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Sons of Liberty
The sons of Liberty were a colonial protest group in Boston, formed by Samuel Adams. The main goals of the group was to get stamp agent to resign and stop merchants from ordering British goods. -
The Stamp Act of 1765
The Stamp act was a way of placing taxes on items, which resulted in American colonists having to pay taxes on any kind of printed paper that they used. The act angered the colonists because they felt like the British Parliament shouldn't have the right to tax, instead it should be their own legislature, and saw it as "taxation without representation".
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Townshend Act of 1767
During the Townshend Acts, British government passed a tax on colonists that they called duties. The new taxes were put on items that were being imported such as: paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-massacre -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party took place because the colonist did not want to pay taxes on the British Tea so they boarded 3 ships and dumped all the tea into the Boston Harbor. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party -
Intolerable Acts
The intolerable acts were laws passed meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were 1.) Boston Port Bill(closed the Boston Harbor) 2.) Massachusetts Government Act(replaced elective government) 3.) Administration of Justice Act( allowed British officials charged with capital offenses to have a trial in England) 4.) Quartering Act(gave empty buildings to British troops) -
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First Continental Congress meets
The first congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies, who met in Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia. The meetings were in response to the Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable acts, passed by the British. -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
The battle of Lexington & Concord happened on April 19th, 1775 in the province of Massachusetts Bay. -
British surrender at Yorktown
On October 19, 1781 General Cornwallis brought 8,000 troops to Yorktown. They were expecting British ships to come support from New York but the ships never came forcing Cornwallis to surrender to George Washington and help of the French. -
Treaty of Paris Signed
The Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolutionary War on September 3rd, 1783. The Americans gained most of its territory east of the Mississippi River doubling the size of the new nation and paving the way for westward expansion. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/treaty-of-paris -
The Great Compromise
The Great compromise allowed the addition of two houses into the U.S. congress. Representatives were voted based on population, but two people were chosen per state in the fear of the smaller states being drowned out by larger states. -
3/5 Compromise
The 3/5 Compromise pushed for the states to count slaves as part of the population for representation and taxation for the government. As a result, Southern states benefited from the compromise because it gave them 1/3 more seats in Congress and more numbers for elections. -
Constitution is ratified
It took 10 months for the first nine states to approve the Constitution. The first state to ratify was Delaware, on December 7, 1787, by a unanimous vote, 30 - 0. The featured document is an endorsed ratification of the federal Constitution by the Delaware convention -
Bill of Rights adopted
The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution, which was adopted to secure guarantees of individual rights and limits to the government.
