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French & Indian War
A theater of the Seven Years War the French and Indian War pitted the French colonies in North America against those of the British Empire with various Native American tribes supporting either side. -
Townshend Act of 1767
Townshend's deeds. To help pay for the expenses related to managing the American colonies Parliament proposed the Townshend Acts which placed taxes on glass lead paint paper and tea -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was an altercation that took place in Boston on March 5, 1770, during which nine British soldiers shot five members of a crowd of three hundred or more people who were verbally abusing them and hurling various missiles. -
battle of bunker
For the first time, New England militiamen engaged in a bloody conflict with the British army. The horrific battle that became known as The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on a high point in a small enclosed meadow across the Charles River from Boston. -
Second Continental Congress meets
.Delegates from the Thirteen Colonies came together in the late 18th century in the Second Continental Congress to support the American Revolutionary War. -
Articles of Confederation created
The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation on November 15 1777. This text functioned as the first constitution of the United States. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts on December 16 1773 -
Battle of Yorktown
Due to the fact that all three armies had Germans, the siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown the surrender at Yorktown or the German battle, began on September 28 1781 and ended on October 19 1781 in Yorktown Virginia. -
3/4compromise
The Three-fifths Compromise was an agreement reached during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention over the inclusion of slaves in a state's total population. -
Great Compromise
The Connecticut Compromise was a decision taken during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part set the legislative structure and the degree of representation each state would get under the US Constitution. -
Bill of Rights adopted
There has always been discussion about changing our Constitution. On December 15 1791 three fourths of the State legislatures in effect at the time passed the first ten Amendments to the Constitution known as the Bill of Rights. -
Enlightenment
The Enlightenment, also referred to as the Era of Enlightenment, was a major intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries and had a profound effect on the rest of the globe.