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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France. At the start of the war, the French colonies had a population of 60,000 settlers, compared with 2 million in the British colonies.The outnumbered French depended on the Indians. -
Stamp Act of 1765
an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was a secret organization that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies to advance the rights of the European colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. -
Townshend Act of 1767
The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767. They placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists including new taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. The event was heavily publicized Paul Revere and Samuel Adams. click here to learn more -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. The target was the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the British East India company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes apart from those imposed by the Townshend Acts. -
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First Continental congress meets
The Continental Congress was initially a convention of delegates from several British American colonies at the height of the American Revolution era, who spoke and acted collectively for the people of the 13 Colonies that became the United States of America. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military battles of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. -
Olive Branch Petition Sent to England
John Dickinson wrote the Olive Branch Petition, which was adopted on July 5 and turned in to King George. It was an attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown. -
Declaration of Independence Adopted
The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown ended on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British army led by British Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis. -
3/5 compromise
It was a compromise reached among state delegates. The compromise was to count three out of every five slaves as people for this purpose. -
Treaty of Paris
Regarding the American Treaty, the key episodes came in September 1782, when French Foreign Minister Vergennes. proposed a solution that was opposed by his ally, the United States. France was exhausted by the war. click here to learn more -
Constitutional Convention
The convention was not referred to as a "Constitutional" convention, nor did most of the delegates arrive intending to draft a new constitution. Many assumed that the purpose of the convention was to discuss and draft improvements to the existing Articles of Confederation, and would have not agreed to participate otherwise. -
Bill of Rights adopted
The Bill of Rights On December 15, 1791, the new United States of America ratified The Bill of Right. The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Find out what documents the author drew influence from when composing the Bill of Rights click here to learn more
