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it started 1715 The Enlightenment, a philosophical movement that dominated in Europe during the 18th century, was centered around the idea that reason is the primary source of authority and legitimacy, and advocated such ideals as liberty, progress, tolerance, fraternity, constitutional government, and separation of church and statehttps://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-worldhistory/chapter/the-enlightenment/ -
On may 28 washington defeats the french in a suprise attack but retreated and build a fort at great meadows which is called fort necessity
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The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament. The act which imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies. https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/stamp-act-1765 -
The Sons of Liberty rallied support for colonial resistance through the use of petitions, assemblies, and propaganda, and they sometimes resorted to violence against British officials. Instrumental in preventing the enforcement of the Stamp Act, they remained an active pre-Revolutionary force against the crown https://www.britannica.com/event/Sons-of-Liberty-United-States-history-18th-century -
The Townshend Acts, named after Charles Townshend, British chancellor of the Exchequer, imposed duties on British china glass, lead, paint, paper and tea imported to the colonies. He estimated the duties would raise approximately 40,000 pounds, with most of the revenue coming from tea https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/townshend-acts -
It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier but quickly escalated to a chaotic bloody slaughter. The conflict energized anti-British sentiment and paved the way for the American Revolution. https://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/massacre.html -
American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing taxation without representation dumped 342 chests of tea imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. The event was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists. It showed Great Britain that Americans wouldn’t take taxation and tyranny sitting down and rallied American patriots across the 13 colonies to fight for independence. https://www.britannica.com/event/Boston-Tea-Party -
American victory British forces succeed in destroying cannon and supplies in Concord Militia successfully drive British back to Boston Start of the American Revolutionary War
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The Second Continental Congress was composed of many of the same delegates as the First Continental Congress including the Founding Fathers. The Second Congress managed the colonial war effort financing the war with borrowed funds and without the support of taxes states were asked to contribute men, supplies, and funds. https://www.masshist.org/revolution/congress2.php -
By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. By declaring themselves an independent nation. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/04/declaration-of-independence-adopted-by-continental-congress-july-4-1776-692467 -
After three weeks of non-stop bombardment, both day and night. Cornwallis surrendered to Washington in the field of Yorktown on October 19,1781 which ended the war. Independence.https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-yorktown-begins
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Siege of Yorktown September 28–October 19, 1781 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. -
The hundred day debate known as the Constitutional Convention was one of the most momentous occurrences in United States Constitutional History, and events that would take place in the Pennsylvania State House during that time would set the United States on the course towards becoming a true Constitutional Republic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_convention_(political_meeting)?scrlybrkr=41de1e2d -
Also known as the Connecticut Compromise, a major compromise at the Constitutional Convention that created a two-house legislature, with the Senate having equal representation for all states and the House of Representatives having representation proportional to state populations.https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-government-and-civics/us-gov-foundations/us-gov-ratification-of-the-us-constitution/a/ratification-of-the-us-constitution-lesson-overview
