SK_1700's-1800's

By samkriebel

  • French and Indian War Begins

    France battles the Iroquois

  • French and Indian War Ends

    Treaty of Paris gives British control of Canada and all French territory east of the Mississippi River

  • Boston Massacre

    British troops open fire in Boston killing five men and stirring tension in the colonies

  • Boston Tea Party

    Several colonists dump several hundred crates of tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the British Tea Tax

  • First Continental Congress

    56 delegates representing the colonies meet in Philadelphia

  • War of Independence Begins

    America's war against Great Britain fighting for Independence.

  • Declaration of Independence is Signed

    Continental Congress signs the Declaration of Independence separating the Union from Great Britain.

  • Treaty of Paris

    Ends Revolutionary War, Great Britain accepts America's independence.

  • George Washington Elected President

    George Washington is elected as the first President of the United States

  • Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin increasing the need for slave labor and increasing cotton production.

  • John Adams Elected President

    John Adams is inaugurated as the second President of the United States.