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Navigation Act
Also called the Act for the Encouragement of Trade, passed on 27 July equired all European goods bound for America to be shipped through England first. -
George III became king of Great Britian
George III was king of Great Britain and King of Ireland from October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. -
French and Indian war
Was the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War. The war was fought between the colonies of British America and New France, with both sides supported by military units from their parent countries of Great Britian and France, as well as Native American allies. -
Stamp Act
an act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposinga stamp duty on on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the British Crown. -
First Continental Congress
Was a meeting of delegates from twelveof the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1776 at Carenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvia, early in the American Revolution. -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that, soon, after warfare,, declared the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Decleration of Independence
The Decleration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Contintal Congress meeting Philadelphia, Peensylvania on July , 1776 -
The United States Constitution
Is the supreme law of the U.S -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.