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History Timeline By Dakota

  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact

    Written agreement by consensus of new settlers that came over on the Mayflower
  • French Indian War begins

    French Indian War begins

    American Name for the war between the French and Great Britain that took place in north america where both sides were allied by native americans
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord

  • French Indian War ends

    French Indian War ends

  • The Royal Proclamation

    The Royal Proclamation

  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    1764 Act that put a three-cent tax on foreign refined sugar and increased taxes on coffee, indigo, and certain kinds of wine. It banned importation of rum and French wines
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Made it where every one in america had to pay a tax on every sheet of paper they used.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    The First Continental Congress brought together representatives from each of the colonies, except Georgia, to discuss their response to the British "Intolerable Acts."
  • The Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence

    Made America its own country indivdual and no longer a part of Great Britain
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

  • Battle Of Yorktown begins

    Battle Of Yorktown begins

  • Battle of Yorktown ends

    Battle of Yorktown ends

  • Treaty of Paris Signed

    Treaty of Paris Signed

    Ended the French indian war. signed by France Great britain and Spain
  • U.S. Constitution

    U.S. Constitution

    The sumpreme law of the united states. Framework for the united states government and the relationship between the government and everybody in the United States
  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of Rights

    First ten ammendaments of the united states.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    America purchased Louisiana from France for less then 3 cents per acre (less then 42 cents per acre in todays economy)
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise

  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

  • Kansas Nebraska Act

    Kansas Nebraska Act