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Signing of the Treaty of Paris, also known as the Treaty of 1763 formally ended The French and Indian War.
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The 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.
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The Stamp Act was passed by British Parliament, which required all the American Colonist to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
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The Quartering Act was one of two Acts of British Parliament requiring the American Colonies to provide British soldiers with housing and food.
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The Stamp Act Congress, was a meeting held in New York City consisting of representatives from British Colonies and American Colonies to devise a unified protest against new British taxation.
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The Boston Massacre was an incident, in which British Army Soldiers shot and killed five people while under attack by a mob.
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The Tea Act of 1773, was passed by Parliament, which granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in The American Colonies.
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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston by American Colonists who dumped 342 chests of British tea in the harbor.
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The Coercive Acts were a series of four acts established by the British government brought on by The Boston Tea Party and other acts of destruction towards British property by American Colonists.
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The First Continental Congress meet in Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia. The meeting was called in response to The Coercive Acts.
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The Battles of Concord and Lexington were the first military conflicts between the Colonial rebel forces and Great Britain during the Revolutionary War.
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The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from 13 colonies that formed in Philadelphia soon after the launch of The American Revolutionary War. It succeeded The First Continental Congress.
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The New York Campaign consist of a series of battles for control of New York and New Jersey during the American Revolutionary war.
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The Battle of Princeton was won by the Americans at the last minute, forcing the British to withdraw to New Brunswick.
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The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the American Revolutionary War, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British.
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The Southern Campaign was the central area of operations in North America during the second half of the American Revolutionary War.
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The Articles of Confederation is the first U.S. Constitution, it served as a written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared Independence from Great Britain.
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The Battle of Yorktown was the last major engagement of The American Revolutionary War.
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The Constitutional Convention was held in Philadelphia to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under The Articles of Confederation.
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The Ratification of the Constitution emerged from the Constitutional Convention, which established a federal government with more specific powers.
