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Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was a philosophical, intellectual and cultural movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. -
French and Indian war5
tthe french and indian began in 1754 and lasted 7 years and ended in the treaty of paris in 1763.when the war was going on it provided great britain enormous territo going in north america -
The sons of Liberty
The sons of Liberty were a grassroot group of Instigators. -
The Stamp Act of 1765
The Stamp Act was a British Parliament under King George III. The Act imposed a tax on all papers. -
The Townshend Act of 1767
The Townshend acts were a series of laws passed by the British Government. They placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists. -
The Boston Massacre
On March 5, 1770, after months of tensions due to occupation and taxation, Bostonians and Redcoats clashed in the streets of Boston. -
first continental congress meets
On September 5, 1774, the first Continental Congress from the United States met in Philadelphia so they can consider its reaction to the British government's restraints to trade and the representative government after the Boston Tea Party. -
The Olive Branch petition
The Olive Branch was adopted by congress in 1775. -
The second continental congress
The second continental congress met inside Independence Hall beginning in May 1775. -
thomas paine's common sense published
On January 9, 1776, writer Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet “Common Sense,” setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence. -
the articles of confederation
On November 15, 1777, the second Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union. Members of the Constitutional Convention signed the final draft of the Constitution on September 17, 1787. -
The Great Comprise
According to the Great Compromise, there would be two national legislatures in a bicameral Congress. -
bill of rights adopted
By December 15, 1791, three-fourths of the states had ratified 10 of these, now known as the “Bill of Rights.” -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor
