Events Leading Up to the Constitution

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  • The Colonists Settle

    The Pilgrims establish jamestown

  • The 13 Colonies

    When the pilgrims started to establish land.

  • Pilgrims leave England

    When the Mayflower set sail to find new land.

  • The Mayflower Sets Sail

    The Mayflower leaves England to find new land.

  • The Mayflower Compact

    The first idea of government in the U.S.

  • The French and Indian War

    When France's expansion into the Ohio River Valley caused conflict with the colonies.

  • The Sugar Act

    A tax from the British that taxed molasses.

  • The Stamp Act

    A law imposed by the British Government that taxed colonists on every piece of paper they used.

  • The Quartering Act

    A law passed by the British government that required colonists to house British soldiers.

  • The Townshend Act

    An act by the British government that put a a tax on all kinds goods that came into the colonies.

  • The Boston Massacre

    The killings of five colonists by British soldiers.

  • Boston Tea Party

    The Sons of Liberty board British ships and dump thousands of dollars of tea into the Boston Harbor.

  • The Intolerable Acts

    A series of laws made by the British government to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party.

  • The Declaration of Independence

    A document that declared the colonies as free.

  • Continental Congress

    A meeting of delegates in Philadelphia that would form the U.S government

  • Second Continental Congress

    Another convention of delegates from the 13 colonies.

  • The Revolutionary War

    A war between England and the American colonies for their independence.

  • Lexington and Concord

    The first battle of the revolutionary war.

  • The Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

    When a small group of American fighters beat a group of British soldiers.

  • Bunker Hill

    A large and very important battle in the Revolutionary War.

  • The Articles of Confederation

    The first attempt at a government in the colonies.

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    The last battle of the Revolutionary war.

  • The Treaty of Paris

    A document that ended the Revolutionary War.

  • Shay's Rebellion

    A series of protests against tax collection in the colonies.