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Navigation act
Navigation Acts were a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign ships for trade between every country except Britain. This ended 200 years later. -
George III became king of Great Britain
King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act gave the colonists a target for their rage. Indeed, the Sons of Liberty was formed in response to this Act. The Stamp Act Congress also gave the colonists a model for the Continental Congress. -
The Boston Tea Party
Angry and frustrated at a new tax on tea.
Native Americans boarded three British ships. -
First Continental Congress
Famous silversmith who rode through the countryside to warn the American colonists that the British were coming -
The Second Continental Congress
This was after the battles at Lexington and Concord on April 19th. Sam Adams, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, and George Washington were some of the delegates. -
The Declaration of Independenc
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
The United States Constitution
Document detailing our form of government. Ratified by a majority of states and declared in effect in 1787. -
The Bill of Rights
Bill of Rights and the Amendments to The Constitution. The Ten Original Amendments: The Bill of Rights. Passed by Congres
