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This war pitted the American colonies and Great Brittan against the French and they both had some native Americans helping them fight. A theater of the 7 year war. -
This was to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies. The colonists had to pay a tax on certain items, such as paper, or playing cards -
Was a loosely organized political organization active in all 13 colonies and founded to advance the rights of colonists and to fight taxation.
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Measures passed by the British Parliament that taxed imported goods to American Colonies. Colonists with no say in the Parliament saw this as an abuse of power. -
The Boston massacre is an encounterment in Boston which 9 soldiers kill 5 out of 300 to 400 people in a crowd because the crowd was abusing and insulting the soldiers -
"No taxation without representation" The Boston Tea Party was a political protest it occurred at Griffins Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. They dumped a lot of tea out of a boat. -
The first fights of the revolution. The British planned to suppress any chance of a rebellion. The Colonists won the battles. -
The formal Declaration of Independence for the 13 United States of America. Adopted by the Second Continental congress meeting. -
American victory against British in a 3-week battle. It was the decisive engagement in the revolution, the British surrendered and the birth of the United States of America happened.
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Treaty was signed between the American colonies and Great Britain. This concluded the American revolution, and officially recognized the United States as an Independent nation. -
Every enslaved American would be counted as 3/5ths a person for taxation and regulation purposes. The southern states gained more electoral power after this. -
In the senate, each state would be allowed two representatives. In the house of representatives, the amount allowed would be determined based off of the states population -
The point of this event was to decide on how America was going to be governed. Debated over Representation in congress, slavery, and over the new executive branch. -
The first 10 Amendments of the Constitution. States American rights in relation to their government
