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Age of Enlightenment
The main idea for this was to improve mankind, it was so people could discover more of the world, religion, and politics. It was for intellectual movement, it centered mainly of human happiness, the pursuit of knowledge and ideals such as liberty and progression -
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French & Indian War
Was also called Seven Years' War. Great Britain decaled war on France, the Indians aided the French in this war. The reason why this war started was whether the Ohio Valley was considered apart of the British Empire, so they could open it for trade. Or whether it was apart of the French Empire, The British ended up winning this war. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty of Paris was signed Feb. 10th 1763, it ended conflict between France and Great Britain over control of North America. and it was marked a new beginning era for British reign outside of Europe. -
Stamp Act of 1765
After the French-Indian war the government was trying to find ways to get more money, they passed the Stamp Act on March 22nd, 1765. They upped the tax on things like newspaper, dice and playing cards. After they did that the reaction from the colonies were very hostile. -
Sons Of Liberty
The Sons Of Liberty was formed to fight the taxation by the British Government. On this day, they went to the Liberty Tree and put an effigy of Andrew Oliver on the tree. About seven thousand people went to Andrew's office and home, and the effigy was stomped on, decapitated, and burned. Click here for details -
The Townshend acts
Parliament tried to tax things again by passing a legislation to tax goods that the Americans imported from Great Britain. The Americans acted by organizing a boycott of the British goods that were apart of the taxation. -
The Boston Massacre
The tension finally broke when a apprentice wigmaker and a British soldier got into a disagreement. This led to around 200 colonists surrounding several British troops, when the colonists taunted the soldiers by throwing things at them they apparently "lost their cool" and started firing.Three people died and two were severely injured. This became a good propaganda tool for the colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
Britain was in debt in the 1760s, so they imposed taxes on the colonists to pay the debts. They taxed many essentials such as paint, glass, lead, paper, and most importantly, tea. Eventually, Britain stopped taxing them, except tax on tea. The colonists decided to boycott this tax by smuggling in tea and eventually throwing 342 chests of it into the water. -
Intolerable Acts
After the Boston Tea Party British parliament passed a series of laws that punished the Massachusetts colonists for their protest. The act provided housing arrangements for British troops in Americans homes(Quartering Act). There was four acts- those being: The Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
On the night of April 18th, 1775 British troops marched from Boston to Concord in order to seize their cache. After Paul Revere sounded the alarm, colonial militiamen went to intercept the redcoats. The British retreated later that night. Click here for details -
First Continental Congress Meet
The Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable Acts in America, were approved by Parliament in early 1774 to reestablish its power over the American colonies following the Boston Tea Party. Among other things, the Intolerable Acts cut off Boston Port and revoked the Massachusetts Charter, placing the province under more direct British administration. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense published
The book Common Sense was setting Thomas's arguments in favor for the Americans. Its not used very much today but pamphlets were an important medium then. click here for details -
Declaration Of Independence adopted
The Declaration Of Independence declared America's freedom. This was a big deal because it made America the free-est country in the world. -
Constitution is Ratified
On Dec 7th, five states(Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Georgia) immediately ratified the Constitution, but other states like Massachusetts opposed the document because it failed to reserve undelegated powers to the states, and also lacked constitutional rights like freedom of speech, religion, and press. But later on in Feb 1788 there was a compromise to it and the opposing states decided to ratify.
