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Enlightenment
In 1685, the Enlightenment helped combat the excesses of the church, establish science as a source of knowledge, and defend human rights against tyranny. It gave us modern schooling, medicine, republics, representative democracy, and much more.
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French & Indian War
The French and Indian War was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes. This war was a rough time in history as it killed over 10,000 people.
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Sons of Liberty
In 1765, most famous for their role in the Boston Tea Party, the Sons of Liberty used grassroots activism to push back against British rule. The Sons of Liberty was a loosely organized, sometimes violent, political organization active in the Thirteen American Colonies. -
Stamp Act of 1765
This was a time where they would pay taxes on pretty much everything to help fund the British during the 7 years war. They taxed a lot more things then just the stamps. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. The Townshend Acts would use the revenue raised by the duties to pay the salaries of colonial governors and judges, ensuring the loyalty of America's governmental officials to the British Crown. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party is one of the more famous events in this time period. It was a protest against the taxes on the tea that the British gave the Americans. -
First Continental Congress Meet
On September 5, 1774, the first Continental Congress in the United States met in Philadelphia to consider its reaction to the British government's restraints on trade and representative government after the Boston Tea Party. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the 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 (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge. -
Second Continental Congress meet
It was the meeting they held right before the war broke out called the American revolution. Some of the colonies agreed and some didn't -
Olive Branch petition sent to England
The petition was sent to England by the colonist to show hoe loyal they were to the crown. It was also a peace treaty in a way to show that the were with England. click here -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense Published
On January 9, 1776, writer Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet “Common Sense,” setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence. -
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Articles of confederation created
This was basically the first constitution. it was the document they used to make it a official federal state. They made the document in Philadelphia. click here -
The great compromise
The Great compromise is pretty much what it sounds like. it was a agree between the small and the large U.S states. -
Bill of rights rights adopted
It was a bill that had some of the laws to make the U.S.A stronger. There was also things that people should do.
