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Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was an intellectual and cultural movement in the eighteenth. It showed numerous books, essays, inventions, scientific discoveries, laws, wars, and revolutions.
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French & Indian War
The disagreement over whether the upper Ohio River valley belonged to the British Empire led to the start of the French and Indian War. After winning the French and Indian War, the British seized the territories that France had claimed. After France lost its mainland possessions to North America, Britain claimed all of the parts between the east coast of North America and the Mississippi River. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was a political group that was active in the Thirteen American Colonies. It was established to advance colonist rights and combat British government taxation. It was crucial in most colonies in the fight against the Stamp Act. -
Stamp Act of 1765
The British Parliament agreed to create the "Stamp Act" in order to provide pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years War. The law required colonists to stamp various types of paper, documents, and playing cards with a stamp that served as a placeholder for a fee. -
Townshend Act Of 1767
The Townshend Act was intended to assist in covering the costs because Britain still needed money. It resulted in taxes on tea, glass, paint, lead, and paper. -
Boston Massacre
Colonists were angry at their unfair taxation as well as the British occupation. On March 5, 1770, a group of colonists started hurling insults and launching snowballs at a British soldier patrolling a customs building. People began dying after a soldier shouted out for assistance. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that took place at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. American colonists dumped 342 chests of tea that the British East India Company had imported into the harbor because they were upset and furious with Britain for enforcing "taxation without representation." -
Olive Branch Petition sent to England
King George III of England got the Olive Branch Petition from the American Colonists, asking him to respond and resolve their differences. Additionally, to avoid a formal declaration of war. He sought a conflict since both sides want supremacy over additional colonies and all of Europe. -
Declaration of Independence Adopted
The Declaration of Independence is a document approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, that announced the separation of thirteen British colonies in North America from Great Britain.
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Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was the turning point in the American Revolution. The British surrender signified the end of British rule in the colonies and the birth of a new nation the United States of America. It ended on Oct. 19, 1781.
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Treaty of Paris Signed
This treaty, which put an end to the American Revolution and legally acknowledged the United States as an independent country, was signed by the American colonies and Great Britain. It formally put an end to both the American Revolutionary War and the overall state of rivalry between the two nations. -
Great Compromise
The Great Compromise resulted from a heated debate at the 1787 Constitutional Convention states with larger populations desired population-based congressional representation, while smaller states demanded equal representation. The Great Compromise established the method of legislative branch representation. -
Constitution is Ratified
When New Hampshire became the ninth of thirteen states to ratify the Constitution, it became the official framework of the government of the United States of America. However, the road to ratification was long and difficult. -
Bill of Rights Adopted
President Washington sent copies of the 12 amendments adopted by Congress to the states on October 2, 1789. By December 15, 1791, three-fourths of the states had ratified ten of these amendments, which became known as the Bill of Rights.
