Boston Tea Party

The British East India Company had controlled all tea taxing between India and the British colonies. As a result of the tea tax, the colonies refused to buy the British tea. Instead, they smuggled tea in from Holland. On the evening of December 16, 1773, a group of men calling themselves Sons of Liberty went to the Boston Harbor. The men wre dressed as Mohawk Indians. They boarded three British ships, the Beaver, the Eleanor and the Dartmouth, and dumped FORTY-FIVE TONS OF TEA into the Boston Harbor.

The Start and the End of the Revolutionary War

The Revolutionary War began in 1776, when the French and Spanish joined the war, and the war ended in October, 1781 when a British General surrendred knowing that the war was over.

Mexican-Amercian War

The Mexican-Amercian War lasted from 1846 to 1848. U.S. forces took control of most of California in 1846. In September 1847, the United States took control of Mexico City.

Benedict Arnold (1741-1801)

Bendict Arnold was born in Connecticut. In the beginning yars of the Amercian Revolution, he served in the Continental Army. Bendict Arnold became bitter when he failed to get a further promotion. He made a secret agreement with the British to hand over the fort at West Point, New York. Bendict Arnold 's treason was discoverd, though. He settled in England after the war.

The War of 1812

For the first thirty years it lived, the young United States  have faced challenges. Some of the most important decisions the early presidents had to make were about foreign policy. In his Farewell Address in 1796, George Washington, the first president, urged Amercian leaders to aviod involment in European affairs and conflicts.

The Declaration of Independence

In April 1775, the first shots of the Amercian Revloution were fired at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. The leader of the Contintial Army was Thomas Jefferson, he was a 33 year old lawyer from Virginia. The Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. We celebrate thhis day as America's Brithday. The first part of the Declaration of Independence told the British why the colonists were doing what thay were doing. These are the rights to live, to be free, and to lead a life that makes us happy.

What is the Amercian Revolution

The Amercian Revolution is also known as The Amercian Revolutionary War and The U.S. War of Indepence. French assistance helped the Continential Army force the British to surrender at Yorktown, Virgina in 1779.