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Parliament passed the Navigation Acts to regulate colonial trade and manufacturing.
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A line of colonies had started to form along the East coast of North America. (https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/thirteen-colonies)
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The Sugar Act imposed import taxes.
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The Stamp Act imposed taxes on everyday items such as newspapers.
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A group of colonists protesting led to British soldiers opening fire onto the crowd of colonists killing five.
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A group of protesting colonists threw a shipment of British Tea overboard into the harbor below.
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The tensions between the colonists and the British finally broke loose and war broke out. The Revolutionary war took place in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.
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The Second Continental Congress voted to declare independence from Britain.
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The Declaration of Independence was signed to pledge our lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to creatin and protecting the new United States of America.
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The victory in Saratoga was the first turning point in the war.
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The Battle at Valley Forge was brutally cold. Many starved and many suffered from disease. However, George Washington held the troops together.
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In the Battle of Yorktown, the French fleet blockaded the Chesapeake Bay and Washington was forced to surrender to the British Army.
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George Washington, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin assembled in Philadelphia to redraft the article of the new constitution.
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The Bill of Rights stated that people had basic rights that the government must protect.
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A revolution in France toppled the monarchy in the name of liberty and equality.
