaration of Independece
The colonies adopted the Declaration of Indeprence. This making the coloonies to be free and independent from their previous British rule. -
Articles of Confederation
A committee was apointed and approved by Congress in 1777. This allowed for the states to be ratified. -
France
France recognises the US and their independence. -
Religious Statue
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Virginia Statue of Religious Freedom, with an influence by the English Bill of Rights. -
Camden
The US win the battle of Camden. -
Fighting over
The fighting with Britian went on for 5 total years. It finally ended when the British surrendered at Yorktown in 1781. Also the Articles of Confederation didn't get around to being approved until this year. -
King Washington
George Washington recieved a letter by a solider declaring his hopes that Washington would take over and be the head of the free land. A ruler of their kingdom. Washington replied to the letter and rejected the idea of America ever being a monarchy. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris formally ended the Revolutionary War. -
Express of China
A new trade route opens up for Americans when the "Express of China sailed New Jersey to Orient. -
Regular Stage Routes
REgular stage routes linking New York, Alband, Philadelphia and Boston begin. -
Revise Articles
A meeting was gathered in theory to revise the Articles of Confederation that were so clearly not working. Instead of revising it, they ended up scraping the whole thing and writing a whole new constitution. -
Signed Constitution
At 4:00 pm. the constiton was signed. Waren Burger rang the Liberty Bell, which started a wave of other bells ringing. When Americans heard the bells is reminded them what America was. It was a country built on ideas, not on history. The ideas first being written in the Declaration, then added to the Constitution. America has been the land of ideas, and has prospered ever since. pg 2 -
Parade support
Right beforeNew York was about to vote on whether to e ratified or not, the city help a huge parade in support of it. There were floats and everything roaming the streets. -
North Carolina
North Carolina would join the Union, and the Constitution was in full affect. -
Rhode Island
Shortly after North Carolina joined the Union, so did Rhode Island. -
Virginia
Virginia became the 11th state to ratify the Bill of Rights.