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Boston Massacre
The Massacre was the 1770, pre-Revolutionary incident growing out of the anger against the British troops sent to Boston to maintain order and to enforce the Townshend Acts. -
Boston Tea Party
People all over the world still commemorate the importance of the Boston Tea Party of 1773 to the stirring of the American Revolution. Historians swore that without that single fateful event, the revolutionary war would have not have taken place at all or at the very least, would have been delayed for many decades more. The uprising was caused by a series of unfortunate events on the side of Bostonians caused by British oppressors. It all started from the love of tea. -
Thomas Jefferson
In 1801, Thomas Jefferson won election as the third president of the United States. The man who had written that "all men are created equal," the philosopher who had provided the emerging nation with its founding statement of human and national rights, was now rewarded with the presidential office. But while his supporters judged this appropriate—one might even say poetically appropriate—his qualifications for the office were questioned by many. -
Declaration Of Independence
Congress asked Thomas Jefferson and others to write a
declaration of independence. They needed a document to
declare why the colonies had to become independent of
Britain. In this document, Jefferson wrote what many
Americans believed about their rights. Jefferson wrote that
people have the right to live, the right to be free, and the
right to seek happiness. The Declaration explains why the
colonies should break away from Britain. It says that people
have rights that cannot be taken awa -
Articles Of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was a five page written agreement, which laid the guidelines of how the national government of America would function. The preamble of the Articles stated that all the signatories "agree to certain Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union" between the thirteen original states. It had a total of thirteen articles which formed the guidelines for the functioning of then Federal government along with a conclusion and a signatory section for the states to sign. Give -
Treaty Of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on the one hand and the United States of America and its allies on the other. The other combatant nations, France, Spain and the Dutch Republic had separate agreements; for details of these, and the negotiations which produced all four treaties, see Peace of Paris (1783). It is most famous for being "exceedingly generous" to the United States in terms of enlarged boundaries. -
Shay's Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion, the post-Revolutionary clash between New England farmers and merchants that tested the precarious institutions of the new republic, threatened to plunge the "disunited states" into a civil war. The rebellion arose in Massachusetts in 1786, spread to other states, and culminated in the rebels' march upon a federal arsenal. It wound down in 1787 with the election of a more popular governor, an economic upswing, and the creation of the Constitution of the United States in Philadel -
Three Branches of Government
Articles one through three of the U.S. Constitution make provisions for three separate and independent branches of government: the executive, the legislative, and the judicial. Each branch has its own set of powers and responsibilities, yet many of the powers and responsibilities overlap. The framers of the Constitution believed that this separation of powers would protect individuals' rights and liberties and prevent the government from abusing its power. A system of checks and balances enforce -
George Washington Becomes president and creates the cabinet
Washington was born on February 22, 1732. He lost his father at age 11 and his half brother, Lawrence, took over that role. Washington's mother was protective and demanding, keeping him from joining the British navy as Lawrence wanted. Lawrence owned Mount Vernon, and George lived with him from the age of 16. He was schooled entirely in Colonial Virginia and never went to college. He was good at math which suited his chosen profession of surveying. -
Bil Of Right
In 1944, social and economic concerns, higher education, veterans' issues, and federal legislation merged in a way never before experienced in the history of the United States with the passage of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, more commonly known as the GI Bill of Rights.
