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A war was started between the British and the French for land. They were also both supported by Native American tribes. Click here to see more
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The Stamp Act was a result of the British government needing money for their military. So they passed the Stamp Act which sought to pay for the army using taxes. -
Loosely organized, sometimes violent, political organization of colonists. This group was made to advance the rights of colonists and to fight taxation from the British. Click here to see more -
The Townshend was to help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies, Parliament passed the so initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of Boston civilians. Killing 5 and wounding 6 civilians, they angered an entire colony. -
A series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
The Congress first met in Philadelphia with delegates from each of the 13 colonies except Georgia. -
The first major military campaign of the Revolutionary War. Resulted in an American victory and outpouring of militia support for the anti-British cause. Click here to see more -
God made all men equal and gave them the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness the main business of government is to protect these rights -
Britain wanted to become less involved in the government of their colonies, because they declare war, appoint military officers, sign treaties, make alliances, appoint foreign ambassadors, and manage relations with Indians.
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The Americans and French marched to Yorktown and dig trenches through which he could move his heavy guns close enough to Yorktown to pound Cornwallis into surrender. -
The Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation. The treaty was signed by King George III (The Third) -
The compromise established legislature as a bicameral, or two-house law making body. It was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention. -
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.