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These acts banned colonial merchants from shipping goods to foreign countries and limited which items could be imported to the colonies.

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Under that law, a tax was placed on the importation of sugar from the French West Indies, forcing the American Rum distillers to buy more costly sugar from the British West Indies

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The French and Indian War was a seven year long war over a piece of land in North America which was ended by the Treaty of pairis in 1763

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It recognized the Indians 'right to land and it did not allow colonists to settle west of the Appalachian mountains. This made colonists very angry because they wanted to settle on the land and they did not want soldiers living among them.

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This act taxed anything printed on paper requiring colonists to buy a stamp,or seal, for paper products.

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This act required colonists to quarter, or house and feed, British soldiers.

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These acts made colonists pay taxes on imported tea, glass, paper, and other items to pay for rising military costs due to the Quartering act

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Colonists began to shout insults and throw snowballs at the soldier. Soon more soldiers arrived, and as the mob grew louder and angrier, shots were fired. this deadly riot resulted in five colonists being killed that evening.

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This act made the British East India Company the only company allowed to sell tea to the colonies.

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This was a protest by the American Colonists against the British government. They staged the protest by boarding three trade ships in the Boston Harbor and throwing off the ships' cargo of tea overboard into the ocean.

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These acts were an effort to make the colonists pay for the tea to keep the colonists from planning other attacks. These laws stopped all trade between Boston and Britain, did not allow town meetings, gave Britain control of the colony of Massachusetts, and strengthened the Quartering Act. Since the port of Boston was closed, the trading of goods between the colonies also stopped which greatly impacted the economies of all the colonies

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The Battle of Lexington and Concord of 1775

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The Battle of Lexington and Concord of 1775

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The British wanted to destroy the colonists' weapons so they could fight back General Gage figured out that the British were coming to destroy their weapons then General Gage sent three people to spread the word they sent Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott, William Dawes so they could get ready for the battle 77 minuet men died and 270 British troops died

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The Declaration of Independence July 4rth 1776

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The Declaration of Independence July 4rth 1776

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The Declaration of Independence was written by the Second Continental Congress which included Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. John Hancock and John Jay took 17 whole days to write and edit which said 27 whole reasons why they were a bad government and why they wanted a new one

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The winter of 1777-78 was not the coldest nor the worst winter experienced during the war, but regular freezing and thawing, plus intermittent snowfall and rain, coupled with shortages of provisions, clothing, and shoes, made living conditions extremely difficult.

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Battle of Yorktown, (September 28–October 19, 1781), joint Franco-American land and sea campaign that entrapped a major British army on a peninsula at Yorktown, Virginia, and forced its surrender. The siege virtually ended military operations in the American Revolution

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We wanted to get New Orleans for a trading route. Still, Napolean Bonaparte gave us the entire Louisiana territory for only an extra 5 million dollars, which is how the Louisiana Purchase was made for 15 million dollars.

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When we bought the louisiana purchase we had no idea what was there. So Thomas jefferson the third president of america mat the corps of discovery who consisted of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark later on their journey one of their men died his appendix burst later they got a woman who knew many native american languages named Sacagawea they discovered over 200 plants and animals in the end the journey took them 3 years.

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The Missouri Compromise was a federal legislation of the United States that balanced the desires of northern states to prevent the expansion of slavery in the country with those of southern states to expand it.

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Americans wanted to move into the Indian land so we did not want overcrowding so we kicked them out

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After we passed the Indian Removal Act we started to get the Indians moving out of their land and we moved them to Arkansas so began the trail of tears, 15,000 died

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The Oregon Trail was the most tedious migration in American history it started in Missouri and ended in Oregan City they had to pass the Rocky and Sierra Nevada mountains travel in covered wagons and use oxen to pull the wagons people had to keep everything they needed because there were no stores in that place and lots of people died because of drowning or the mysterious disease named chorela.

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The Attack on Fort Sumter April 12, 1861

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The Attack on Fort Sumter April 12, 1861

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The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia. It ended with its surrender by the United States Army, beginning the American Civil War. Less than 34 hours later, Union forces surrendered.

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Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863

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Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863

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The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War.

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The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery

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Sherman's March to the Sea November 15 - December 21, 1864

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Sherman's March to the Sea November 15 - December 21, 1864

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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.

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Surrender at Appomattox Court House April 9, 1865

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Surrender at Appomattox Court House April 9, 1865

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General Robert E. Lee, commander of all Confederate forces, surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant.

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Abraham Lincoln was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination by John Wilkes in 1865.