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The French and Indian War
A war between the British and the Indians. The coloists kept pushing the Indians west. The British made the Proclamation of 1763. A series of military engagements between Britain and France in North America between 1754 and 1763. The French and Indian War was the American phase of the Seven Years' War, which was then underway in Europe. -
Treaty of Paris
Was signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on 3 September 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War. -
Proclamation of 1763
A law prohibiting the colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains. England was in debt from French and Indian war and didn't want to start another war. The colonists still moved west anyway because of owning land. -
The Stamp Act
A tax on every sheet of every legal document. Britain needed money because they were in debt from the war so they taxed the colonists. The colonists boycotted British goods. They also organized the Suns of Liberty and Daughters of Liberty. -
Townshend Acts
Used all the money collected for imported goods to pay the salaries of British soldiers. This caused a tax for glass, lead, paper, and tea. Britain still needed money, but they needed a way to tax the colonies without offense. The colonists boycotted British goodsman. -
Boston Tea Party
Was a protest organized by the colonists against the Britsh. All the colonists dressed up as Indians and snuck on board the British ships in the harbor, and threw all te tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Tea Act
This was a tax on all imported tea from Britain. The colonists boycott against British goods had hurt their trade. It was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. Its principal overt objective was to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive -
1st Continental Congress
Was in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774. It consisted of 56 delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies that would become the United States. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
1st battle of Revolutionary War. Colonists started fighting. Revolutionary war was started and colonists were mobilized. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after the adjacent Bunker Hill, which was peripherally involved in the battle, and was the original objective of both the colonial and British troops. -
Declaration Of Independence
The fundamental document establishing the United States as a nation, adopted on July 4, 1776. The declaration was ordered and approved by the Continental Congress and written largely by Thomas Jefferson. -
Battle of Trenton
was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. After General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton the previous night, Washington led the main body of the Continental Army against Hessian soldiers garrisoned at Trenton. -
Valley Forge
Pennsylvania was the site of the military camp of the American Continental Army over the winter of 1777–1778 during the American Revolutionary War. Starvation, disease, malnutrition, and exposure killed nearly 2,500 American soldiers by the end of February 1778. -
Battle of Saratoga
Marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. General John Burgoyne of the British led a large invasion army up the Champlain Valley from Canada, hoping to meet a similar force marching northward from New York City; the southern force never arrived, and Burgoyne was surrounded by American forces in upstate New York. -
Articles of Confederation
Was the first constitution of the United States, on November 15, 1777. It was a document signed amongst the thirteen original colonies that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution. -
Great Compromise
Was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure -
3/5ths Compromise
Was a compromise reached between delegates from southern states and those from northern states during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. The debate was over if, and if so, how, slaves would be counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxing purposes. -
Shay's Rebellion
Was an armed uprising that took place in Massachusetts (mostly in and around Springfield) during 1786 and 1787. -
Constitutional Convention
The gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution. A general constitutional convention is called to create the first constitution of a political unit or to entirely replace an existing constitution.
