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The French and Indian war lasted 7 years it was the French and Indians against the British thanks from the help of George Washington the British won. -
The British put the Stamp Act of the Americans to raise money for Britain, the Stamp Act put a tax on newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, broadsides, legal documents, dice, and playing cards. -
The Boston Massacre was where the British solders shot five people in the crowd because they were harassing them with them calling -
The Boston tea party was a protest, the Americans were protesting against the taxation without representation which was a rule the British put so by protesting they dumped all the British tea into the Boston harbor. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord marked the start of the American war for Independence it was the Americans first win -
The Bunker Hill battle was against the British and the Americans and the British won this one, it was a very bloody battle and more British people died than Americans.
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The Declaration of Independence is a call for the right to statehood rather than individual liberties -
The Articles of Confederation was a document that was basically the first constitution but then it sucked so bad that they made a whole new thing -
The Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolution and the United States became a independent nation. -
The Constitutional Convention was a meeting to decide how America was going to be Governed. -
The Battle of Yorktown was the final major battle this is where the British surrender and America gained Independence -
The American people demanded clear assurances that the new administration would respect their recently acquired freedoms of speech, press, and religion.