Ch. 14 lesson 1

  • Self goverment

    Self goverment
    Self-governance, self-government, or autonomy is an abstract concept that applies to several scales of organization.
  • Pilgroms establish colony in massachusettes

    Pilgroms establish colony in massachusettes
    The Massachusetts Bay Colony was centered in Boston. Document signed by Pilgrim men aboard the Mayflower, on Nov. 21, 1620, before the Plymouth landing. It was modeled after a Separatist church covenant, by which they agreed to establish a temporary government and to be bound by its laws.
  • Boston massicre

    Boston massicre
    The Boston Massacre, known to the British as the Incident on King Street, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. The event was heavily publicized by leading Patriots such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams
  • Tea act

    Tea act
    The Tea Act was the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies. The policy ignited a “powder keg” of opposition and resentment among American colonists and was the catalyst of the Boston Tea Party.
  • Declaration of independence

    Declaration of independence
    By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.
  • first battle of the american revolution

    first battle of the american revolution
    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.
  • American won the battle of sartoge

    American won the battle of sartoge
    Americans win more than a battle at Saratoga. British general and playwright John Burgoyne surrenders 5,000 British and Hessian troops to American General Horatio Gates at Saratoga, New York, on this day in 1777
  • Battle of Yorktown Virginia

    Battle of Yorktown Virginia
    The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the Siege of Little York, ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia.
  • U.S. constitution

    U.S. constitution
    The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States. The Constitution, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government.
  • First Election

    First Election
    The United States presidential election of 1788–89 was the first quadrennial presidential election. It was held, from December 15, 1788 to January 10, 1789, under the new Constitution ratified in 1788
  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of Rights
    The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
  • U.S. Declaration was sighned

    U.S. Declaration was sighned
    The date that the Declaration was signed has long been the subject of debate. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams all wrote that it was signed by Congress on the day when it was adopted on July 4, 1776. ... On July 15, New York's delegates got permission from their convention to agree to the Declaration.