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French and Indian War
A war between the French and British over who owned the upper Ohio Valley River. -
Stamp Act of 1765
Taxes were put on important paper, documents and playing cards. This started the "taxation without representation" movement.
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/stamp-act -
Sons of Liberty
A secret revolutionary organization founded by Samuel Adams.
https://www.history.com/news/sons-of-liberty-members-causes -
Boston tea Party
342 chests of tea were dumped into the ocean as a protest against "taxation without representation"
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party -
Intolerable Acts(Coercive Acts)
Laws passed by the British to punish the people who dumped the chests of tea into the ocean.
https://www.ushistory.org/us/9g.asp -
First Continental Congress Meets
Delegates from the 13 colonies, except Georgia, met to organize colonial resistance to parliament's coercive acts.
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/the-continental-congress -
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"
A book Thomas Paine wrote a book about becoming independent from England and the creation of democratic republic.
https://www.ushistory.org/paine/commonsense/ -
Second Continental Congress Meets
A second meeting after the American Revolution.
https://www.ushistory.org/us/10e.asp -
Olive Branch Petition sent to England
A final attempt made by the colonists to avoid going to war with the British.
https://historyofmassachusetts.org/what-was-the-olive-branch-petition -
Battle of Yorktown
The last major of the American Revolution. A start of a new nation.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-yorktown-begins -
Treaty of Paris
A treaty officially ending the American Revolution.
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=6 -
Great Compromise
All states were given 2 senators so everything was fair especially to the smaller states.
https://connecticuthistory.org/the-connecticut-compromise/ -
Constitutional Convention
A convention to determine how America was going to be governed.
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1784-1800/convention-and-ratification -
3/5 Compromise
An agreement between delegates from the northern and southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention.
https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-constitution-amendments/the-constitutional-convention/ -
Constitution is Ratified
A long process in which New Hampshire became a state.
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-day-the-constitution-was-ratified
