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The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment happened because the complementary rational and empirical methods of discovering truth that were introduced by the scientific revolution. -
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The French and Indian War
The French and Indian war began in 1754 and ended with the treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in north America. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre happened when the British troops stationed in Boston came to blows against the colonists. learn more here -
Sons of liberty
Something that happened during the sons of liberty is the sons of liberty used grassroots activism to push back against British rule learn more here -
Boston Tea Party
At the Boston Tea Party, American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The Coercive Acts (called the Intolerable Acts by the colonists) included a new Quartering Act that provided arrangements for housing British troops in American dwellings. learn more here -
The First Continental Congress Meeting
The first continental congress meeting was held in Philadelphia. What was discussed during this meeting was America's future under growing British aggression -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The British marched into Lexington and concord intending to suppress the possibility of rebellion by seizing weapons from the colonist
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Second Continental Congress Meets
The Second Continental Congress, meeting in May 1775, appointed George Washington commander in chief of the army. It later approved the Declaration of Independence (1776) and prepared the Articles of Confederation (1781), which granted certain powers to the Congress. -
Olive Branch Petition sent to England
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. The Petition emphasized their loyalty to the British crown and emphasized their rights as British citizens. -
Treaty of Paris signed
On September 9th, 1783, between the American colonies and Great Britain, ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation. -
Constitutional Convention
The fifty-five delegates who met in Philadelphia would not only reject the Articles of Confederation altogether, but they would produce the first written constitution for any nation in the history of the world. -
3.5 Compromise
Three-fifths compromise, compromise agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives -
Great Compromise
Something that happened during the Great Compromise was the upper house would have equal representation from each state, while the lower house would have proportional representation based on a state's population. -
Bill of Rights adopted
The Bill of Rights adoption happened when the new United States of America ratified the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, confirming the fundamental rights of its citizens.
