American Revolution

By sherlynguzman12

  • Enlightenment

    The name Enlightenment was given to a period of a discovery and learned that flourished among Europeans and Americans which changed the was they viewed the world.

  • French and Indian War

    The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America. It began 1754 and ended with Treaty of Pairs in 1763.

  • Sons Of Liberty

    The sons of liberty were a group of colonist who disagreed with British rule of 13 North American colonies

  • Stamp act of 1765

    The Stamp act was to help pay for British troops stationed in colonies during the Seven Years War.

  • Townshend act of 1767

    Taxed goods imported to the American colonies. Also initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre was a street fight occurred on March 5, 1770 between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston tea party was a protest that occurred on December 16, 1773 at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. As a result of the tea party, the British shut down Boston Harbor until all of the 340 chests of British East India company tea were paid for.

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    the battle was fought during the Siege of Boston it was one of the most bloodiest battles of the American Revolution, the British won this battle.

  • Battle of Trenton

    what happened in this battle was General George Washington's army defeated a garrison of Hessian mercenaries. This battle was small.

  • Battle of Camden

    This battle was significant because it was the worst American defeat in the field and it left the British in temporary control of the southern colonies.

  • Battle of Yorktown

    Thomas Fleming wrote in his book " the Americans needed a big victory if they were to convince the peace conference in Europe that they had a right to demand independence for all 13 colonies."

  • Treaty of Pairs

    Treaty of Pairs ended American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.

  • Great Compromise

    along with some other provisions the great compromise resulted in the creation of two houses, with representation based on population in the house of representatives and with equal to the senate.

  • 3/5 compromise

    3 out of every 5 slaves was counted determining a states total population for legislative representation and taxation.

  • Bill of Rights adopted

    The first 10 amendments make up the bill of rights. They list specific prohibitions on governmental power, in response to calls from several states for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties.