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British produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains.
Prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands owned by the French -
The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament. The act, which imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies -
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter. -
The kick off of the American Revolutionary War. Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American Colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. -
The Declaration of Independence was the first formal statement by a nation’s people asserting their right to choose their own government -
General Sir William Howe and General Charles Cornwallis launch a full-scale British attack on General George Washington and the Patriot outpost at Brandywine Creek near Chadds Ford, in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, on the road linking Baltimore and Philadelphia. -
The outcome in Yorktown, Virginia marked the conclusion of the last major battle of the American Revolution