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End of the French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
a loose confederation of elements of Native American tribes, primarily from the Great Lakes region, the Illinois Country, and Ohio Country who were dissatisfied with British postwar policies in the Great Lakes region after the British victory in the French and Indian War. -
Paxton Boys attack Pennsylvainia
a vigilante group to retaliate in 1763 against local American Indians in the aftermath of the French and Indian War and Pontiac's Rebellion. -
Proclamation of 1763
intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. -
Battle of fallen timbers
was the final battle of the Northwest Indian War, a struggle between Native American tribes affiliated with the Western Confederacy, including support from the British led by Captain Alexander McKillop, against the United States for control of the Northwest Territory -
Stamp Act
was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the Thirteen Colonies and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. -
Townshend Acts
were a series of British Acts of Parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 and relating to the British in North America. The acts are named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who proposed the program -
Treaty of Fort Stanwix
was a treaty between Native Americans and Great Britain, signed in 1768 at Fort Stanwix, in present-day Rome, New York. It was negotiated between Sir William Johnson, his deputy George Croghan, and representatives of the six nations. -
Boston Massacre
British Army soldiers shot and killed five people while under attack by a mob. -
Somerset Decision
a famous judgment of the Court of King's Bench in 1772, which held that chattel slavery was unsupported by the common law in England and Wales, although the position elsewhere in the British Empire was left ambiguous. -
Boston Tea Party
was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty -
Tea Act
objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the financially struggling company survive. -
First Continental Congress
was a meeting of delegates from 12 to 13 colonies who met at the Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia -
Intolerable Acts
laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in the battle. -
Treaty of Alliance
the treaty with France a defensive alliance between France and the United States of America, formed in the midst of the American Revolutionary War, which promised mutual military support in case fighting should break out between French and British forces, -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The first military engagement of American Revolution.Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. -
2nd Continental Congress
was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
Common Sense
is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Declaration Of Independence
colonist who seek for independence. -
Battle of Trenton
General George Washington's army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day 1776 and, over the course of the next 10 days, won two crucial battles of the American Revolution. In the Battle of Trenton (December 26), Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. -
Sugar Acts
was the first tax enacted by the British against the colonists for the purpose of raising revenue. -
Articles of Confederation
was an agreement among the 13 original states -
Battle of Saratoga
he climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Paris ( American Revolution)
signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America ended the American Revolution. -
New-burgh Conspiracy
What appeared to be a planned military coup by the Continental Army when the American Revolution began. -
Annapolis Convection
was held to discuss some issues of interstate trade. Attendance was low, with only 12 delegates total representing just five states (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia) -
Shay's Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Massachusetts, mostly in and around Springfield during 1786 and 1787. American Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays led four thousand rebels in a protest against perceived economic and civil rights injustices. -
Constitutional Convention
The convention faced a daunting task: the peaceful overthrow of the new American government as it had been defined by the Article of Confederation. -
Northwest Ordinance
adopted July 13, 1787, by the Second Continental Congress, chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory. -
The Federalist Papers Published
The Federalist is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the United States Constitution -
Bills of Rights Ratified
These 12 were approved on September 25, 1789 and sent to the states for ratification. The 10 amendments that are now known as the Bill of Rights were ratified on December 15, 1791, thus becoming a part of the Constitution. -
Election ( Inaurgation) of George Washington
The first President of the United States was held on Thursday, April 30, 1789 on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City, New York. ... Chancellor of New York Robert Livingston administered the presidential oath of office. -
Beginning of the French Revolution
was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies that lasted from 1789 until 1799. It was partially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion of the French Empire. -
Hamilton's First Report on Public credit
delivered to Congress on January 9, 1790, called for payment in full on all government debts as the foundation for establishing government credit. -
First Bank of the United States Chartered
was needed because the government had a debt from the Revolutionary War, and each state had a different form of currency. It was built while Philadelphia was still the nation's capital. ... The First Bank's charter was drafted in 1791 by the Congress and signed by George Washington. -
Whiskey Rebellion
was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington, ultimately under the command of Revolutionary war veteran Major James McFarlane -
Hamilton's Report on Manufactures
is the third major report, and magnum opus, of American founding father and first U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton. It was presented to Congress on December 5, 1791. -
Citizen Genet Affair
ncident precipitated by the military adventurism of Citizen Edmond-Charles Genêt, a minister to the United States dispatched by the revolutionary Girondist regime of the new French Republic, which at the time was at war with Great Britain and Spain. -
Jay's Treaty
representatives of the United States and Great Britain signed Jay's Treaty, which sought to settle outstanding issues between the two countries that had been left unresolved since American independence. -
Pinckney's Treaty
known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo or the Treaty of Madrid, was signed in San Lorenzo de El Escorial on October 27, 1795 and established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain. -
XYZ Affair
was a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited, undeclared war known as the Quasi-War. U.S. and French negotiators restored peace with the Convention of 1800, also known as the Treaty of Mortefontaine. -
Treaty of Greenville
may refer to one or two treaties at Fort Greenville, now Greenville, Ohio. The first was signed on August 3, 1795, following the Native American loss at the Battle of Fallen Timbers a year earlier. -
Election of John Adams
as their presidential candidate, and the Republicans selected Thomas Jefferson. ... Hamilton convinced some southern electors to drop Adams's name from their ballots, while still voting for Pinckney. Thus Pinckney would receive more votes than Adams and be elected president. -
Quasi-War with France
was an undeclared naval war between the United States and France during the Presidency of John Adams. It grew out of the XYZ Affair and ended when French politics changed direction after Napoleon came into power. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
consisted of four laws passed by the Federalist-controlled Congress as America prepared for war with France. ... An Act Respecting Alien Enemies. An Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes against the United States (Sedition Act) -
Election of Thomas Jefferson
of the Democratic-Republican Party defeated incumbent President John Adams of the Federalist Party. The election was a realigning election that ushered in a generation of Democratic-Republican rule. -
Washington D.C Chosen as the Captial
Jefferson was the first president to be inaugurated in the new and lasting capital of Washington, D.C. in March 1801. The site of the new capital was the product of political compromise. -
Lord Cornwallis Surrendered to George Washington
an oil painting by John Trumbull
