No More Kings

No More Kings

George III, oil painting by studio of Allan Ramsay, London, England, ca. 1770

Mayflower Lands at Plymouth Rock

1620

Captain John Smith's Map of New Englandhttp://www.plimoth.org/education/teachers/smithMap.pdf

The Mayflower in Plymouth harborhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/det.4a26283

Acts and Taxes Anger Colonists

1663-1774

Stamp Act Stamphttp://www.arpinphilately.com/blog/what-was-the-stamp-act-of-1765/en/

No Stamp Act Teapothttp://www.arpinphilately.com/blog/what-was-the-stamp-act-of-1765/en/

Revolutionary War Begins

1775

Paul Revere's Ride, Illustrationhttp://www.archives.gov/research/american-revolution/pictures/images/revolutionary-war-007.jpg

Battle at Charlestownhttp://www.archives.gov/research/american-revolution/pictures/images/revolutionary-war-014.jpg

Declaration of Independence

July 4, 1776

The Declaration of Independencehttp://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html

Charters of Freedom, Faulkner Muralhttp://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/charters_mural_declaration_b.html

War Officially Ends

1784

Signature Page of the Treaty of Paris

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/revolution-images/images/treaty-of-paris-01.jpg

George Washington Becomes President

1789

Painting of George Washingtonhttp://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?10006007+X-6007

Portrait of President Washingtonhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/ichicdn.n07869