• Enlightenment

    The Enlightenment produced lots of books, essays, inventions, scientific discoveries, laws, wars and revolutions. The American and French Revolutions were directly inspired by Enlightenment
  • Townshend Act of 1767

    The Townshend Act initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea to help pay for the American colonies.
  • Boston Massacre

    A group of nine British soldiers shot five people of a crowd of three or four hundred who were harassing them.
  • Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston.
  • Sons of Liberty

    They preventing the enforcement of the Stamp Act, they remained active against the crown.
  • Battles of Lexington & Concord

    The Battle of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. It took place in Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge.
  • Declaration of Independence adopted

    the Declaration of independence was a call for the right to statehood rather than individual liberties.
  • Articles of Confederation created

    the United States' first constitution. It was in force from March 1, 1781, until 1789 when the present-day Constitution went into effect.
  • Treaty of Paris signed

    It ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.
  • Constitutional Convention

    The point of the event was decide how America was going to be governed.
  • Constitution is ratified

    Constitution is ratified

    United States Constitution is the world's longest surviving written charter of government.
  • Bill of Rights adopted

    The Bill of Rights is important not only in the freedoms it protects but in its demonstration of America's enduring commitment to self-improvement.