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Stamp act of 1765
The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers and documents -
Sons of liberty
the Sons of Liberty was a loosely organized, clandestine, sometimes violent. -
Townshend act of 1767
parliament passed the Townshend acts, which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, tea -
Boston massacre
British sentried guarding the Boston customs house shot into a crowd of civilians, killing three men and injuring eight, two of them mortally -
Boston tea party
was an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773 by the sons of liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts -
First continental congress meets
convened in carpenters hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates from twelve of Britain's thirteen American colonies met to discuss American's future under growing British aggression -
Battle of bunker hill
bloody fighting took place throughout a hilly landscape of fenced pastures that were situated across the Charles river from Boston -
Battle of Trenton
after crossing the Delaware river in a treacherous storm, general George Washington's army defeated a garrison of hessian mercenaries at Trenton -
Battle of Camden
one of several devastating defeats suffered by the Americans in the early stages of the British military -
Battle of Yorktown
the surrender at Yorktown, or the German battle because of the presence of Germans in all three armies -
Treaty of Paris
the treaty set boundaries between British north America, later called Canada and the united states -
3/5 compromise
It determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation -
Great compromise
established the united states legislature as a bicameral, or two-house law-making body -
Constitution is ratified
the founders set the terms for ratifying the Constitution. they called for special ratifying conventions in each state. ratification by 9 of the 13 states enacted the new government -
Bill of rights adopted
In the unites states the bill of rights were the first 10 amendments to the U.S. constitution
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