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Events from the American Revolution

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  • French & Indian War

    French & Indian War

    The cause of the French an Indian War was the struggle of control over land. The seven year war was a war in which pitted the North American colonies.
  • Sons of Liberty

    Sons of Liberty

    A loosely organized, clandestine, sometimes violent, political organization active in the 13 American Colonies. There were 355 Sons of Liberty that gathered at Lemuel Robinson's Tavern.
  • Stamp Act of 1765

    Stamp Act of 1765

    Imposed a tax on all papers and official documents in American colonies. King George the 3rd was the one that imposed those taxes.
  • Townshend Act of 1767

    Townshend Act of 1767

    Initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. The aim of this act was to raise revenue for the British Empire.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre was an event where 8 British soldiers in the streets of a city. They were insulted by a mob and threatened. The 8 soldiers had fired their muskets killing a total of 5 colonists.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Was a protest in 1773, the colonists had disguised themselves as Mohawks raided the ships and dumped a total of 90 thousand pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor. The tea that had been dumped into the Boston Harbor was Chinese.
  • First Continental Congress meets

    First Continental Congress meets

    The first met was in Pennsylvania in the fall of 1774. There was a total of 6 people that was at this meeting. (Patrick Henry, George Washington, John and Samuel Adams, John Jay, and John Dickinson.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    Fought on June 17, 1775 during the siege of Boston in the first stage of the American revolution war. Bunker Hill has been used for many battles and stored units.
  • Battles of Lexington & Concord

    Battles of Lexington & Concord

    First military engagements of the American revolution war. There was a total of 273 British lost their lives and 95 Americans lost their lives in this battle.
  • Olive Branch Petition sent to England

    Olive Branch Petition sent to England

    Was sent to the king as a last attempt to prevent formal war. The king upon reading it refused the offer. In the Petition it emphasized their loyalty to the crown and their rights as British citizens.
  • Articles of Confederation created

    Articles of Confederation created

    The document served as the first constitution. When the articles were created it had made a loose confederation of sovereign states and weak central government.
  • Great Compromise

    Great Compromise

    The great compromise had promise the creation of bicameral legislature composed of the House of Representatives and Senate.
  • 3/5 Compromise

    3/5 Compromise

    States in the north and south couldn't agree on how slaves would be counted in the population. After a while they decided that every 5 slaves would count as 3 people for taxation and representation purposes.
  • Bill of Rights adopted

    Bill of Rights adopted

    Three-fourths of the existing State legislature ratified the 10 amendments of the Constitution ( The bill of rights ). In 1789 Washington had sent out copies of the 12 amendments that were adopted by the congress of the state.
  • Enlightenment

    Enlightenment

    The enlightenment was the great " Age of Reason". A period of rigorous scientific, political and philosophical discourse that characterised European society.