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The Navigation Acts limited colonists from accessing imported goods from foreign countries.

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The King placed taxes on sugar, as well as making them buy it from him rather than Native Americans.

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The French and Indian war was a 7-year-long war against the French, Spain, and Indians v.s. the British. They were fighting over a land in North America. Spain got involved, because the French needed help, and promised them some land. In the war, both General's died. In the end, the British ended up winning, and kicking out the French.

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The signing of the Treaty of Paris formally ended the conflict between France and Great Britain over control of North America (the Seven Years' War, known as the French and Indian War in the United States), and marked the beginning of an era of British dominance outside Europe.

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This act banned colonists from passing the Appalachain Mountains. It also said that British Soliders could come and watch them every second

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The Stamp Acts is where the King said that you had to pay for anything that included paper (envolopes, newspaper, etc).

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The Quartering Act is when colonists had to quarter (let in) British soliders to sleep in their beds, and eat the best food. and if you said anything bad about the soliders or the king, you would go to the court.

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These acts made colonists pay taxes on everyday items such as tea, glass, paper and other nesseties to pay for military costs due to the Quartering Act

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Colonists shouted and threw snowballs at British soliders. The soliders were probably scared and started firing. In the end, 5 innocent colonists were killed.

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This act made the British east India Co. the only company who could sell tea to the colonists.

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The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the Tea Act. Colonists (dressed as Indians) snuck upon a ship filled with tea from Britain. They threw all of the tea overboard, a lost 1 million dollars.

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The Coercive/Intolorable Acts are when the King closed the Boston Harbor, sent more soliders over, and banned town meetings or any gatherings between the colonists.

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The Battle's of Lexington and Concord-1775

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The Battle's of Lexington and Concord-1775

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The Battle of Lexington and Concord was in April, on the 19th. They were the leading battles to the Revolutionary War. The colonists lost the one in Lexington, but won the battle in Concord.

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The Declaration of Independence was officially published on July 4th (America's bday) and was a document full of 27 reasons why to break away from the evil King and his soliders. it was also just an official act of independence.

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Winter at Valley Forge is where George Washington led his army to a camp called Valley Forge. They would have to survive the winter there. The British were 25 miles east, in Philly. In the begginning, there were 11000 men. After winter, there were only 6000 left, about half. Most men died from starvation, dieseses, or frostbite.

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The battle of Yorktown was a 3-week battle against the Continental Army and their French allies, and the British. George Washington's strategy was to build trenches to block them. In the end, it worked. American Victory!

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The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States on September 3, 1783, officially ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the 13 colonies, which had been part of colonial British America, as an independent nation.

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The Constitution of 1787 was when people had no rules and the founding fathers got together to make some. It created the 3 branches of government, as well as banning slavery trade for 20 years.

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The Louisiana Purchace was during the French and Indian War. when France had given much of North America to Spain to prevent the British from caving in. Spain closed the port of New Orleans. T. Jefferson became president, and sent two men to ask Napoleon for part of Louisiana and for New Orleans. He offered $10 million for 8000000 square miles of land. Napoloen was fighting two wars and needed money. He offered to sell all of it for only $15000000, $.04 per acre. On April 30, 1803 the US agreed to purchace it. The sale became known as the Louisiana Purchace

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The Missouri Comprimise was when the US was split into two parts. The North wanted to outlaw slavery, while the South wanted slavery everywhere. The South's whole life was dependent on slaves, so they werent going to give up easily

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The Indian Removal Act was when we nearly doubled our land from the Louisiana Purchase, but Indians were on our land. A lot of people wanted to kick them out. When gold was found on Cherokee land, the rush became more than a question. It was a demand. Supreme Court didn't allow them to go kick them out. They needed a signature first. Many many people signed

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The Trail of Tears was a long route from Georgia to Alabama that the Cherokee took to get to the resorvation. It was long and hard. John Ross pleaded for a winter walk, but it was worse than summer. Diseases, starvation, and more killed so many Cherokee. some Cherokee stayed and fought, but the U.S. Army caught up with them. While a lot went on the trail, some managed to escape into woods, surviving the torture.

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At 4:30 a.m. on April 12, Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Less than 30 hours later, Union forces surrendered. This event has been used to mark the first major battle of the Civil War.

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The Emancipation Proclamation was when President Abraham Lincoln decreed all slaves free. Sadly, the Emancipation Proclamation did not free all slaves in the United States. Instead, it declared free only those slaves living in states not under Union control.

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At the Battle of Gettysburg, almost 1/3 of each army died. The Confederate Army took their casualties back south, but the Union decided to bury them at Gettysburg. Eventually, President Lincoln came and gave his speech, therefore called the Gettysburg Address

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This happened when General Sherman got permission from President Lincoln to walk more than 250 miles in Geogia to burn and ruin everything in it's path, in hop eto spoil the South's chances of winning. This killed 2300 Confederate soliders.

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Surrender at Appomattox Court House-1865

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Surrender at Appomattox Court House-1865

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Confederate General Robert E. Lee agreed to surrender his Army of Northern Virginia, marking a symbolic end to the Civil War. The battle was fought before Lee gave up, not wanting to waste anymore lives.

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Surrender at Appomattox Court House-1865

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John Wilkes Booth decided to shoot Lincoln after the war was over. In Petersen House, he made his move. Lincoln's bodyguard was in a saloon when President Lincoln got shot. Booth was eventually killed

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The Oregon Trail was a major route. Hundreds of thousands of people traveled west. It began in Missouri and ended in Oregon City. Many people took there belongings in covered wagons. Many, many people died from getting run over by the wagon, drowning, or chorea a deadly sickness).