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French & Indian War
The war was fought because they wanted to decide if Britain or France would be the strong power in North America. The land along the east coast had become crowded, and settlers were moving west. -
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French & Indian War
The first battle Washington defeats the French in a surprise attack. The British had won the French and Indian War. They took control of the lands that had been claimed by France -
Sons of Liberty
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The Sons of Liberty were a grassroots group of instigators and provocateurs in colonial America who used an extreme form of civil disobedience. The goal of the radicals was to push moderate colonial leaders into a confrontation with the Crown. -
Stamp Act of 1765
Parliament then passed the Stamp Act, which taxed most printed materials. The stamp tax was the first direct tax levied on the colonists. As word of the Stamp Act spread in the colonies in the spring of 1765, a huge debate began. A flood of editorials, pamphlets, speeches, and resolutions against the tax swept through the colonies. -
Townshend Act of 1767
The Townshend Act constituted an attempt by the British government to consolidate fiscal and political power over the American colonies by placing import taxes on many of the British products bought by Americans, including lead, paper, paint, glass and tea. -
Boston Massacre
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Boston Tea Party
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The night before officials planned to bring the tea ashore, a group of about 150 men, dressed as Native Americans in an attempt to mask their identities. They snuck aboard several British ships anchored in Boston Harbor and destroy the tea on board. -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. Hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. -
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War of Independence of the United States
The American War of Independence was a conflict that pitted the thirteen British colonies in North America against the Kingdom of Great Britain. On April 19 they began the independence of the United States. -
Olive Branch Petition sent to England
It was a final attempt by the colonists to avoid going to war with Britain during the American Revolution. It was a document in which the colonists pledged their loyalty to the crown and asserted their rights as British citizens. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
The declaration of independence was officially adopted on July 4, 1776. The Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress -
Battle of Yorktown
On September 28, 1781, American and French forces surrounded Yorktown and began to bombard it. Three days later, Cornwallis began negotiations to surrender, and on October 19, 1781, some 8,000 British soldiers laid down their weapons. -
Treaty of Paris signed
Three treaties were signed—between Britain and the United States and between Britain and France and Spain. In the final settlement, known as the Treaty of Paris, Britain recognized the United States of America as an independent nation, with the Mississippi River as its western border. -
3/5 Compromise
Slaves made up one- third or more of many southern populations. A slave would count only 3/5 of persons for representation in congress. Compromised between the southern and northern states. -
Great Compromise
It created two legislative bodies in Congress. There would be two national legislatures in a bicameral Congress. -
Constitutional Convention
The political and economic problems facing the United States in 1787 led many American leaders to two conclusions: the nation would not survive without a strong central government, and the Articles of Confederation had to be revised or replaced. -
Bill of Rights adopted
The Congress transmitted to the state Legislatures twelve proposed amendments to the Constitution. James Madison proposed the U.S. Bill of Rights.
