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Navigation Acts
English laws that developed, promoted, and regulated English ships, shipping, trade,and commerce between other countries and its own colonies. -
French and Indian War Ends
The war lasted seven years and ended by the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The British won. -
Stamp Act
A tax on all commercial and legal documents such as:
-Diplomas
-Pamphlets
-Newspapers
-Almanacs
-Dice
-Playing Cards -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers killed some people in a mob and the colonists labeled this act as a massacre. -
Tea Act
British East India Co.:
-Monopoly on British tea imports
-Many members of parliament held shares
-The tea was actually cheaper -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists dumped the tea into the Boston harbor. -
Coercive/Intolerable Acts
-Port Bill-closed Boston until compensated
-Quartering Act-private homes
-Administration of Justice Act-British officials to be tried in England -
First Continental Congress
55 delegates from 12 colonies.
Agenda: How to respond to the Intolerable acts.
1 vote per colony represented -
Lexington and Concord
These battles marked the outbreak of armed conflict between the British and the Americans. -
Second Continental Congress
Delegates from the colonies met to discuss raising armies, strategy, appointing diplomats, and writing treaties. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
Was adopted at the Second Constitutional Congress meeting. -
Battle of Saratoga
The British led a large invasion army southward in hopes to meet other British armies but were surrounded by Americans on their journey. Giving the Americans a decisive victory over the British. -
Winter at Valley Forge
The British made camp outside of Philadelphia for the winter. -
Battle of Yorktown
A decisive victory by American troops led by George Washington. -
U.S. Constitution Written
The old Congress set the rules the new government followed in terms of writing and ratifying the new constitution. -
U.S. Constitution adopted
This was the ratification the the Constitution.
