-
Declared that only English ships could bring goods into England, and that the North American colonies could only export its commodities, such as tobacco and sugar, to England. Enabled the mother country to derive a profit from the colonies planted oversees.
-
The war began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris. The war provided Great Britain with endormons territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the wars expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution.
-
The Stamp Act was an act of Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. This was the first direct tax uses by the British government to collect revenues from the colonies.
-
A confrontation in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. Created the spark of the colonists desire for American independence.
-
Tax imposed on American Colonists to help the struggling East India Company. Caused the Boston Tea Party and incidentally the war.
-
The Boston Tea Party was a political movement at Griffins Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonist were upset at Britain for imposing taxes on them without representation. They dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor. It showed Britain that Americans would not take tyranny.
-
Punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea party meant to punish Massachusetts colonists for their defiance. Aimed to isolate Boston, who were the most radical anti-British settlement.
-
Delegates from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia met in Philadelphia to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts. It eventually became the central government for the providences.
-
Convened in 1775 after the Revolutionary War had already begun. It declared America’s independence from Britain and ratified the Articles of Confederation. Disbanded in 1781.
-
British troops marched into Boston to seize an arms cache. Paul Revere sounded the alarm and colonial militiamen intercepted the Redcoats. The British hastily retreated under intense fire. This was the first real battle of the American Revolutionary War.
-
Adopted by the Continental Congress. Proclaimed the independence of the United States from Britain and its king and severed all ties.
-
General John Burgoyne commanded his British army to fight Horatio Gates Continental Army in the outskirts of a small village in Saratoga, New York. Burgoyne surrendered and this battle became the first victory of the American cause to date.
-
Dec 19, 1777 - June 19, 1778. General George Washington moved his troops to their winter quarters at Valley Forge. They suffered from hunger, cold, and fatigue. Valley Forge is significant because it is when the American Army became a true fighting unit.
-
General Lord Charles Cornwallis and bus army surrendered to General George Washington’s American force. This battle marked the conclusion of the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War and cemented George Washington’s as a great leader.
-
The Constitution established Americas national government and fundamental laws. It was signed by delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. It strengthen the national government from the previous Articles of Confederation.
-
New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution. It was adopted and lived by after this.
