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French-Indian War (1756-1763)
War fought between France and Great Britain to determine control of the last colonial territory of North America. -
Navigation Acts (1763)
British Parliament Imposed Restrictions on colonial trade. The British wanted to promote self-sufficiency. -
Stamp Act (1765
A tax on the colonies that required the colonists to have a stamp on all legal documents. -
Quartering Act (1765)
Law requiring colonial authorities to provide food, drink, quarters, fuel, and transportation to British forces stationed in their towns or homes. -
Townshend Act (1767)
Taxed goods imported to the colonies from britain. -
Boston Massacre(1770)
In february of 1770 tensions begin to grow and a mob attacks british soldiers and they got shot and killed. -
Boston Tea Party (1773)
A group of 60 American colonists threw 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to revolt against a tax on tea. -
Intolerable Acts (1774)
Laws meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest -
Olive Branch Petition (1775)
The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by Congress on July 5th, 1775 to be sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord (1775)
The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. -
Second Continental Congress (1775)
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America that united in the American Revolutionary War. -
Common Sense (1776)
On January 9, 1776, writer Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet “Common Sense,” setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence. -
Declaration of Independence (1776)
Declaration of Independence, document approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, that announced the separation of 13 North American British Colonies from Great Britain. -
Articles of Confederation (1777)
The Articles of Confederation served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain. -
Daniel Shays’ Rebellion (1786)
Shays's Rebellion was an uprising in western Massachusetts in opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions. -
Constitutional Convention (1787)
The Constitutional Convention was a formal meeting held in 1787 for the purpose of creating a constitution for the United States.