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Stamp Act - 1765
The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act (1765) to help replenish their finances after the costly Seven Years' War with France. The stamp act required colonists to pay taxes on every page of printed paper they used. The significance of The Act was to help replenish their finances after the costly Seven Years' War with France. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre occurred (1770) when the British troops stationed in Boston came to blows against the colonists. The colonists were angry about being unfairly taxed and angry at the British occupation and took their anger out on the troops, as they threw snowballs and other items.The Boston Massacre had a major impact on Britain and the American colonists. It further incensed colonists already weary of British rule and unfair taxation and roused them to fight for independence. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party happened because it was in protest of the British Parliament's Tea Act of 1773. The Tea Party showed Great Britain that Americans wouldn't take taxation and tyranny sitting down, and rallied American patriots across the 13 colonies to fight for independence. The significance of the Party was the first major act of defiance against British rule over the colonists. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws aimed to punish Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest of the Tea Act, a tax measure enacted by Parliament in May 1773. The Intolerable Acts were meant to force the rebellious colonies back into place, but the opposite happened and only further fueled the flames of rebellion in North America. -
Second Continental Congress
This event happened after violence broke out between Britain and its American colonies in 1775. Delegates from the thirteen colonies met in Philadelphia to plot the course of the war, and then independence. What this did for everyone else is appointed ambassadors, issuing paper currency, raising the Continental Army through conscription. The significance of this event is the outset of the Revolutionary War by raising armies, directing strategy, and writing petitions. -
Declaration of Independence - Adopted
The main purpose of America's Declaration of Independence was to explain to foreign nations why the colonies had chosen to separate themselves from Great Britain. The Declaration of Independence announced the United States independence from Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was written to establish the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Britain. The Articles were adopted on November 15, 1777. It created the name of 13 combined states as the US, and the combined states were responsible for helping protect each other from attacks.
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Battle of Yorktown
Cornwallis was in Yorktown because he had been ordered by Clinton during the summer to provide a protected harbor for the British fleet in the lower Chesapeake Bay. Cornwallis chose Yorktown because of its deep-water harbor on the York River. The Battle of Yorktown proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The outcome in Yorktown, Virginia marked the conclusion of the last major battle of the American Revolution and the start of a new nation's independence. -
Treaty of Paris Signed
The Treaty of Paris was signed by U.S. and British Representatives on September 3, 1783, ending the War of the American Revolution. The treaty ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation. -
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Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention took place from May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The point of the event was to decide how America was going to be governed. the significance of this is that they would produce the first written constitution for any nation in the history of the world. -
3/5 Compromise
The “Three-fifths Compromise” allowed a state to count three-fifths of each Black person in determining political representation in the House. It was an early American effort to avoid the intersectionality of race, class, nationality, and wealth for political control. This agreement gave the Southern states more electoral power than they would have had if the enslaved population had been ignored entirely. -
Great Compromise
The Great Compromise went into action in 1987 because the states with larger populations wanted congressional representation based on population, while smaller states demanded equal representation. The compromise established and created two legislative bodies in Congress. The significance of the compromise was to provide a dual system of congressional representation.
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Constitution is Ratified
The ratifying conventions served the necessary function of informing the public of the provisions of the proposed new government.the Constitution became the official framework of the government of the United States of America. The significance of ratifying this is that the nations may ratify an amendment to an existing or adoption of a new constitution. -
Bill of Rights Adopted
The Bill of Rights was created (1791) because the nation's founders believed that containing the government's power and protecting liberty was their most important task, and declared a new purpose for government: the protection of individual rights. The bill protects and spells out Americans rights in relation to their government. It guarantees civil rights and liberties to people like
