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Yale University was founded in New Haven, Connecticut -
The royal colony established by Queen Anne- she combined the American provinces of East New Jersey and West New Jersey -
Queen Anne's War began when European powers were fighting for control of the throne which spread to America
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Virginia Slave Code passed in the House of Burgesses
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Franklin was born and became one of our greatest Founding Father
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Angry slaves in New York rioted ending with six suicides and twenty-one executions
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The was a fight between the British and Indians. This war took place because the Indians were resentful of the British taking over their land.
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The first theater opened in Williamsburg, Virginia
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Scott-Irish flooded America's boards for 58 years
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Spanish founded San Antonio, Texas
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The French people founded New Orleans, Lousiana
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A revival in America that lasted decades
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North Carolina becomes a royal colony -
The birth of George Washington -
Poor Richard's Almanac is published by Benjamin Franklins, and it sold over 10,000 copies every year.
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In the House of Commons, the English Parliament agreed with James Oglethorpe to make the ban on slavery that lasted sixteen years in Georgia.
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George Whitefield came to America. He was one of the most revered preachers in the Great Awakening.
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Famous Great Awakening revivalist preached his famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" -
The British Parliament passed the Iron Act which infuriated the colonists
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Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod, where electricity began
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It was a fight between the French and British. A struggle to show who was the most powerful. -
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King George issued the Royal Proclamation, the intention was to protect the Indians lands. Instead, it was the beginning of what would lead up to the American Revolution. -
Taxed all sugar products in the colonies, infuriating the colonists -
This act was passed without debate by Parliament, pushing the already enraged colonists over the edge -
Imposed more taxes in an effort to make more money from the colonists, leading to riots and protest -
A group of frustrated colonists were harrassing British troops which ended the soldiers opening fire on the civilians.
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Parliament passed the tax on tea adding yet another log to the flame that sparked the war
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Enrages colonists boarded a British ship full of tea barrels and threw them overboard
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Britains way of retaliating against the colonist after the Boston Tea Party
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This was the meeting of the thirteen colonies discussing how they should handle the Intolerable Acts, this lasted for several weeks.
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This was the first armed engagement of British regulars and the American colonist that wanted independence
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Thirteen colonies discussed the current situation of the American Revolutionary War
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The was a very bloody battle between the British troops and American Revolutionaries, the British won however it cost them greatly -
In July the Declaration of Independence was created to show Britain that America was no longer under control of the King
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In the freezing cold of winter General George Washington and his men camped at Valley Forge. Hundreds died from poor conditions and not enough supplies.
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This particular battle was the turning point of the Revolutionary War -
The Second Continental Congress passed a resolution authorizing the flag -
General Cornwallis surrendered to General Washington -
When the Battle at Yorktown ended it forced the British to seek an end to the war -
George presided over the convention -
George Washington becomes the first president of the United States -
Eli Whitney received a patent for his Cotton Gin invention
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Our second president was John Adams
