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Enlightenment
https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/enlightenment
The "extended 18th century" saw a major readjustment of European politics, religion, technology, and communications as a result of a movement known by its members as that of the Age of Enlightenment, or simply the Enlighten. British, French, and other European Enlightenment intellectuals challenged established order and championed the idea that rational reform could better humanity. -
French and Indian war
https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/french-and-indian-war
The French and Indian war happened from 1756 to 1763. Early in the 1750s, France's advance into the valley of the Ohio River brought it into constant dispute with Virginia's and other British colonies' claims. Since the French built Fort Duquesne in 1754 where the Pittsburgh and Monongahela Rivers converged to form the Ohio River as a key fort that the British have frequently attacked. -
stamp act of 1765
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/stamp-act
The first national tax imposed by the British Parliament direct on American colonists was the Stamp Act of 1765. The act, which put a tax on all paper papers in the colonies, was passed while the British Empire was heavily indebted following the Seven Years' War and turned to its colonies in North America as a source of income. -
Sons of liberty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was a loosely structured, covert, occasionally violent political group active in the Thirteen American Colonies that was established to advance colonist rights and oppose British government taxation. In most colonies, it was a key factor in the fight against the Stamp Act of 1765. Starting in 1767, the Sons of Liberty promoted the use of tar and feathers to humiliate and punish rebellious government officials. -
Boston massacre
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-massacre
On March 5, 1770, a deadly riot called the Boston Massacre took place on King Street in Boston. A street fight between American colonists and a lone British soldier turned into a wild, gory massacre very quickly. The war inflamed anti-British feeling and helped to start the American Revolution.In early 1770, Boston had a great deal of stress. -
Boston Tea Party
[https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party]
The Boston tea party was founded in December 16, 1773, most people might ask why did the Bottom tea party happened it happened because the British was deep in debt in the 1760s so the British parliament had a number of taxes on the American colonist to help on paying taxes.British Parliament levied a number of taxes on American colonists in the 1760s to help pay off Britain's massive debts. -
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
[Timetoast]https://www.britannica.com/event/Intolerable-Acts
The Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act were the four statutes. Although it had nothing to do with the Boston Tea Party, the Quebec Act of 1774 is occasionally included as one of the Coercive Acts. Strong colonial opposition was aroused by these repressive actions, which led to the First Continental Congress, in September and October of 1774. -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/revolutionary-war/battles/lexington-and-concord
Hundreds of British soldiers marched from Boston to nearby Concord that evening, April 18, 1775, in attempt to take an arsenal. The Redcoat column was about to be intercepted when Paul Revere and other horsemen raised the alarm. The conflict began with an altercation on the Lexington town green, and soon the British were fleeing under heavy fire. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1776-1783/declaration
On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, which the 13 American colonies used to dissolve their political ties to Great Britain. The Declaration listed the reasons why the colonies wanted independence. The American colonists were able to confirm an official alliance with the French government and secure French support for their struggle against Great Britain when they declared themselve -
Articles of Confederation created
https://guides.loc.gov/articles-of-confederation
The Articles of Confederation were finally approved by the Second Continental Congress on November 15, 1777, following extensive discussion and amendment. This document was accepted on November 15 and is the engrossed and revised version. It is made up of six parchment sheets that have been joined together. The signatures of delegates from each of the 13 states are included on the final page -
Battle of Yorktown
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/siege-of-yorktown
At the Battle of Yorktown on October 19, 1781, British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and their force were forced to surrender by General George Washington's American army and its French allies. The result in Yorktown, Virginia, marked the conclusion of the American Revolution's final significant fight and the beginning of the independence of a new country. -
treaty of Paris signed
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/treaty-of-paris-signed
On September 3, 1783, the representatives of the United States, Great Britain, Spain, and France sign the Treaty of Paris, formally putting an end to the American Revolution. Britain's acknowledgment of the 13 former American colonies' independence and the agreement on the new republic's borders—Florida to the north of the Great Lakes and the Atlantic coast. -
3/5 Compromise
https://www.theusconstitution.org/news/understanding-the-three-fifths-compromise/
A crucial aspect of the constitutional discussions was the three-fifths compromise. Without this provision, it would have been challenging to win the ratification of southern states, decreasing the likelihood that a unified United States would have been established. -
The United States Constitutional Convention
https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-constitution-amendments/the-constitutional-convention/
From May 14 to September 17, 1787, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, hosted the Constitutional Convention. The purpose of the event was to choose how America would be governed. Many of the attendees had considerably more ambitious intentions even though the Convention's ostensible purpose was to update the old Articles of Confederation.
