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Yale University was founded on October 9th 1701 by Elihu Yale. -
Queen Anne's War was fought from 1702-1713 -
In 1729 North and South Carolina became a royal colony -
The Iron Act of 1750 eliminated the taxes paid by Britain on the iron imported from its American colonies. -
The French and Indian War was a war fought between the British colonies in North America and the French colonies -
The Sugar Act of 1764 was a British legislation focused on ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French -
The Stamp Act of 1765 was an internal tax directly on American colonists by the British Parliament. -
The Boston Massacre was an event that happened in February of 1770 when a patriot mob attacked a British loyalist, who fired a gun at them, killing a boy. -
The Tea Act of 1773 granted companies the right to ship tea directly to the colonies without landing in England first. -
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that happened on December 16, 1773 -
The Battle of Bunker Hill was a battle fought on, June 17, 1775. -
The Constitutional Convention took place from May to September, 1787 -
The Federalist Papers were essays and articles that explained the Constitution of the United States. -
The Bill of Rights were the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, wrote in 1791 -
The Whisky Rebellion was a violent protest of the whiskey taxation -
The White House was constructed and the first President moved in, in 1800