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Navigation Acts
Parliament passed this because Britain was exporting more goods than it was importing. -
End of the French and Indian War
Britain gained all of French Canada, as well as rich islands in the Caribbean. With the end of the French and Indian War Britain ruled over most of the North Americas. -
The passing of the Stamp Act
Parliament passed the Stamp act to tax newspapers and pamphlets, with taxes like these the colonists bitterly resented them as an attack on their rights which the quote “No taxation without representation” became one of the leading statements towards revolution. -
The Boston Massacre
British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a crowd that was pelting them with stones and snowballs. Colonists called the death of five protesters the Boston Massacre. Which only gave fuel for the fire of the American revolution. -
The Tea act
The Tea act was the second act to anger the colonists, because of how they commonly used tea in their daily lives. And with the passing of this act it made revolution more clear. -
The Boston Tea Party
A handful of colonists hurled a cargo of recently arrived British tea into the harbor. The incident became known as the Boston Tea Party. -
Coercive/ Intolerable Acts
The four acts Coercive acts were the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice, and the Quartering Act. -
The First Continental Congress
As tensions rose, representatives from 12 colonies gathered in Philadelphia. They discussed how to respond to Britain’s harsh moves against Massachusetts. -
The Second Continental Congress meets
The Second Continental Congress was a late-118th-century meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that United in support of the American Revolutionary War. -
Battles of Lexington and 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 Country, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. -
Declaring independence
In 1776, congress took a momentous step, voting to declare independence from Britain… Jefferson’s political philosophy was heavily influenced by Enlightenment thinkers, especially John Locke. The document clearly reflects Locke’s political and legal ideas, including the idea of natural law. It announced that people have “certain inalienable rights, that amount them are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. -
The Battle of Saratoga
The first turning point in the war came in 1777, when the Americans triumphed over the British at the Battle of Saratoga. This victory persuaded France to join the Americans against its old rival, Britain. -
Battles at Vally Forge
In the brutal winter of 1777-1778, continental troops at Vally Forge suffered from cold, hunger, and disease. Through this crisis George Washington was patient, courageous, and determined. -
Battle at Yorktown
Finally, in 1781, with the help of a French fleet, Washington forced the surrender of the British army at Yorktown, Virginia. With that defeat, the British war effort crumbled. Two years later, American, British, and French diplomats signed the Treaty of Paris, ending the war. -
United States Constitution was made
During the hot summer of 1787, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington hammered out the Constitution of the United States. This framework for a strong, flexible government has remained in place for more than 200 years.