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The Enlightenment was the traditional authority and embraced the notion that humanity could be improved through rational change. -
The French & Indian War started in 1754, it was a 7 year war that started because whether the upper Ohio River was apart of the British empire and open for trade. It ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. -
The Stamp Act was a British Parliament passed to help pay for British troops stationed in colonies during the seven years of war. -
The Townshend act was an act seen by American colonist of an abuse of power by the British Parliament, that initiated taxes on paint, lead, glass, paper, and tea. -
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot, it started as a street brawl between American colonist and one British soldier but escalated to a bloody slaughter.
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They were a group of colonist who disagreed with British Rule of the 13 North American colonies. -
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest American colonist mad at Britain for imposing taxation without representation dumping 342 chests of tea into the harbor.
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The Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) was a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston tea party.
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The First Continental Congress meets is important because they met to consider its reaction to the British governments restraints on trade. -
The Battles of Lexington & Concord were the mark of the wars for independence. Politically disastrous for the British making Americans support -
The Second Continental Congress meets because after violence broke out between Britain and American colonies they began to prepare for war. -
The Olive Branch Petition sent to England was a petition sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent war from being declared. -
Thomas Paine argued that the cause of America should be not just a revolt against taxation but a demand for independence.
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It was a call for the right to statehood rather than individual liberties. It was a separation from the British. -
The Articles of Confederation created ability to maintain the independence and sovereignty of each state within the union, they could send ambassadors to other nations overseas and handle territory issues. -
The Battle of Yorktown marked the last major battle of the American revolution and the start of a new nations independence.
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The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary war between great Britain and the United States, recognized American independence and established boarders for the new nation.
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The Great Compromise provided a dual system of congressional representation, where each state would be assigned a number of seats in proportion to its population.
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The 3/5 Compromise was every enslaved American would be counted as three fifths of a person for taxation and representation purposes.
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The Constitutional Convention was the discussion of how America would be governed. -
The Constitution is ratified was when the constitution became the official frame work of the government of the United States. -
The Bill of Rights were adopted to protect the basic rights of citizens like freedom of speech, press, assembly and exercise of religion....
