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Enlightenment
The Enlightenment produced numerous books, essays, inventions, scientific discoveries, laws, wars and revolutions. -
French and Indian war
The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. -
Sons of liberty
The Sons of Liberty were groups of American colonists who disagreed with British rule of the 13 North American colonies. -
Stamp act of 1765
On March 22 1765, the British Parliament finally passed the Stamp Act or Duties in American Colonies Act. It required colonists to pay taxes on every page of printed paper they used -
Boston massacre
On March 5, 1770, seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonians, killing five, wounding another six, and It made the colony mad -
Boston Tea Party
People poured out lot of tea into the ocean. 340 chest of tea were poured -
Intolerable Acts
The four acts were the Boston Port Bill, which closed Boston Harbor the Massachusetts Government Act, -
Battle of bunker hill
Casualties numbered more than 1,000 British and about 450 American soldiers. -
First Continental Congress Meets
The First Continental Congress convened in Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
Battle of Yorktown
Outnumbered and outfought during a three-week siege in which they sustained great losses -
Treaty of Paris signed
The Treaty of Paris was signed by U.S. and British Representatives on September 3, 1783 -
3/5 Compromise
The Three-Fifths Compromise was reached among state delegates during the 1787 Constitutional Convention. -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia met -
Great Compromise
The Great Compromise established the United States legislature as a bicameral -
Bill of Rights adopted
On October 2, 1789, President Washington sent copies of the 12 amendments adopted by Congress to the states