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Enlightenment
movement which European philosophers believed that societies problems could be solved with reason, and science -
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French and Indian War
the Ohio river valley was a valuable piece of land that the British and the french wanted. so as almost all conflicts in history they went to war until after 7 years they came to the conclusion to make peace -
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sons of liberty
a group of colonists that wanted change. the were the ones who accomplished the Boston tea party. -
Stamp Act of 1765
learn more here Colonist to pay tax on almost all printed materials. It was viewed as a direct attempt by England to raise money in the colonies without the approval of the colonial legislatures. -
Boston Massacre
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It started with one British soldier and American colonists. This event energized anti - British sentiment and which that paved the road for American Revolution. -
Boston Tea party
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This event was a political protest. First major defiance against the British. -
Intolerable acts
the British sent more troops to the colonies. with those men the brought 5 new laws theta the colonist were suppose to follow, 1 of those rules took some of the colonists land. -
First Continental Congress meets
They met in 1774 in reaction the Coercive Acts a series of measures imposed by the British government response to their resistance on new taxes. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
It started with the British raising taxes on the colonies one is the sugar act. The British were sent to Concord to seize a arms cache. -
Second Continental Congress meets
this congress acted much more like a government sending ambassadors to foreign countries. On June 14,1775 they established the Continental Army. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense published
Setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence. Is considered one of the most influential pamphlets in American History. -
Delectation of Independence
the deceleration of independence was the articular that the Americans wrote to Britain stating there freedom. -
Battle of Yorktown
American and French troops laid siege to Yorktown. And days late General Lord Cornwallis and 9,000 troops surrender, and that lead to the British began to think about peace negotiations with the Americans. -
Treaty of paris
the British were weak so they gave in to the Americans request for more land and there freedom.
