history project

  • French & Indian War 1754-1763

    French & Indian War  1754-1763
    the French and Indian war began in 1754 and ended with the treaty of paris in 1763.
  • Albany Plan of Union July 10,1754

    Albany Plan of Union July 10,1754
    the albany plan of union was a plan to place the British north american colonies under a more centralized governtment
  • Proclamation of 1763 October 7

    Proclamation of 1763 October 7
    The Proclamation Line of 1763 was a British produced boundary marked in the application mountings at the eastern continental divide.
  • Sugar Act April 5, 1764

    Sugar Act  April 5, 1764
    British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch Indians
  • Quartering Act March 24, 1765

    Quartering Act   March 24, 1765
    the British Parliament passed the Quartering Act, one of a series of measures primarily aimed at raising revenue from the british colonies in america
  • Stamp Act October 7-25 1765

    Stamp Act  October 7-25 1765
    The Stamp Act of 1765 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies
  • Boston Massacre March 5,1770

    Boston Massacre March 5,1770
    The Boston Massacre was a confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston.
  • The Tea Act & Boston Tea Party Dec 16, 1773

    The Tea Act & Boston Tea Party Dec 16, 1773
    The Tea Act 1773 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive.
  • 1st Continental Congress Sept 5, 1774

    1st Continental Congress   Sept 5, 1774
    The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States
  • Lexington and Concord April 16 1775

    Lexington and Concord April 16 1775
    The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge.
  • 2ns Continental Congress May 10, 1775

    2ns Continental  Congress   May 10, 1775
    The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that formed in Philadelphia in May 1775
  • Battle of Bunker Hill June 17, 1775

    Battle of Bunker Hill   June 17, 1775
    The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on Saturday, June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the first stage of the American Revolutionary War.
  • Fort Ticonderoga May 10 1775

    Fort Ticonderoga May 10 1775
    is a large 18th-century star fort built by the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain, in northern New York, in the United States.
  • Declaration of Independence July 4 1775

    Declaration of Independence July 4 1775
    declaration of independence or declaration of statehood or proclamation of independence is an assertion by a polity in a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state.
  • Common Sense by Thomas Paine Jan 9,1776

    Common Sense by Thomas Paine  Jan 9,1776
    Common Sense is a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
  • Evacuation of Boston March 17, 1776

    Evacuation of Boston  March 17, 1776
    British forces are forced to evacuate Boston following General George Washington's successful placement of fortifications and cannons on Dorchester Heights, which overlooks the city from the south.
  • Battle of Brandywine Sept 11, 1777

    Battle of Brandywine  Sept 11, 1777
    The Battle of Brandywine, also known as the Battle of Brandywine Creek, was fought between the American Continental Army of General George Washington and the British Army of General Sir William Howe on September 11, 1777, as part of the American Revolutionary War.
  • Siege of Yorktown Sept 28,1781- Oct 19, 1781

    Siege of Yorktown Sept 28,1781- Oct 19, 1781
    The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German battle, beginning on September 28, 1781, and ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown