Birth of a New Nation

Revolution More than one issue in the 13 colonies caused people to rise up against the British throne. One reason lost to most Americans is the fact that Britain bore the cost of sending troops to the Americas to fight in the French and Indian War. The unpopular tax acts passed by the British Crown was in part to recover those costs. But many colonists would have no part of it.

1776 Declaration of Independence Signed
1777  Washington defeats British at Princeton
1778 Connecticut Ratifies Constitution
1779  French Revolution
1780 Anti-Catholic Riot in London
1781 Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, VA
1782 Johann Bach - Mozart's tutor dies at 46
1783  Washington bids troops farewell
1784 Treaty of Paris Ratified
1785 Ordinance of 1785 sets aside land for new states
1786 Shays Rebellion early test of nationhood
1787  Moons of Uranus discovered by William Herschel

1788 Ellisland farm in Scotland
1789  Britian and Ireland this year
1790 Map of Russia this year
1791 Northwest Indian War begins
1792 Famous people born this year
1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic hits Philadelphia
1794 Calendar of events for this year
1795 Convict ships sail for Australia
1796  Napolean's Italian campaign
1797 British Twopence Coin of the Year
1798  Mississippi Teritory organized
1799  Map of the US

1800 First use of the White House
1801  Tsar Paul assassinated
1802 Congress creates West Point Military Academy
1803  Louisianna Purchase
1804  Lewis and Clark Expedition
1805  Battle of Trafalgar
1806 USS Wasp Constructed in Wash. Navy Yard
1807  UK abolishes slave trade
1808 James Madison elected President
1809  Humphrey Davy invents first electric light
1810  Peter Durand invents Tin Can
1811 Battle of Tippecanoe
1812  Napolean retreats from Moscow

Revolution

More than one issue in the 13 colonies caused people to rise up against the British throne. One reason lost to most Americans is the fact that Britain bore the cost of sending troops to the Americas to fight in the French and Indian War. The unpopular tax acts passed by the British Crown was in part to recover those costs. But many colonists would have no part of it.

-Founding of The American Colonies
-A look at Colonial America
-The Boston Tea Party
-The First Continental Congress
-The Declaration of American Independence
-The Revolutionary War from History.com
-The Revolution from The History Place
-The American Revolution
-Revolutionary War Battles
-The Post Revolutionary War Period (PDF)

Armaments of the Revolutionary Period

Weapons
Artillery
Navy

Images of Revolutionary War

First Americans to Attack on Foreign Soil

America and the Barbary Pirates
Jefferson Versus the Muslim Pirates
How Did the U.S. Defeat the Barbary Pirates?
Images of Battle of Tripoli

Wars and Nation Building

There are two distinctions to this U.S. war. First: the impressment of U.S. sailors by British ships lent to the harsh feelings towards the British Crown. Second, it was a war declared by our government against a foreign power.

-War of 1812 Causes - Impressments
-The War of 1812
-The War of 1812 - History.com -Guide to the War of 1812
-President James Madison

Armaments of the War of 1812

Muskets, Mortar, Artillery
Images of the War of 1812
Images of 1812 Navy

A war cry used by Julius Caesar to spur his troop in the conquest of Gaul. "Don't let the b***tards grind you down