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The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America
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On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the "Stamp Act" to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years’ War. The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards.
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This event occurred because British solders shot and killed people because they were harassed by mobs of people . -
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. -
By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776,
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click here the siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German battle (from the presence of Germans in all three armies)
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Compromise between the Northern and Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
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the Constitution became the official framework of the government of the United States of America
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The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
