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Enlightenment
a point in time where more ideas were brought to human minds such as religion and gods along with the science of the earth. -
stamp act
colonists in America were forced to pay taxes on almost everything like sugar, newspaper, and even playing cards. this rule was implanted by king George the third to pay back the money they had lost protecting American colonists. -
Sons of Liberty
a group of men who used violence and disobedience to fight against British tax laws. such as hurting tax collectors and even going as far as killing. -
Boston Massacre
when a group of civilians went up to eight British guards confronting them and threatening them until the guards fired muskets into the crowed of civilians. -
Boston tea party
sixty american colinists that dressed up as indians and dumped 342 chests into the watter as a protest for taxation -
Intolerable Acts
a set of four laws passed to punish those who had been in the Boston tea party. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
the battle of bunker hill was the first stage in the revolutionary war, proving that Americans could hold their ground against British. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
the day the declaration of independence was signed in the Pennsylvania state house. -
Townshend Act
to help pay for the colonization of the united states the parliament passed the townshend act putting tax on glass, tea,etc -
battle of Yorktown
Americans and French arrived early and built trenches 800 feet from the defense line. they fraught and one eventually leading to the end of the revolutionary war. -
Treaty of Paris
this contract ended the American revaluation and made way for the united states to become an independent nation. -
3/5 Compromise
for every five slaves the states would count them as 3 people to determine representation and direct taxation -
Great Compromise
a agreement made to show the legislative structure and representation each state would have under the constitution. -
Constitution is ratified
the constitution is the foundation of our government that took effect after 9 of 13 state legislators voted for it. -
Bill of Rights adopted
three fourths of the state legislative came together to form the bill of rights specifically the first ten amendments