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American revolution Timeline

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France. The war began in 1754 and ended with the treaty of Paris in 1763.
  • Sons of liberty

    Sons of liberty

    Was a secret revolutionary organization that was founded by Samuel Adams i the Thirteen American Colonies to advance the rights of European colonist and to fight taxation by the British government
  • stamp act of 1765

    stamp act of 1765

    it was an act of the parliament of great britian which imposed a direct tax on the direct tax of british colonies in america
  • Townshed act of 1767

    Townshed act of 1767

    It imposed duties on British and China, glass, lead, paint, paper and tea imported to the colonies. However these policies prompted colonist to take action by boycotting British goods.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    was a confrontation in which british soldiers shot and killed shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston
  • Boston tea party

    Boston tea party

    was a political and mercantile protest by the sons of liberty in Boston
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord

    It was the first military engagement of the american revolutionary war
  • Articles of confederation

    Articles of confederation

    It was an agreement of the 13 original states of the united states of america that served as its first constitution.
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    Battle of Yorktown

    French troops began the siege against the British general at yorktown
  • treaty of Paris signed

    treaty of Paris signed

    signed in Paris by representatives of king George the 3 and the representatives of america
  • Great compromise

    Great compromise

    it was an agreement that large and small states reached during the constitutional convection of 1787
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    Constitutional Convection

    took place in the Pennsylvania state house in Philadelphia
  • Constitution is ratified

    Constitution is ratified

    constitution became the official framework of the government of the united states of america.
  • bill of rights adopted

    bill of rights adopted

    congress transmitted to the state legislature twelve proposed amendments to the constitution