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Two treatises on Government-John Locke
The Two Treatises on Government was a treatises written by John Locke in 1689 they outlined a theory of natural rights. -
The Spirit of the Laws-Montesqieu
The Spirit of the Laws was a treatise written by Montesqieu of political theory in which he defined three types of government, republican, monarchical, and despotic. -
British settlers move into the Ohio River Valley
British settler arrive in the Ohio River Valley -
Albany Plan of Union
Was an attempt to form a union of the colonies under one government for defense and other general purposes during the French and Indian war. -
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was a war fought between the British and the France with the help of Native Americans. -
Braddocks Defeat
Braddocks Defeat was a failed British military expedition in an attempt to capture the French Fort Duquesne -
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Pontiacs War
Pontiacs War was a war launched by native americans that were dissatisfied with British Rule. -
Royal Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War. The purpose of the proclamation was to organize Great Britain's new North American empire and to stabilize relations with Native North Americans through regulation of trade, settlement, and land purchases on the western frontier. -
Sugar Act
The sugar act was a set of laws passes by great Britain to increase revunue by taxing sugar -
Stamp Act
The stamp act was an act by Britain to tax paper in the colonies. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was an incident in which British soldiers fired upon colonial rioters in Boston. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was an act that taxed molasses -
Boston Tea Party
British colonist upset over Britain taxing their tea so they boarded their ships and threw the tea into the water. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts or the Coercive Acts are laws passed by Britain in respite of the Boston Tea party, it caused outrage in the colonies. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a group of people from the Colonies that met after the Revolutionary War had begun they managed colonial warfare. -
Battle of Bunker hill
During the siege of boston in the early american revolution war the British launched an attack against revolutionary forces near Bunker Hill, they took severe casualties but ended up winning -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was a petition made by the Continental Congress in an attempt to avoid a war with Great Britain. -
Battle of Quebec
The battle of Quebec was a battle between American and British forces at Quebec and was the first major loss for American forces. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Indepedance was a declaration by the Contential Congress stating their independance from Great Britain.
