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The Sugar Act
A tax was placed on molasses ans sugar -
The Stamp Act
Colonists were required to pay for a stamp or seal to be placed on all paper goods,including legal documents, licences, newspapers, pamphlets and playing cards. -
The Boston Massacre
an angry mob of colonists threw snowballs at soldiers and the soldiers fired; killing five people -
The Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty, dressed as Native Americans, and dumped the contents of 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
the first shots of the American Revolutionary war were fired in this battle -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the second Continental Congress at the Pennsylvania State house in Philadelphia. The declaration reflects on enlightenment because it is based on basic reason. We have these rights simply because we are human The declaration got most of its laws form thinkers like Locke and Mostequieu. That they have a rights or liberty and speech. -
The Battle of Saratoga
It marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory of the Americans over the in the American Revolutionary War. -
The British Surrender at Yorktown, Virginia
The British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his troops in Virginia. He brought 8,000 troops to Yorktown. They expected British ships to arrive and they never did. -
The Constitutional Convention
The Annapolis convention, delegates from five states called for a constitutional convention in order to discuss possible improvements to the Articles of Confederation. -
The Ratification of the US Constitution
It took ten months for the first nine states to approve the Constitution. The first state to ratify, was Deleware. One way it reflected elightnement was because they believed people should have the right to choose their own leader and another one was the belief of separation of power through checks and balances.
