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the stamp act
March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Year War. The act required everyone to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. -
sons of liberty
The sons of liberty was a group of shopkeepers and artisans who called themselves the Loyal Nine, They were planning on going against the stamp act. -
Townshend Act of 1767
The Townshend Act of 1767 was a series of measures, passed by the British parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. But American colonist, who had no representation in parliament, saw the act as a abuse of power.click here for more -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot on king street, it was between the American colonists and a lone British solder. The colonist were rebelling against the taxes they found repressive. -
Boston tea party
In the 1760's Brittan was in deep debt so the British parliament imposed a series of taxes to help pay those debts, some of the taxes include any kind of printed paper, paint, glass, lead, and tea. following the taxes there were street brawls often until they finally repealed the taxes everything except the tea tax. In retaliation to the tea tax a large group of men boarded the docked ships and threw 342 chests of tea into the water. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston tea party. -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
The Battle of Lexington and concord was a outbreak of armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies of America. British succeeded on destroying cannons and supplies in Concord. -
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Battle of Yorktown
After six years of war the British and continental army's were exhausted, the British surrendered to the continental army. This was last major land battle of the American Revolution. And it led to negotiations for peace with the British and the signing of the Treaty of Paris. click here for more -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed in Paris by representatives of King George of Great Britain and the United States on September 3, 1783 which officially ended the American Revolutionary War and overall state of conflict between the two countries. -
3/5 compromise
The 3/5 compromise was a agreement between delegates from the northern and Sothern states at the United states Constitutional Convention, that 3/5ths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the house of representatives. -
the great compromise
The Great Compromise provided a system of congressional representation. On the Fourth of July holiday, delegates worked out a compromise plan that sidetracked Franklin's proposal. On July 16, the convention adopted the Great Compromise by a heart-stopping margin of one vote. click here for more -
bill of rights
The bill of rights was adopted by congress to the states on October 7th, 1789. By 1791 3 fourth of the states had ratified at least 10 of them.
