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Enlightenment
The Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason, was an intellectual and cultural movement in the eighteenth century and science over faith. Many believed in religious reason and shifted to scientific reason. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was a war fought between the British and the French. The French had Native American allies and it lead to great territorial gains in North America for the French. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a taxation on stamps from the British to the Americas. It was used to get money for Britain and keep the Americas poor. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was an organization of men that talked about the political state of the new world and fighting taxation of the British. It was loosely organized and violent and sometimes illegal. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that all started with a snowball. It ended up with many colonists killed by British Soldiers. -
Boston Tea Party
It was an act of protest in which a group of American colonists threw 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. They did this to protest against both a tax on tea and the east India company. -
First Continental Congress Meets
They first met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where 12 men from the 13 British colonies discussed Americas future growth. They also talked about boycotting British goods and becoming an individual country. -
Second Continental Congress Meets
The second continental congress meets were a follow up on the first continental congress meets. These ones however made George Washington commander and approved the Constitution. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker hill was a battle against the American patriots and British army. The Patriots lost but proved they could hold their own against the British. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
The 13 colonies severed their political and economic relations to Britain. The Declaration of Independence summarized the colonists motivations for independence. -
Constitutional Convention
Fifty five men met up to discuss the constitution and articles of confederation which they later on rejected. They all produced the constitution and signed it. -
3/5 Compromise
When deciding the population of each state to choose representatives the states with a higher slave population wanted their slaves to be counted as people. Many didn't agree with that saying that slaves weren't really humans. The Constitutional Congress compromised by saying every 3 out of 5 slaves was counted as a person. -
Great Compromise
The Great Compromise was a compromise where each state would get 1 representative for every 30,000 people that lived in each state. It was a compromise of legal and legislative power that was fair for the population of each state. -
Constitution is ratified
The constitution was written in 1787 but ratified in 1787 and put in operation in 1789. It was approved and now protects United States citizens from the government. -
Bill of Rights Adopted
The Bill of Rights was written and put into the constitution for the American citizens basic human rights. It shows freedom and rights but still controlled under the goverment.