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Navigation Acts
The Navigation Acts were a series of acts that aimed for English vessels, trading, and bartering. The acts put English trade above all, and promoted it heavily. This also affected the colonies. -
French and Indian War ends
For 7 long years, the British-American Colonies were pitted against New France, who had the aid of the norther Native tribes. The war officially ended in 1763. -
Stamp Act
British Parliament had passed an act, which required all newspapers and legal documents to bare a stamp, which was also sold as a tax. Continental opposition came swiftly after. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation between British Troops and protesting Boston citizens. After some confusion, British Troops were given the order to fire into the crowd, and many civilians were killed in the event. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was passed by British Parliament, and it allowed all imported tea to have a tariff placed on it. Colonial opposition resulted in the Boston Tea Party -
Boston Tea Party
After the Tea Act, which caused all imported tea to have a tariff placed on it, Revolutionaries boarded a British vessel and dumped the supply of tea into the sea. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a set of punishments set in place by the British as a result of the Boston Tea Party. Passed in 1774, the Acts were meant to punish the Massachusetts Settlers for their uproar about raised taxation. -
The First Continental Congress
In 1774, representatives of each of the 13 colonies, besides Georgia (Who was fighting against a native uprising) all met up in Philadelphia to create the First Continental Congress, who first acted against the Coercive Acts -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord was the first military engagement by the Continental Army and the British Redcoats. The battle occurred when British troops marched to Concord to seize arms. -
Second Continental Congress
Much like the first Continental Congress, the Second Continental Congress consisted of delegates from the colonies. An army was in need of raising as the Revolutionary War shadowed the colonies, and the Congress acted as government for the time being. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
The Declaration of Independence, which was adopted on the 4th of July, was the document that broke the America’s from British rule. It was pronounced adopted by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga occurred from September to October. It included two battles, and was a huge turning point for the continental army, and the Revolution as a whole. -
Winter at Valley Forge
Acting as an encampment for the Continental Army, Valley Forge was hit by a devastating winter on December 19th of 1777, and lasted until June of the next year. Out of the 11,000 stationed there, hundred perished from disease. -
Battle of Yorktown
Starting in September of 1781, the Battle of Yorktown was an attempt by the Continental Army and their French allies to siege Yorktown. General Charles Cornwallis of the British Army surrendered eventually to the army in the month to follow. -
U.S. Constitution Written
The United States Constitution was an outline of all the Supreme Laws of the newly made United States of America. It consisted of 7 articles, and it was created in 1787. Though, the Constitution was only Ratified in 178k -
U.S. Constitution Adopted
A year after the 7 articled Constitution, which outlined the Supreme Laws of the United States of America, was written, it was finally approved in 1788, and thus the laws of the land were formed.
