USI.6 VA SOLs American Revolution

Jamestown Settlement (USI.5a)

May 14, 1607

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in what would become the United States. The town was built on Jamestown Island along the James River.

French Indian War Begins (USI.6a)

Dec 16, 1754

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War The French and Indian War was a part of The Seven Years' War. It took place between 1754 and 1763. The name refers to the part of the Seven Years' War that was fought in what is now the United States and Canada.

French Indian War Ends (USI.6a)

Feb 10, 1763

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War The war was between the French with Indian allies and the British with British-American and Indian allies.

Proclamation of 1763 (USI.6a)

Oct 7, 1763

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Proclamation_of_1763 The Proclamation of 1763, which followed the French and Indian War, restricted the western movement of settlers.

Stamp Act (USI.6a)

Nov 1, 1765

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_Act First direct British tax on American colonists. Every newspaper, pamphlet, and other public and legal document had to have a Stamp, or British seal, on it, which was to pay for the French and Indian War.

Boston Massacre (USI.6c)

Mar 5, 1770

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Massacre Colonists in Boston were shot after taunting British soldiers.

Boston Tea Party (USI.6c)

Dec 16, 1773

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_tea_party
Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led patriots in throwing tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes.

First Continental Congress (USI.6c)

Sep 5, 1774

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Congress Delegates from all colonies except Georgia met to discuss problems with Great Britain and to promote independence.

Lexington and Concord (USI.6c)

Apr 19, 1775

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord The first battles of the American Revolutionary War. They were between British soldiers, who wanted to take away the colonists' weapons and arrest John Hancock and Samuel Adams, and American colonists.

Declaration of Independence (USI.6c)

Jul 4, 1776

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence The Declaration of Independence is an important document in the history of the United States of America. It says that the American colonies were no longer under the rule of Great Britain and that people had inalienable rights.

Battle of Saratoga (USI.6c)

Jun 18, 1777

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Saratoga The Battle of Saratoga was an important battle in the American Revolution. The Americans won a surprising victory which brought the French into the War on the side of the Americans.

Articles of Confederation (USI.7a)

Mar 1, 1781

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation The Articles of Confederation was a constitution written during the American Revolution to establish the powers of the new national government.

Battle of Yorktown (USI.6c)

Oct 19, 1781

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Yorktown_(1781) The Battle of Yorktown was the last important battle of the American Revolution. The British general Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington.

Treaty of Paris, 1783 (USI.6c)

Sep 3, 1783

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1783) Formally gives US her independence from England. The US also acquired more territory.

The New Constitution (USI.7b)

Mar 4, 1789

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States The United States Constitution is the highest law of the United States of America. It was put in writing on September 17, 1787 by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and later put into effect, or ratified, by representatives of the people of the first 13 states.