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The Age of Enlightenment
Also known as the Age of Reason, this age was full of intellectual, philosophical, and scientific discourse. many great thinkers of the time had differing beliefs from each other which only helped to more rational questioning. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1733 at Griffins war in Boston Massachusetts. American colonists who were angry at Britain for imposing "taxation without representation" and they dumped 342 chests of tea imported by the British east India company into the harbor. -
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French and Indian war
The French and Indian war was a conflict primarily fought between Britain and France over new world territory. The war provided Great Britain an enormous amount of territorial gains in North America. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty of Paris ended the French war/ seven years' war between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies. In the terms of the treaty, France gave up all it territories in mainland North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies. -
Stamp Act of 1765
The colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp on a various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. It was a direct tax imposed by the British government without the approval of the colonial legislatures. -
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Sons of Liberty
The son of liberty were a political organization of clandestine, violent colonists of the first colonies. They are the ones who fought so hard against the taxation from the British government, and famously known for The Boston Tea Party. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act on 1765 was directed at the colonists to pay a tax, represented on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. It was directed tax imposed by the British government without the approval of the colonial legislatures. -
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Townshend Act of 1767
The Townshend Acts were originated by Charles Townshend and passed by the English Parliament shortly after the repeal of the colonists in America by putting custom duties of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770. Between a patriot mob throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, at a squad of British soldiers. 5 colonists were killed and 3 were injured. The colonists were angry about being unfairly taxed and took their anger out on the troops.
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Intolerable Acts 1774
The Intolerable Acts was a new quarterly act that provided arrangements for housing British troops in American dwellings. They were meant to break Massachusetts Bay and to warn the other colonies of the consequences of rebellious behavior -
First Continental Congress Meeting
The first continental congress meeting was held in Philadelphia, after the acts of the sons of liberty throwing tea into the harbor against the British taxation. -
The Battle of Lexington & Concord
This battle was the first military engagement of the American revolutionary war. The British had marched there to suppress any rebellion from the people by seizing the weapons, though that backfired instead to cause a war. -
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The Battle of Yorktown
The battle of Yorktown, was a decisive battle of the American revolution. The British surrender forecasts the end of British rule and the birth of a new nation. -
3/5 Compromise
the three-fifths compromise was an agreement during the same year as the great compromise, about counting the slave population into the taxation and state representation. -
The Great Compromise
The Great Compromise was the agreement for a dual system of congressional representation. it also decided how each state would represent under the constitution.
