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The Navigation Acts were created to stop any trade from the colonies to countries other than Britain they were activated in 1651 and 1660.

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In 1733 king George the 3rd passed the Sugar act. The Sugar Act taxed the colonists for molasses, sugar, and rum.(rum is an alcohol)

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The French & Indian war is a war where the french are allied with most of the Indians to fight off Great Britain it begins at 1754-1756

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The Proclamation of 1763 is a law that was passed in 1763 that forbade all colonists from claiming or using land past the Proclamation line even if they already owned land there. This angered the colonists a lot this made them want to break away from the British parliament, this is mostly because the colonies weren't being represented in parliament which meant they didn't get a say in the creation of that law, most colonists decided not to follow the Proclamation of 1763 because they thought the king wouldn't find out since Britain was so far away.

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The Stamp Act was passed in 1765. The Stamp Act made it so that every piece of paper you buy also comes with you having to buy a stamp to let you own it, this taxes newspapers, letters, books, etc. literally, anything made with paper.

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The Quartering Act was passed by british parliament in 1765. The Quartering Act states that the colonists must house british soldiers not only that but they must give the best room in the house the best portion of the meal, you need to give the best of everything you have, you pretty much just become their servant.

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The Townshend Act was passed by the British parliament in 1767. The Townshend Act taxes tea, glass, paper, and other imported goods

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In the year 1770, the Boston Massacre took place patriots were shouting insults and throwing snowballs at the soldiers, some people think that the picture above is what happened but what happened, was one of the soldiers tripped and fired his gun the rest of the soldiers were scared and thought the colonists had guns the general stood in the way saying not to fire but they shot and five people died.

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The Tea Act was passed in the year 1773 this taxed tea which was a very very popular drink so this enraged the colonists this was the last straw...

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The Tea Act was the last straw for the colonists, on December 16, 1773, the colonists decided to protest by dumping millions of dollars worth of tea into the harbor, this infuriated King George the 3rd

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On 1774 The Coercive Acts also known as the Intolerable Acts were passed to stop the colonists from fighting back against Britain. The Intolerable/Coercive Acts banned town meetings, closed the Boston Harbor, sent more soldiers for the Quartering Act, and gained control of Massachusetts.

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The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress on April 4th, 1775, and was officially signed by John Hancock on August 2nd, 1776 it declared the 13 colonies separate from Britain.

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The battle of Lexington and Concord took place on April 19th, 1775. The battle of Lexington and Concord arose because British soldiers tried to comprehend contraband weapons but Paul Revere warned them about the British regulars. Most of the weapons were hidden but everything the regulars could find was destroyed but when they made it to Concord the colonists were armed and ready the militia was already loaded and aiming.

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The toughest battle George Washington's army fought was not against the British but against the winter. From December 1777-June 1778 winter came and war had a rule about never attacking during winter because you can't move an army through fast enough through all the snow without being spotted so it gives you time to plan and train for spring, but Washington's army was low on supplies because of the British 2,500 people died of disease and 2,500 ran away leaving 6,000 of the 11,000 they had but the soldiers who stayed got stronger thank to a german man.

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The Battle of Yorktown took place from September 28th to October 19th, 1781. The battle of Yorktown is also supposedly the last battle of the Revolutionary War, but was a very fierce one. The French blockaded the Chesapeake Bay to stop reinforcements and any supplies this forced Commander Cornwallis to surrender to the Colonial army.

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The Great Constitution was created by the founding fathers to figure out our government and how we would run it it was created on December 7th, 1787 this document was made to figure out our funding problems, population, slavery, how our government will function, and voting issues.

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The Louisiana Purchase occurred in 1803 when Thomas Jefferson became the 3rd president of the U.S. Thomas Jefferson wanted to take control of the port in Louisiana. The port belonged to France. Thomas Jefferson decided to have Robert Livingston and James Monroe strike a deal with France to get the port for $10 million. The ruler of France was fighting 2 wars at the time, one against Britain and the other against the Caribbean. wars cost a lot of money so France was in debt. Instead of selling the port to the Americans for $10 million, he sold the entire Louisiana territory for $15 million.

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After President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory he paid Meriwether Lewis and his friend William Clark to lead the Corps of Discovery on an expedition to map out the new land, this would later be known as the Lewis & Clark Expedition, it lasted from May 14, 1804 to September 23, 1806. During the journey only one man died his name was Sergeant Charles Floyd, Jr. He died because his appendix burst. During the expedition, they met a native American named Sacagawea who spoke two Native American languages. Sacagawea could speak Shoshone, her native language, and Hidatsa. Some people say it was a success because they made many new maps and discovered over a hundred new species of new plant and animals.

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The missouri Compromise took place on 1820. The Missouri Compromise was a federal legislation of the United States that balanced desires of northern states to prevent the expansion of slavery in the country. In other words southern states cant expand higher than the meridian line.

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In 1830 people found gold on native land this was brought to the Supreme Court, and Americans decided that they wanted to remove the Native Americans. The Supreme Court decided they would only remove the Native Americans if they signed a treaty known as the Indian Removal Act

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Three rebellious Native Americans signed the Indian Removal Act, the signers were killed but it was too late the Indian Removal Act was already in motion. From 1831-1850 the Natives were forced off their land, many were killed or didn't survive, this event in history was known as the Trail of Tears

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Many people made the journey to settle in the Louisiana Territory from 1841-1869, this event was known as the Oregon Trail. The journey was hard because of diseases, storms, terrain, and food & water supply.

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On April 12, 1861, forces from the Confederate States of America attacked the United States military garrison at Fort Sumter, South Carolina. Less than two days later, the fort surrendered. No one was killed. The battle, however, started the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history.

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President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

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he Gettysburg Address was a speech given by President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863, at the official dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery, now called the Gettysburg National Cemetery.

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Sherman's March to the Sea was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21, 1864, by William Tecumseh Sherman, major general of the Union Army. The Army wrecked 300 miles (480 km) of railroad and numerous bridges and miles of telegraph lines. It seized 5,000 horses, 4,000 mules, and 13,000 head of cattle. It confiscated 9.5 million pounds of corn and 10.5 million pounds of fodder, and destroyed uncounted cotton gins and mills.

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On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee, commander of all Confederate forces, surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant. This marked the end of the Civil War.

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President Lincoln was Assassinated on April 15, 1865, at Petersen House, Washington, D.C.