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1767 BCE
The Great Compromise
The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies. They placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists. -
The French and Indian war
The French and Indian war was a long war between mostly the French and The British. They both had American Indian allies, when the American colonies started to go west they ran into the French. The real conflict started when the French moved to Ohio and built Fort Duquesne on the Ohio river. The construction of this fort started the first battle, the battle of Jumonville Glen, took place on May 28, 1754. -
The Sons Of liberty
The Sons Of Liberty was a secret organization that protested against the British taxes and laws before the American Revolution. Their first act was to protest the stamp act, they harassed the British tax distributors that worked for the British government. This act scared the distributors most of them quit their jobs. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a tax put on American colonies by the British. The Americans have to pay taxes for paper materials like their newspaper, magazines, and legal documents. When the Americans bought those sort of things they would get a stamp on the paper to prove that they got taxed from the British. -
Boston Massacre
It was between British troops against American colonies. The British fired into the American's and it fired into a mob. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest by the American colonies against the British government. It really wasn't a tea party there was tea involved The Americans boarded three of the British's ships they threw 342 chests of tea into the ocean. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable acts were five laws that were passed by the British parliament against the American colonies. The acts were one Boston Port Act, two Massachusetts Government Act, three Administration of Justice Act, four the Quartering Act, five the Quebec Act. -
First continental congress meets
Delegates from the thirteen colonies meet. They meant to discuss leaving England. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Boston was being surrounded by thousands of American militaries, the British tried their best to keep control of the city and their seaport. So the British decided take two hills Bunker and Breed's hill for a tactical advantage the Americans found out about this and went to go defend the hills. The next day the British realized the Americans were there they attacked right away. The British won the battle but many of them were injured or dead while the Americans didn't suffer as much as British. -
The Olive Branch Petition sent to England
It was a petition to king gorge the third. It asked him to recognize the right of the American colonies. -
Declaration Of Independence adopted
The American colonies were at war with the British for about a year. The congress decided that it was time for the colonies to finally claim their independence this meant that they no longer wanted to be apart of the British empire. The Declaration Of Independence is what makes us identify as Americans and not make us apart of the british empire. -
Battle Of Yorktown
The American continental Army was wasn't doing so well in the war so General Nathanael Greene had taken over command. He had some tactics that would later on help the Americans with their victories it also caused the British to move to the East cost. As the British army moved to Yorktown they became surrounded by French and American troops. For eleven day the French and Americans bombarded the British, after that the British surrendered and later on decided to sign a peace treaty -
The Treaty of Pariis
It was the official peace treaty between the United states and the British. This ended the American revolutionary war. -
Constitutional Convention
the Constitutional Convention gathered to discuss changes to the Articles of the Confederation. It became apparent to the representatives that a new Constitution was needed. -
The Bill of Rights
The first ten amendments. Garneting rights.