The History of the USA

A Chronology of Major Events in the early stages of America

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Table of Contents

• Timeline• Timeline 2• The Jamestown Settlement• The Mayflower & The First Thanksgiving• The Interests of the Colonies• The French Indian War• The Declatory Act of 1766• The Boston Massacre• The Tea Act & the results• Boston Tea Party• The Intolerable Acts of 1774• VIDEO• The Shot Around the World• Declaration of Independence• Articles of Confederation• ITS OVER!!!• The Constitution• Hello Mr. President!• The Bill of Rights

Timeline

1607:Jamestown Settlement

1620-1621:The Mayflower& The First Thanksgiving

1754: The French Indian War

1729: The Pennsylvania Gazette1766: The Declatory Act

1770:The BostonMassacre

Timeline 2

1773:The Tea Act

1773: Boston Tea Party

1774: The Intolerable Acts

1775:The Shot Around the World

1776:Declaration Of Independence

1777:ArticlesOf Confederation

1784: ITS OVER!

1787: The Constitution

1789: 1st President

1791:TheBill of Rights

The Jamestown Settlement

• Founded on May 14, 1607

• The first permanent English settlement

• Named for King James 1 of England

• Known for its many resources, many Americans founded business in lumber and other business

The Mayflower & The First Thanksgiving

• Pilgrims arrived on the Mayflower at Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620

• After creating their new homes the pilgrims had a feast celebrating the first harvest.

• This celebration is known as “The First Thanksgiving

The Interests of the Colonies

• In 1729 Ben Franklin published The Pennsylvania Gazette, which turned out to be one of American colonists favorite papers!

The French Indian War

• The war was a result of a dispute in the Ohio River Valley between France and Native Americans in the year 1754

• George Washington came to fight, but lost to the impressive French troops

• Eventually England succeeded winning the seven year dispute in 1763 and created the Treaty of Paris

The Declatory Act of 1766

• With England trying to impose new rules in the Americas King George III and English parliament created the Declatory Act

• This stated that the British government and complete control of all laws of the American colonies

• One of the first steps leading to the American Revolution

The Boston Massacre• On March 5, 1770 an angry

mob was violently gunned down by British soldiers

• The governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Hutchinson, expelled all of the British soldiers from Boston

• The captain of the British soldiers and some of the troops are arrested and charged with murder

• They were eventually convicted and branded as was custom for felons

The Tea Act & the results

• On May 10, 1773 the Tea Act is initiated in the American colonies

• States that there would be a tax on tea and allowed the East Indian trading company to create a monopoly with colonial merchants

• This made it very difficult for American merchants to supply tea

Boston Tea Party

• On December 16th, 1773 over 8000 men revolted against the unfairness of the Tea Act

• Dressing up as Mohawk Indians they successfully dumped over 342 containers of tea into the Boston Harbor

The Intolerable Acts of 1774

• After the BTP, England created a series of intolerable acts imposed until the tea that had been dumped was paid for

• Shut down shipping to the Boston Harbor

• On October 14th the American colonists decided with the Declaration of Resolves to not obey the new acts

Video of Effects of BTP!

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0Xj-ydLwSY

The Shot Around the World!!!

• On April 18th, 1775 Paul Revere and William Dawe ride to warn John Adams and John Hancock of the arrival of British soldiers to fight the colonists

• Dawn of April 19th at Lexington Green the British and Americans met up beginning the American Revolution

Declaration of Independence

• June 7th 1776, Richard Henry Lee (Virginia) called Continental Congress to declare independence from England

• The Declaration was wrote by Thomas Jefferson and edited by John Adams

• On July 4th the Declaration was endorsed by all colonies (although it wasn’t signed until August 2nd)

Articles of Confederation

• November 15th 1777 Congress creates these articles to be the bases of government in the USA

• These make Congress the new sole authority of the government

ITS OVER!!!!

• On February 4th 1783 England calls an end to its dispute with America

• On April 11th Congress officially calls an end to the Revolutionary War

• England and America sign the Treaty of Paris, resulting in American independence from GB! The treaty was ratified on January 14th, 1784

The Constitution• July 16th 1787 a rough

draft of the constitution was created at the constitutional convention

• September 17th 1787: The Constitution is approved and signed by the 39 delegates

Hello Mr. President!

• On April 6th 1789 George Washington is voted as the first President of the United States of America

• After spending several days celebrating his victory George Washington arrived in New York on April 23rd

• He was sworn in as President on April 30th at the age of 37

The Bill of Rights

• On September 25th, 1789 Congress submitted 12 amendments to the constitution to states for ratification

• Of these twelve, ten were approved

• In 1791 they were added to the constitution as “The Bill of Rights”

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