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The Enlightenment
The Main idea of the enlightenment was "Enlighten" or inform the public. They aimed to convince others of their ideas. Their hope was to crush superstition, intolerance, and slavery. This enlightenment took place in Europe with empathizes on France. They wanted to make people "freer, richer, and more civilized." These Thinkers believed they could help make better society's and people by there ideas. Link text -
Stamp Act
The legislation put tax on all materials printed for commercial and legal use in the colonies, it caused protest in the colonies.They were so upset because most people considered it a violation of their rights as Englishmen to be taxed without their consent. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was a secret revolutionary organization that was founded by Samuel Adams. This was made to advance the rights of the European colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. It played a major role in most colonies in battling the Stamp Act. -
Boston massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and one British soldier that quickly escalated to a massacre. Link text -
Boston Tea Party
In Boston Harbor, a group of colonists disguised as Indians board three British tea ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor. This was in protest of the British Parliament’s Tea Act, a bill designed to save a East India Company by greatly lowering its tea tax, and many colonists viewed the act as another example of taxation tyranny. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were laws passed by the British after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest. There were 5 laws, Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, Quartering Act, and Quebec Act. To learn more about these you can find them on Link text -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord, started the American Revolutionary War. A confrontation on the Lexington town green started off the fighting, and soon the British were retreating under intense fire. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was a final attempt by the colonists to avoid going to war with Britain during the American Revolution. It was a document where the colonists pledged their loyalty to the crown and asserted their rights as British citizens. -
Thomas Paine's "Common Sence" Published
This book was an argumentative book, it argued two main points, 1 independence from England, and 2 the creation of a democratic republic. This book was so popular because He wrote in the language of the people, often quoting the Bible in his arguments. -
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Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was so important because Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington as the French and American trapped the British at Yorktown. The British surrender at the Battle of Yorktown ended the 7 year American Revolutionary War.Link text -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed by U.S. and British Representatives, ending the War of the American Revolution. The Treaty recognized American independence and established borders for the new nation. -
3/5 Compromise
This was an agreement between delegates from the Northern and the 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. -
Great Compromise
The Great Compromise was made during a heated argument during the Constitutional Convention. States with larger populations wanted congressional representation based on population, while smaller states demanded equal representation. They came to the agreement that each state would have chairs in the House of Representatives by population, the bigger the population more chairs. -
Bill of Rights adopted
Congress transmitted to the state Legislatures twelve proposed amendments to the Constitution. Numbers three through twelve were adopted by the states to become the United States Bill of Rights.
