Timeline by Sierra Maiyo _ Student - GreenHopeES

Navigation Acts

scmaiyo — 2024-01-11 17:55:59 UTC

These acts banned colonial merchants from shipping good to foreign countries limited which items could be shipped to the colonies. All of this happened for nine years.

Sugar Acts

scmaiyo — 2024-01-11 18:04:57 UTC

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

French and Indian War

scmaiyo — 2024-01-11 18:13:54 UTC

The French and Indian war was a 7 year long war between Britain and France. Many Native Americans sided with the French because they treated the Native Americans more fairly. The fighting began in 1754, but the war was not officially declared until 1756. The whole entire reason they were fighting was for the control of much of North America. This war was apart of a larger war that was going on in Europe.

Proclamation of 1763

scmaiyo — 2024-01-16 18:41:01 UTC

It recognized the indians right to the land and 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 British soldiers to live among them.

The Stamp Act

scmaiyo — 2024-01-16 18:44:24 UTC

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

The Quartering Act

scmaiyo — 2024-01-16 18:47:16 UTC

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

The Treaty of Paris

scmaiyo — 2024-01-16 20:17:22 UTC

The French lost the war, and the treaty of paris (signed in 1763) gave Britain control of Canada.

Townshend Acts

scmaiyo — 2024-01-16 20:21:19 UTC

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

The Boston Massacre

scmaiyo — 2024-01-16 20:25:18 UTC

Colonists began to shout insults and throw sandals 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.

Tea Act

scmaiyo — 2024-01-16 20:27:31 UTC

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

The Boston Tea Party

scmaiyo — 2024-01-16 20:34:17 UTC

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

Coercive Acts and Intolerable Acts

scmaiyo — 2024-01-16 22:00:34 UTC

These acts were an effort to make the colonists pay for the tea and to keep the colonist 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.

The Battle of Lexington and Concord

scmaiyo — 2024-01-18 14:40:46 UTC

In 1775 the British government stopped ignoring the events which were leading to a war of independence. They were beginning to think that colonists were a serious threat. The members of the congress were so scattered throughout the countryside, so General Gage decided to destroy all the weapons and ammunition he had heard was stored in Concord, Massachusetts. Colonists had been busy preparing for the British forces. When the battle started Pitcairn ordered his men to surround and disarm the militia, meanwhile the militia were ordered to disperse. No one knows if it was a militiamen or a British soldier that fired the first shot. It doesn't matter whoever it was, because the British started shooting. They killed 8 colonists and wounded 10 more. After the war in Lexington, the British headed to Concord. They wanted to destroy all the weapons they could find at Concord. Which resulted in a battle.

Valley Forge

scmaiyo — 2024-01-19 18:13:50 UTC

Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight winter encampments for the Continental Army's main body, commanded by General George Washington, during the American Revolutionary War. In September 1777, Congress fled Philadelphia to escape the British capture of the city.

The Declaration of Independence

scmaiyo — 2024-01-22 22:46:53 UTC

The Declaration of Independence, formally titled The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, is the founding document of the United States.

The Battle of Yorktown

scmaiyo — 2024-01-22 22:47:42 UTC

The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown and the surrender at Yorktown, began September 28, 1781, and ended on October 19, 1781, at exactly 10:30 am in Yorktown, Virginia.

The Constitution

scmaiyo — 2024-01-23 18:43:02 UTC

The supreme law of the United States

The Louisiana Purchase

scmaiyo — 2024-03-15 17:15:04 UTC

Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd US president sent Robert Livingston and James Monroe to ask the French leader, Napoleon, to sell part of Louisiana . .(Including New Orleans to the United States)

The Indian Removal Act

scmaiyo — 2024-04-03 17:15:20 UTC

President Andrew James signs the Indian Removal Act. This required Native American tribes to exchange their homelands east of the Mississippi River for land in Indian territory out West. This lead to the forcible removal to all who resisted. Known as the Indian Removal Act.

The Trail of Tears

scmaiyo — 2024-04-03 17:16:37 UTC

President Andrew Jackson placed a Indian removal act, this was the trail for it.

The Oregon Trail

scmaiyo — 2024-04-03 17:17:04 UTC

During this 2,000 mile ride, it would connect you from the Missouri River to valley in Oregon territory.

Missouri Compromise

scmaiyo — 2024-06-03 17:09:59 UTC

Back in the day there were 11 free states and 11 slave states. Now Missouri wanted to be the 23rd. Henry Clay decided that it would be fine for it to be a slaveholding state only if Maine was considered a state. During this the Mason Dixon line was made!

Attack on Fort Sumter

scmaiyo — 2024-06-03 17:12:27 UTC

This event was the beginning of the civil war, yet not one person died.

Emancipation Proclamation

scmaiyo — 2024-06-03 17:14:42 UTC

From now on we can say enslaved people to are freed! No more slavery.

Gettysburg Address

scmaiyo — 2024-06-04 18:00:42 UTC

A speech written by Abraham Lincoln made to dedicate the soldiers national cemetery.

Sherman's March to the Sea

scmaiyo — 2024-06-04 18:01:02 UTC

Surrender at Appomattox Court House

scmaiyo — 2024-06-04 18:02:28 UTC

Lincoln's Assassination

scmaiyo — 2024-06-04 18:03:35 UTC