10-16-12 assignment

By dillardce
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    Clash between British Soldiers and Colonist - 5 Colonist Killed.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party was a resistance movement against the Tea Act, that was passed by English Parliment in1773.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense

    Common Sense, written by Thomas Pain, was written in a way so common people (such as the colonists) could understand it. This pamphlet influenced the colonists to seek independence from Great Britian.
  • Signing of Declaration of Independence

    Signing of Declaration of Independence

    Announced that the thirteen colonies were independent states and wer no longer apart of the British Empire
  • Surrender at Yorktown

    Surrender at Yorktown

    The last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in North America
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    Ended American Revolutionary war (Granted indepence to colonies)
  • Shays' Rebellion

    Shays' Rebellion

    Took place in Central and Western Massachusetts and was named after Daniel Shay.
  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

    Address problems in governing the United States of America.
  • Passage of Bill of Rights

    Passage of Bill of Rights

    The first ten amendments that protects individual rights against government intrusion.