Chapter 1:
Native Americans
Chapter 2:
European Background
Chapter 3:
Discovery and Exploration
Chapter 4:
Conquest and Settlement
Chapter 5:
Iberian Elements
Chapter 6:
French Elements
Chapter 7:
African Elements
Chapter 8:
17th Century
Chapter 9:
18th Century
Chapter 10:
Revolutionary Era
Chapter 11:
Founding of the United States
Chapter 12:
Early 19th Century

The Revolutionary Era

  • Boston and other Tea Parties

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Major Battles

    • Battle of Bunker Hill

    • Yorktown (being prepared by Chris Skowronek and Joe Ramirez)

    • Other Battles

  • Tories and Patriots

  • French Assistance

  • First Continental Congress

  • Second Continental Congress




On 25 October 1774, Penelope Barker organized a tea party in Edenton, North Carolina. It was one of the first political acts organized by women in the British colonies. "A Society of Patriotic Ladies at Edenton North Carolina" is a satirical print attributed to Philip Dawe which was published in England by Sayer and Bennett on 25 March 1775.