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Navigation Acts
The Navigation Acts were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament that imposed restrictions on colonial trade. British economic policy was based on mercantilism, which aimed to use the American colonies to bolster British state power and finances. -
French and Indian War Ends
England and other colonies defeated France and Native American allies. British treasury drained. Britain thought colonists should pay their share. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act levied taxes on all commercial and legal documents. People ranged from boycotts of British goods to riots and attacks on the tax collectors. It was eventually repealed. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot. In response to the Boston Massacre, tar and feathering occurred. Colonists also set up the Committees of Correspondence. -
Tea Act
The British East India Company made a Monopoly on British tea imports. Many members of Parliament held shares. This would mean cheaper tea for the colonists, but they did not take the cheaper tea. Instead they held the Boston Tea Party -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped a massive amount of tea into the harbor. -
Coercive/Intolerable Acts
The Coercive/Intolerable acts were made to persuade/force the colonists to pay for the damages of the Boston Tea Party. The Port Bill closed Boston Harbor until compensated for the tea. The Quartering Act made it so that British government soldiers can station in your home. The Administration of Justice Act meant that British officials that were accused of a crime had to be sent back to England to be tried. This all led to the First Continental Congress. -
First Continental Congress.
At the First Continental Congress there were 55 delegates from 12 different colonies, except for Georgia. The dispute was about how to handle the Intolerable Acts, there was 1 vote per colony represented. -
Lexington and Concord
The battles at Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of the American Revolution. The momentum from these events pushed both sides farther apart. Following the battles, neither the British nor the Americans knew what to expect next. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress met inside Independence Hall beginning in 1775. It was just a month after shots had been fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts, and the Congress was preparing for war. The Second Continental Congress is sometimes known as the Olive Branch Petition. -
Declaration Of Independence adopted
The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. The Declaration of Independence states the principles on which our government, and our identity as Americans, are based. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga began in the second year of the American Revolution. It included two crucial battles, fought eighteen days apart, and was a decisive victory for the Continental Army and a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War. -
Winter at Valley Forge
Washington led his 12,000-man army into winter quarters at Valley Forge after being unsuccessful in taking back Philadelphia. They remained there for six months, from December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown is important because it was the last battle of the American Revolution and with the British. The British surrendered and the American army and French allies won. They saw it as more than just a military win. -
U.S. Constitution written
The Constitution of the United States established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. -
U.S. Constitution adopted
It took until June 21, 1788 for the document to be adopted when New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution.
