US History 1700-1800

Sugar Act

Apr 6, 1764

The Sugar Act taxed items sold in the British Colonies

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

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Townsend Acts

Jun 15, 1767

A series of acts that placed taxes on goods purchased by the British colonists. Britain was attempting to force taxes on the colonists as a way of helping pay for the cost incurred by the British

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Colonists revolted against the Tea Tax by dumping containers of Tea into the Boston Harbor

First Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

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Paul Revere

Apr 18, 1775

Paul Revere warned of the British coming to confiscate guns. The battles of Lexington and Concord set the stage for the coming revolution.

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

Continental Congress met and adopted the Declaration of Independence
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Treaty Of Paris

Sep 3, 1783

Ended Revolutionary War and determined boundaries between British controlled land and the United States

Shays' Rebellion

1786

Tax Rebellion that led to the Constitution as a replacement for the Articles of Confederation
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US Constitution

1787

Delegates met and drafted the Constitution

The First President

Feb 4, 1789

George Washington was elected president and inaugurated on April 30, 1789