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The Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War
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Sons of Liberty was a group established to undermine British rule in colonial America and was influential organizing The Boston Tea Party
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The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. -
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on King street in Boston. -
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest. -
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) was were a series of 4 laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagement of the American Revolutionary War
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The Olive Branch Petition sent to England was adopted by congress to be sent to the King. -
The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
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General Washington commanded the American army
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The Treaty of Paris ended The Revolutionary War.
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The Great Compromise was and agreement reach during the Constitutional Convention -
President Washington sent copies of 12 amendments adopted by congress to the states.
