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Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated Europe in the 1600s and 1700s. This movement had global influences and effects -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian war started in 1754. This war began over whether the upper Ohio river valley was apart of the British empire or not. Finally after 9 years the war is won by the British. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was a political organization formed to advance the rights of the colonist and to fight taxation from the British -
Stamp Act of 1765
The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War. The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773 -
First Continental Congress meets
On September 5, 1774, the first Continental Congress in the United States met in Philadelphia to consider its reaction to the British government's restraints on trade and representative government after the Boston Tea Party -
Second Continental Congress meets
The Second continental Congress met 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 war and soon, independence. -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
The Battles of Lexington & concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary war -
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. -
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense published
Thomas Paine published this to set forth his argument in American independence -
Townshend Act of 1767
The Townshend Act of 1767 were rules by the British parliament that taxed goods imported to the American colonies -
Articles of Confederation created
The Articles of Confederation were adopted by The Continental Congress. This document served as the United States first constitution. -
Great Compromise
The Great Compromise was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have under the United States Constitution. -
Bill of Rights adopted
The amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, were designed to protect the basic rights of U.S. citizens, guaranteeing the freedom of speech, press, assembly, and exercise of religion
