Timeline

By Dwayne5

  • French Indian War

    French Indian War
    Was the beginning of open hostilities between the colonies and Great Britain.

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    The proclamation, in effect, closed off the frontier to colonial expansion.

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, 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.

  • American Revolution

    American Revolution
    Fighting began on April 19, 1775 at Lexington, Mass. and nearby Concord. British strategy called for crushing the rebellion in the North. Several times the British nearly defeated the Continental Army

  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin
    Prior to his invention, farming cotton required hundreds of hours to separate the cotton seed from the raw cotton fibers.

  • Civil War

    Civil War
    Civil WarMore than three million men fought in the Civil War. Two percent of the population, more than 620,000 died in it. Bloodiest war in the United States history.

  • World War I

    World War I
    World War I was characterized by trench warfare. Each army dug protective trenches-long, deep rows of ditches dug in the ground-in which they slept, ate and fought against the enemy