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Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was an intellectual & cultural movement. This movement was mainly to value each individuals liberty, happiness & knowledge. -
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French & Indian War
The war Provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America. Frontier policy and paying the wars expenses led to colonial discontent and led to American Revolution. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was an act which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that printed materials in the colonies had to be produced on stamped paper. They had to have an embossed revenue stamp. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/stamp-act -
Townshend Act
British Parliament taxed good imports to the American colonies in 1767.American colonists saw this act had no representation as an abuse of power. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot. It started with American colonists & British soldiers. This started when the colonists started insulting the soldiers. The cause of this was that the colonists were angry at the fact that they were being unfairly taxed & didn't have freedom. https://www.britannica.com/event/Boston-Massacre -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Part was a protest that occurred in Boston, Massachusetts. The reason for this was because American colonists didn't like the idea of "taxation without representation". The result of this event was that the Americans dressed up as Natives & threw 342 chests of tea, who belonged to the British East India company into the Boston Harbor. https://www.britannica.com/event/Boston-Tea-Party -
First continental congress meets
This took place in the Carpenters' hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
For this event delegates from 12 British American colonies met. They met to discuss to consider its reaction to the British government's restraints on trade and representative government after the Boston Tea Party. -
Battles of Lexington & concord
first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. -
Declaration of independence adopted
The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of independence on July 4th in 1776.It was engrossed on parchment and on August 2,1776,delegates began signing it. -
Articles of confederation created
The articles of confederation were written to establish the functions of the national government after the US declared independence from Britain. -
Battle of Yorktown
Siege of Yorktown, joint Franco-American land and sea campaign that entrapped a major British army on a peninsula at Yorktown, Virginia, and forced its surrender. The siege virtually ended military operations in the American Revolution. -
Treaty of Paris signed
The Treaty of Paris was between the American colonies & Great Britain. This treaty ended the American Revolution & the US was recognized as an independent nation. -
Great Compromise
The Great Compromise was a solution where both large and small states would be fairly represented by creating two houses of Congress. In Represented each state was assigned seats in proportion to size of in population. In the senate they would have two delegates regardless of size -
Bill of Rights adopted
The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments of the Constitution. It was adopted to ensure ratification of the Constitution. The Bill of Rights guarantees civil rights & liberties to individuals.
