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Navigation Act
The Navigation act, also known as the Act for the Encouragement of Trade, required all goods that were being shipped for America and other colonies to be crossed through England first. -
French and Indian War
The Frencj and Indian War lasted seven years andwas between the colonies of British America and New France. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act, that was peddef by the Britsuh Parliament, required American colonists to pay tax on every piece of printed paper that they used. Then the money that was recieved from the Stamp Act was then used to pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier. -
George III became king of Great Britian
George III was the longest ruling monarch before Queen Victoria. He also ruled through the British victory of the seven Years War, and led to Englanfd resistanve to France. Later in his life he suffered from an illness and had to live witg being blind, then later died on January, 1820. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a Political Protest whichled to destruction of an entire shipment of tea. The tea was then dumped into the Boston Harbor which caused the Vritsh Government to respond brutally and esculated in the American Revolution. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of the representatives from twelve of the thirteen colonies in Pennsylvania, in the early American revolution. -
Seconf Continental Congress
Convention of representatives from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Pennsylvania and declared that the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a statement that was adopted by the Second Continental Congress, and was a symbol of liberty, In addition, the enlightment thinker Johne Locke helped influence the Declaration by his idea of life, liberty and property. -
The United States Constitution
The constitution helped mantain peace within the U.S, helped create a better Union, provide for the common defense, and promote general Welfare. Thomas Paine and John Locke helped influence the U.S Constitution. -
Tje Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is a name given to the first ten ammendments of the U.S Constitution.
