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The French and Indian war was a war between the colonies of British America and the colonies of new France, each side being supported by troops from the parent country and native American allies. The war lasted until 1763, and after the British won the war, they gained the Ohio river valley as well as all of France's mainland possessions.French and Indian war -
The stamp act was a law that began taxing the colonists on certain items to help England get out of debt from the war. The stamp act put taxes on newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, broadsides, legal documents, dice, and playing cards. -
The Townshend act was a series of measures that were passed by British parliament that imposed taxes on goods imported into the colonies. The goods that were taxed were British china, glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea imported into the colonies. -
The Boston massacre happened while a mob of angry colonists were insulting and threatening a group of British soldiers. As the mob continued harassing the soldiers, they fired their weapons killing 5 colonists.Boston massacre -
the Boston tea party was a political protest against the taxes on imported goods by colonists at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. The colonists being frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing tax without reason dumped 342 chests of British east India tea into the harbor. -
The Coercive Acts of 1774, known as the Intolerable Acts in the American colonies, were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
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The battles of Lexington and concord were the first of the American revolution, when the British army set out from Boston to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington as well as to destroy the American store of weapons and Ammuniton in Concord. -
The Olive Branch Petition was a last attempt by congress to prevent formal war from being declared. The petition emphasized the colonies loyalty to the crown and rights as British citizens. -
Writing in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government.
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By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists’ motivations for seeking independence.
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A convention of states in Philadelphia proposes the Constitution to replace the much looser central government operating under the Articles of Confederation (adopted in 1777). With amendments, the Constitution remains the framework of government in the U.S.
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The battle of Yorktown joint France sea troops and American land troops that trapped a major British force at the city of Yorktown in Virginia. While the British commander waited for British reinforcements, the French fleet was in a battle with them and won, ultimately pinning the British force in Yorktown for the rest of the war. -
The treaty of Paris was signed to end the seven years war between Britain and France as well as their respective allies. in the terms of the treaty France gave up its territories in America ending any military threat to the British colonies. -
The point of the event was decide how America was going to be governed. Although the Convention had been officially called to revise the existing Articles of Confederation, many delegates had much bigger plans. -
the Constitution became the official framework of the government of the United States of America when New Hampshire became the ninth of 13 states to ratify it. The journey to ratification, however, was a long and arduous process. -
President Washington sent copies of the 12 amendments adopted by Congress to the states. By December 15, 1791, three-fourths of the states had ratified 10 of these, now known as the “Bill of Rights. "The House passed a joint resolution containing 17 amendments based on Madison’s proposal.
