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French and Indian war
This war was part of a long struggle between France, and Britain for territory, and power. The Indians fought with the French, the colonists called it the French and Indian war. In 1755 1,400 British soldiers were sent to the Ohio Valley to clear out the French. Two-third of the soldiers died. The war raged on for seven long years. The turning point came in 1759, when british soldiers captured Canada. In 1763 The war ended. Britian and France signed a peace treaty. Great Britain got Canada. -
Proclamation of 1773
The British goverment had a lot of problems after the war. One was to keep the colonists, and Indians from killing each other. The king told the sett;ers they may not cross west of the Appalachian Mountains, and the Indians may not cross the east side of the the Appalchian Mountains. The colonists complained, because the only place to find new farming land is to keep moving out west.The British government igonored these complaints, and sent 7,500 men of the British army to the colonies. -
Stamp act of 1765
The British government had other problems too. Another was they had to pay off the debt from the war.The people in Britain were already paying taxes, The colonist were taxed the most in the british empire. But now even more taxes were being put onto the colonists. They now had to buy a stamp for every single paper they buy.The colonists sensed a Tyranny. The colonists felt this was against their right. They cheered "No taxation without representation." The British Government repeled the tax. -
Boston massacre
The same day parliment repealed most of the townshed duties, a brawl broke out between the colonists, and some soliders. When the dust cleared 5 Bostonians were dead, and 10 were injured. The colonists called this the Boston Massacre, but really it was a small riot. The Bostonians were the worst to the soldiers, calling them names, and throwing things at them. The soldiers were not to fire at the colonists. They say the soldiers were protecting themselves, but some think it was murder. -
Boston tea party
After the massacure everyone settled down. They loylists didn't mind paying the taxes, and the PATROITS could smuggle dutch tea. Things did not stay peaceful though. When the British government out a tax on tea. Lots of incidents happend and one ot them was the boston tea party. The paroit snuck onto the new imported ships, that carried the tea, and dumped all of the tea in to the bay. -
Intolerable acts
Lord North was unhappy that the colonists dumped out the tea. He saw it wa they gave them cheap tea, and they just wasted it. King George agree, so they decided to punish Boston for theit acts. First the bay was closed until all the tea was payed for, Boston was under complete British control, They couldn't hold a meeting without the governers approval. Finally more british troops were sent to Boston to keep them following the new laws. King Geogre wanted them to give in to British authority. -
Declaration of Independence.
The Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence--written largely by THOMAS JEFFERSON, with help from JOHN LOCKE--in Philadelphia on July 4, a date now celebrated as the birth of American independence. There was a pamphlet published, called COMMON SENSE, written by THOMAS PAINE. This Pamphlet compained saying we need to be loyal to KING GEORGE III.
But the colonists tryed to bring peace my sending THE OLIVE BRANCH PETITION, asking the king for peace. -
declaration of independence.
War in full swing, the movement for independence from Britain had grown, and delegates of the Continental Congress were faced with a vote on the issue. In mid-June 1776, a five-man committee including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin was tasked with drafting a formal statement of the colonies' intentions. -
First continental congress
50 leaders from 12 colonies met in Philadelphia. All of them hated the idea of Tyranny. Most of them were neutral, but only some strong patroits called themselves Americans. They all sent a letter to King George of their complaits, and to recongize their right. They agreed they would meet in may if the boycott hadn't worked. -
Second continental congress
The Second Continental Congress ran from May 10, 1775, to March 2, 1789. The Second Continental Congress decided many important things. At the Congress, they decided to completely break away from Great Britain. On May 15, 1776, they decided to officially put the colonies in a state of defense. -
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolution (1775-83) is also known as the American Revolutionary War. The conflict arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain's 13 North American colonies and the colonial government, which represented the British crown. The LOYALISTS didn't know what to do. Some fled back to Great Britian, some stayed and fought. April 1775 kicked off the armed conflict. France entered the American Revolution on the side of the colonists in 1778. -
American Revolution part 2
a civil war into an international conflict. After French assistance helped the Continental Army force the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1779, the Americans had effectively won their independence, though fighting would not formally end until 1783. -
The second continental congress part 2
The Second Continental Congress was one of the most important government meetings in the history of the United States of America. It decided some of the most important ideas that the colonists fought for in the Revolutionary War, because, at that meeting, members of the Second Continental Congress wrote and signed The Declaration of Independence. They also elecled GEORGE WASHINGTON to lead the CONTINENTAL ARMY. -
Articles of confederation
The Articles of Confederation served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain. It established a weak central government that mostly, but not entirely, prevented the individual states from creating their own government. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. -
Shay's Rebellion
Many farmers in this area suffered from high debt as they tried to start new farms. As a result local sheriffs seized many farms and some farmers who couldn't pay their debts were put in prison. Farmers from western Massachusetts followed petitions for economic relief. A group of protestors, led by Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays, began a 6 month rebellion by taking over the Court of Common Pleas in Northampton; the goal was to prevent the trial and imprisonment of debt-ridden citizens. -
Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance, officially titled "An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States North West of the River Ohio," was adopted by the Confederation Congress on July 13, 1787. Also known as the the Ordinance of 1787, the Northwest Ordinance established a government for the Northwest Territory, outlined the process for admitting a new state to the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be equal to the original thirteen states. -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia met between May and June of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation. The United States Constitution that emerged from the convention established a federal government with more specific powers. They also decided the GREAT COMPROMISE. They also decided the THREE FIFTHS COMPROMISE, which made congress have 3/5 majority vote. The ELECTORAL COLLAGE decided who the next president will be -
The Constitution.
The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. Authority of the people by the framers and the consent of the legislatures of the states, it is the source of all government powers, and also provides important limitations on the government that protect the rights of United States citizens. -
Bill of rights
On September 25, 1789, the First Congress of the United States therefore proposed to the state legislatures 12 amendments to the Constitution that met arguments most frequently advanced against it. The first two proposed amendments, were not ratified. Articles 3 to 12, however, ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures, constitute the first 10 amendments of the Constitution, known as Bill of Rights.
