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Benjamin Franklin
Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin is born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 17, 1706. -
New Orleans
New Orleans is founded by the French Mississippi Company. However, the specific date is unknown, it was founded in spring of 1718. May 7 is when the anniversary is traditionally marked. -
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First Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America during the 1730s and 1740s. The movement came at a time when the idea of secular rationalism was being emphasized, and passion for religion had grown stale. Christian leaders often traveled from town to town, preaching about the gospel, emphasizing salvation from sins and promoting enthusiasm for Christianity. -
First American Library
The Library Company of Philadelphia was founded in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin and a group of friends. This library was the first truly public library. -
George Washington
America's First President, George Washington, was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia on February 22, 1732. -
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French and Indian War
This war pit the colonies of New France and British America against each other over land disputes in the Ohio River Valley. This war was ended in America with the Treaty of Paris. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre occurs when British troops fire into a Boston mob, who were demonstrating against British troops at the customs commission. This event was later credited as the first battle in the American Revolution, which began five years later, and was used as an incident to further the colonists cause of rebellion. -
Boston Tea Party
When the British would not repeal the Tea Act, this made Americans Furious. Meeting at the Old South Meeting House, Bostonians led by Josiah Quincy and Samuel Adams discussed the new British tax on tea and subsequently boarded three ships in the nearby harbor, tossing the 342 chests of tea overboard. The Boston Tea Party caused Parliament to close the port of Boston and pushed the American colonies one step closer to war. -
The Declaration of Independence
The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776. The Declaration announced that the Thirteen Colonies at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain would regard themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states, no longer under British rule. With the Declaration, these new states took a collective first step toward forming the United States of America. -
President Washington
George Washington is elected unanimously as the 1st President of the United States. The 1st Congress meets in Federal Hall, New York City, for the first time on March 4, with regular sessions beginning two months later on April 6.
