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Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was the biggest time period of individualism. It was a time where people wanted to question their views on religion and their day to day life. -
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French & Indian War
A war between Great Britain and French at the Ohio River Valley.The war took 7 years to complete and Great Britain won. -
Stamp Act 1765
click here to learn more All the important papers such as legal documents, newspapers, licenses, and playing cards were all things being taxed. People getting taxed and paying for them helped with guarding and protecting the people being stationed on the American frontier. -
Townshend Act of 1767
click here to learn more Townshend Act was a bunch of laws that were passed by the British and then they ended up replacing the new taxes. The reason they made the Townshend Act was to pay for salaries and the official judges and governors. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a bloody and deadly riot. The British came up with new taxes against the American colonies. For example, tea,glass,paper, and etc. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest towards the government for "taxation without representation". Protesters dumped 342 chests of imported tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were demanding laws passed by the British Parliament. The laws were used to punish Massachusetts colonies for their resistance from the Tea Party. -
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Battles of Lexington & Concord
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Thomas Gage was sending in troops to take Hancock and Adam to jail. Paul Revere was on his way to the British troops to give them heads-up about the Patriots trying to go back to Boston. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense Published
Thomas Paine published a pamphlet called " Common Sense " to push the american people to rebel or fight for independence from the British government. It pushed the american revolution to start. -
Declaration of Independence Adopted
The Declaration of Independence was for the American colonies to be an official allies with the Government of France, and to help them beat Great Britain. Also the most important thing was Freedom and Independence. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the united states. In the Articles of Confederation it stated the congress was given the authority to make alliances, maintain armed forces, and make money. -
Battle of Yorktown
Washington got all of his troops to the south to get Cornwallis's army. He had help from the French fleet and they went against the British navy, then Washington's troops trapped Cornwallis and he ended up surrendering. -
Treaty of Paris Signed
The Treaty of Paris was signed by King George the 3rd and his representatives of Great Britain. It was also signed by representatives from the U.S. The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. -
The Great Compromise
During the Constitutional Convention, larger states with more people wanted congressional representation based off of population. While smaller states wanted equal representation. So to prevent fighting the founding fathers came up with The Great Compromise, which stated each state would have two representatives regardless of the states size to represent them. -
The Bill of Rights adopted
Congress suggested twelve amendments for the constitution, numbers three through twelve were adopted and called the United States Bill of Rights. Two more rights were suggested, but in the end only ten rights were ratified for the United States Bill of Rights that are still being used today.
