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Ideas started growing about God, reason, nature, and humanity, were spread into a worldview and gained wide in the West and caused revolutionary developments in art, philosophy, and politics.
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The French & Indian War was about a war that lasted seven years against Britain and the French. This war was one of the first global wars.
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The Sons of Liberty were a group of instigators in colonial America who used an extreme ways of threats, and sometimes actual violence to intimidate loyalists and outrage the British government. The goal was to push moderate colonial leaders into conflict with the Crown. -
Townshend Acts were a series of changes, passed along by the British Parliament that taxed goods imported to the American colonists. But American colonists had no representation in Parliament saw the Acts as an abuse of power. the British then sent Troops to America to apply the unpopular new laws, making tensions between Great Britain and the American colonies which ended being the American Revolutionary War. -
The First Continental Congress meet in the Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Delegates from twelve of Britain's thirteen American colonies met to discuss America's future minimizing British aggression. Delegates discussed boycotting British goods to establish the rights of Americans. -
The Intolerable acts were four punitive measures taken against the colonists for their defiance against the British. These actions only further moved the colonists.
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The battles of Lexington and Concord fought and is what started the American Revolutionary War. Hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to Concord in a mission to seize all of their armor and weapons. Paul Revere and other riders sounded off an alarm and many more battles followed forming the win of their independence. -
Writer Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" was about his arguments in favor of American independence. He had written this on a pamphlet, which were used back in the day to spread ideas in the 16th through 19th centuries. This was one of the most influential pamphlets in American history. "Common Sense" was important on transforming a colonial argument into the American Revolution. -
The Declaration of Independence announced the independence of America from Britain, making them their own sovereign nation. This in turn allowed the colonists to make a formal alliance with France in the war against Britain. Website
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The Battle of Yorktown ends as a decisive victory for the American Continental Army; with the surrender of Lieutenant General Cornwallis
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The signing of the treaty marked the end of the conflict between France and Britain over the control of North America.
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The Constitutional Convention also known as the 100 day debate included 55 state delegates eventually ending in the first draft of the constitution.
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The 3/5 compromise made enslaved Americans 3/5 of a person for tax and representation purposes. Thus giving the south more electoral power.
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The Constitution became ratified, replacing the Articles of Confederation.
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