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The Age of Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was a period in time where intellectual thinkers questioned the ideas of God, reason, nature, and humanity. This time span had a massive development in art, philosophy and politics. -
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was fought by Great Britain and France over the span of nine years. Who won the fight determined territorial control in north America. -
Boston Massacre
A deadly riot that began as a street brawl between American colonist and British soldiers. 2,000 British soldiers tried enforcing British tax laws causing colonist to rebel. -
Stamp Act
This was an act during the first British Parliament that attempted to raise taxes. This imposed a tax on all paper documents in each colony. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Kicking off the American Revolutionary war with tension between Americas 13 colonies and British authorities that was built up for many years, King George the 3rd expanded military in Boston to soon claim Massachusetts for open rebellion. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concord -
Townshed Acts
This act taxed all the goods imported to the colonies. Americans viewed this act as an abuse of power that created mass tension between Great Britain and the colonies. https://www.britannica.com/event/Townshend-Acts -
Boston Tea Party
A political protest that angered American colonists for enforcing "taxation without representation." 342 cartons of tea Imported from the British was dumped into the harbor. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation were adopted by congress in 1777 which was the first constitution in the United States. Congress created a weak central government leaving almost all power with the state governments. https://guides.loc.gov/articles-of-confederation -
The Great Compromise
During the drafting of the U.S constitution, the Great Compromise settled the dispute between small and large states and their representation in the federal government. The upper house had equal representation in each state while the lower would have proportional representation. -
Treaty of Paris
Ending the American revolutionary war in a peace treaty, the Treaty of Paris allowed for Great Britain to allow the American colonies their independence. This allowed for more land to be ceded territory east from the Mississippi river doubling the size of the nation. -
3/5 Compromise
This compromise was created by delegates from both northern and southern states stating that three fifths of the slave population would be accounted for with taxes. The founding fathers acknowledged that slavery was against liberty. -
Constitutional Convention
While being monumental the Constitutional Convention decided how the United States should be governed while revising and editing the articles of confederation. James Madison and Alexander Hamilton wanted to create a new government rather then fixing the existing. (This is considered a time span from may 25th to September 17th however just isn't as major as the enlightenment or war.) -
Constitution Ratified
With the new draft of the constitution came 3 months of debate whether or not President George Washington would allow which he did. Due to the new constitution a strong federal government was created along with a in depth system of checks and balances. -
Bill of Rights adopted
When the bill of rights was passed by congress 12 amendments were designed to protect the basic rights of the U.S citizen. These rights included freedom of speech, press, assembly, and exercise of religion, and the right to fair legal procedure and to bear arms.
