The French and Indian War was a major war fought in the American colonies between the British, French, and American Indians. The British gained significant territory in North America as a result of winning the war. In order to pay for the cost of the war, the British government imposed taxes on the North American colonist, however no representation in Parliament was given to American colonists
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July 4, 1776 AD
The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, on However, ratification of the Articles of Confederation by all thirteen states did not occur until four years later. The Articles of Confederation was replaced by the U.S. Constitution.
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March 5, 1770 AD
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The Declaration of Independence is the usual name of a statement adopted by the Continental Congress, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they formed a new nation—the United States of America.
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A crowd of angry Boston colonists began to tease some British soldiers. When the crowd refused to disperse, the soldiers shot into the crowd, killing five colonist. This event rallied many people across the colonies to rebel against the British crown.
May 14, 1804-September 23, 1806 AD
Nearly 125,000 Native Americans lived on millions of acres of land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida–land their ancestors had occupied and cultivated for generations. Working on behalf of white settlers who wanted to grow cotton on the Indians’ land, the federal government forced them to leave their homelands and walk thousands of miles to a specially designated “Indian territory” across the Mississippi River. This difficult and sometimes deadly journey is known as the Trail of Tears.
When in his early 20s Amerigo Vespucci was sent on a diplomatic mission to Paris, and later had a banking business in Seville, Spain. He also later became a citizen of Spain. While in his 40s Amerigo decided to become an explorer and left on his first voyage. Some believe he discovered the Americas before Christopher Columbus. Historians are at odds as to who reached the Americas first. Despite the controversy, North and South America are named after Amerigo Vespucci.
In the first half of their history, the Anasazi distinguished themselves primarily through the artistry of their basketry, which they crafted from the fibers of plants. In the second half, they left their mark on a much grander scale, through the construction of perhaps the most stunning prehistoric communities in the United States. The Anasazi would prove be resourceful, adaptable and, ultimately, the most enduring of the Pueblo cultural traditions
The Virginia Company settlers landed on Jamestown Island to establish an English colony 60 miles from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Discovery of the exact location of the first fort indicates its site was in a secure place, where Spanish ships could not fire point blank into the fort. Within days of landing, the colonists were attacked by Powhatan Indians. The newcomers spent the next few weeks working to “beare and plant palisadoes” for a wooden fort.
November 15, 1777 AD
Jefferson sends a team to explore lands acquired in the Louisiana Purchase. The Corps of Discovery will travel nearly 8,000 miles over three years, reaching the Pacific Ocean and clearing the path for westward expansion. The Lewis and Clark Expedition spanned 8,000 mi (13,000 km) and three years, taking the Corps of Discovery, as the expedition party was known, down the Ohio River, up the Missouri River, across the Continental Divide, and to the Pacific Ocean. Lewis served as the field scientist, chronicling botanical, zoological, meteorological, geographic and ethnographic information.
