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