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Navigation Acts
This British Act allowed only English ships would be allowed to bring goods to England. It also stated the the colonies would only be able to export its main goods to England. -
Ending of French and Indian War
The war of Territorial disputes between the British and the French was finally resolved with The Treaty Of Paris -
Stamp Act
British tax on newspapers and legal/commercial documents -
Boston Massacre
British Solides shot and killed 5 people while being harassed in a riot in Boston. -
Tea Act
An act passed by British Parliament to allow direct shipment of British East India Company tea from to the colonies, making the tea cheaper. -
Boston Tea Party
While protesting the British taxation on the colonies, Americans dressed as Mohawk Indians threw chests of tea into Boston Harbor -
Coercive/intolerable Acts
4 Laws passed by British Parliament to punish Colonists for the Boston Tea Party. These Laws included the Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act. -
First Continental Congress
Gathering of Delegates from the 13 colonies to discuss about how to respond the the British Coersive acts. -
Lexington and Concord
The first official engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
Second Continental Congress
Meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies which United in the Revolutionary War. The purpose was to raise armies, makes strategies, and write petitions. -
Declaration of Independence Adopted
American Colonists officially summarize their plans and motivations for gaining their independence from Britain. -
Battle of Saratoga
Major turning point in the American revolution. Boosted morale of American Patriots. -
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Winter at Velley Forge
Washington led his 12,000 man army into Valley Forge after failing to retake Philadelphia. He and his men stayed their for 6 months on low resources and fought through disease and malnutrition while trying to reorganize themselves to keep fighting -
Battle of Yorktown
The last major battle of the Revolutionary War ended with General Cornwallis’s surrender and capture -
Completion of the US Constitution
Written in Philadelphia, PA, during the Constitutional convention -
U.S. Constitution Adopted
The Constitution becomes the official guideline for how the American Government will work.
