-
French-indian War (1756-1763)
The French and Indian War began over the specific issue of whether the upper Ohio River valley was a part of the British Empire -
Navigation Acts (1763)
The rise of the Dutch carrying trade, which threatened to drive English shipping from the seas -
Stamp Act (1765)
To help replenish their finances after the costly Seven Years' War with France -
Quartering Act (1765)
British government left soldiers behind to protect the colonists from the Native Americans or French settlers in Florida -
Townshend Act (1767)
designed to raise revenue for the British Empire by taxing its North American colonies -
Boston Massacre (1770)
The incident was the climax of growing unrest in Boston, fueled by colonists -
Boston Tea Party (1773)
The American consumption of smuggled tea hurt the finances of the East India Company -
Intolerable Acts (1774)
punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British Government -
Battle of Lexington and Concord (1775)
rebellion by seizing weapons from the colonists -
Olive Branch Petition (1775)
to appease King George III and prevent the conflict between the colonies and the British government -
Second Continental Congress(1775)
After violence broke out between Britain and its American colonies in 1775 -
Common Sense (1776)
Paine argued that the colonists' cause should be not just a revolt against taxation but a demand for independence. He put this idea into Common Sense -
Declaration of Independence (1776)
Its goals were to rally the troops, win foreign allies, and to announce the creation of a new country -
Articles of Confederation (1777)
The Articles made it hard to maintain a strong army -
Daniel Shays’ Rebellion (1786)
The farmers who fought in the Revolutionary War had received little compensation -
Constitutional Convention (1787)
Stimulated by severe economic troubles, which produced radical political movements such as Shays' Rebellion