The Birth and growth of a nation

  • British Victory and The Treaty of paris

    British Victory and The Treaty of paris
    The treaty of Paris followed the British victories and the taking of Montreal, but more importantly the british victory highlighted the Colonist's shortcomings. which led to fiction and tension between the British and Colonists.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    One of the most famous events leading to the revolutionary war is the defiance that was shown in the boston harbor where colonists through a ship's worth of british tea into the harbor, this as a result of the enlightenment and the increasing aggression towards the British. An important event that fueled the fire of liberty.
  • The Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence
    The key Document that confirmed the Indepence of the United States of America and ignited war between the British and the Americans.
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation
    The Articles were written a year after the Declaration of Independence with the purpose of having a system of government to be established when the war ends. So America would be able to have order and law right when the war ended.
  • Shay's Rebellion

    Shay's Rebellion
    Shay's rebellion brings up the issues an error of the Articles of confederation, as Shay's rebellion expressed the debt crises and economic problems the colonists faced under the Articles. Shay's act of violence and defiance entertained discourse to mend the Articles, that mending of the Articles led to the writing of the U..S Constitution.