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Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, and many more revamped religion and got many more involved. -
The stamp act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. It was a direct tax imposed by the British government without the approval of the colonial legislatures. -
There was much tension between the soldiers stationed in the colonies and the colonizers themselves. The tension snapped in Boston, Massachusetts, and a fight between a crowd of colonizers and British soldiers took place. Three were killed and two were wounded. -
To protest British Parliament's tax on tea. "No taxation without representation." The demonstrators boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The British government considered the protest an act of treason and responded harshly. -
the famous 'shot heard 'round the world', marked the start of the American War of Independence It influenced Americans to fight the British -
The American Revolutionary war was a military conflict of the American Revolution in which American Patriot forces under George Washington's command defeated the British, establishing and securing the independence of the United States. -
this was a document that was approved by the Continental Congress for the separation of the American Colonies from Britain. From then on, they were no longer colonies, but states. -
This battle is when the British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington and the french allies. This was the last major battle before the end of the American Revolution. -
This document served as the United States' first constitution. -
The Industrial Revolution transformed economies that had been based on agriculture and handicrafts into economies based on large-scale industry, mechanized manufacturing, and the factory system. New machines, new power sources, and new ways of organizing work made existing industries more productive and efficient. -
These are the first 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution that protect the individual rights of each state