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Virginia passes its first comprehensive slave code
While Virginia had specific laws in the context of slavery, this was its first comprehensive bill. It established laws about runaway slaves, violence among slaves, and many other issues. -
Steam Engine
Thomas Newcomen invents the first steam engine. It is not very useful yet, but the idea of using steam to make machines go will be important to the Industrial Revolution. -
Lighting Conductor
Invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1752 as part of his groundbreaking exploration of electricity. -
French and Indian war
The war pitted the colonies of British America against those of France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by Native America allies. -
Treaty of Paris
Marking the end of the French and India war, the British won and the French handed over Canada and all French passions east of the Mississippi. -
Stamp Act
An act by the British government that exact revenue from the Americans colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspaper and legal and commercial documents. -
Boston Massacre
A confrontation where British soldiers open fire on a mob in Boston, killing many people. -
Boston Tea Party
A protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. The target was the tea act, which allowed British East India Company to sell Tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes. -
First congress meet
The Continental Congress meets for the first time in Philadelphia, with 56 delegates representing ever colony, except for Georgia. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
1,000 militiaman lead by Colonel William Prescott built fortification on top of Breeder Hill to stop British troops. -
Start of the American Revolutionary war
The thirteen America colonies fight against the British for independence. -
Declaration of Independence
This text was written was explain why America was going with war with the British and take themselves out of its rile. -
Crossing the Delaware
George Washington was crossing the Delaware in a surprise attack against the Hessian forces in Trenton, New Jersey. -
Shay's Rebellion's
A series of violent attacks on courthouse and other government properties in Massachusetts, -
Constitutional Convention
Made up of delegates from 12 of the original thirteen colonies. meets in Philadelphia to draft the U.S. Constitution. -
First president
George Washington becomes the first president of the newly formed America.
