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Native Americans killed hundreds of colonists a d destroyed many settlements, and they killed traders throughout the southern astern region.
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The Province of Georgia was one of the Southern colonies in British America. It was the last of the thirteen original American colonies established by Great Britain in what later became the United States. In the original grant, a narrow strip of the the province extended to the Pacific Ocean. -
The Liberty Bell, previously called the State House Bell or Old State House Bell, is an iconic symbol of American Independence located in Philadelphia. -
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years’ War. Click here for a video
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The Boston Massacre was a street fight, between a “patriot” mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
To protest British Parliment’s tax on tea. “No taxation without representation.” The demonstrators boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The British government considered the protest an act of treason and responded harshly. -
The American Revolution also called the U.S. War of Independence was the insurrection fought between 1775 and 1783 through which 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies threw off British rule to establish the sovereign United States of America, founded with the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
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The Articles of Confederation created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments. Click here for video -
It spells out Americans’ rights in relation to their government. It guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individual- like freedom of speech, press, and religion. It sets rules for due process of law and reserves all powers not delegated to the Federal Government to the people or the States. 9 -
The Second Congress passed “An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters,” that authorized the arrest or seizure of fugitives and empowered “any magistrate of a county, city or town” to rule on the matter.