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Navigation Acts
Navigation Acts prevented the colonies from shipping any goods anywhere, without first stopping in an English port. -
French and Indian War ends
The Treaty of Paris ended the war. The treaty made France gave up all its territories in mainland North America. It is also known as the Seven Years War. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a tax on every sheet of every document. Britain needed money because they were in debt from the war, so they taxed the colonists on things they used everyday, paper. The colonists then boycotted British goods. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation in which a group of nine British soldiers shot citizens out of a crowd who were harassing them verbally and throwing items, such as snowballs, at them. They ended up killing 5 citizens. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act lowered the price of the East India Company's tea within the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest. American colonists were upset with Britain for imposing “taxation without representation” and dumped tea in the harbor. -
First Continental Congress
They were mad about the Boston Tea Party and wanted to punish the colonists, so the first Continental Congress met. -
Coercive/Intolerable Acts
The British passed the Coercive Acts to punish Boston. Boston’s citizens referred to them as the Intolerable Acts. The Intolerable Acts closed the port of Boston so that goods could not be shipped in or out. -
Second Continental Congress
They assembled due to Britain's refusal to get rid the Intolerable Acts, and the effect of the Congress was to declare independence from Great Britain. -
Lexington and Concord
First battle of of the revolutionary war, fought in Massachusetts. -
Declaration of Independence Adopted
The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4th in Philadelphia. It is the reason we celebrate the Fourth of July. -
Winter at Valley Forge
A lack of organization, food and money shortages made for harsh living conditions at Valley Forge in the third year of the war. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the Revolutionary War. The American defeated the British army which furthered the hope for independence for the colonies. -
Battle of Yorktown
The battle was the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in North America. -
U.S. Constitution Written
The constitution is the worlds longest surviving written charter of government. “We the people” shows that the government is there to serve the citizens. -
U.S. Constitution adopted
The constitution was written in 1787, ratified in 1788 and has been in operation since 1789.