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French & Indian War
The French and Indian was when the British colonist and French teamed up and fought the Native Americans.In the end the French and British beat the Native Americans but the French lost their land. -
Stamp Act of 1765
Stamp Act of 1765 (1765) The Stamp Act of 1765 was ratified by the British parliament under King George III. It imposed a tax on all papers and official documents in the American colonies, though not in England. Colonist didn't like it. -
Townshend Act of 1767
On 29 June 1767 Parliament passes the Townshend Acts. They bear the name of Charles Townshend, Chancellor of the Exchequer, who is—as the chief treasurer of the British Empire—in charge of economic and financial problems. -
Boston Massacre
This caused the american revolution to begin. This was when a bunch of british soilders opened fired on protesting colonist. -
Sons of Liberty
Sons of Liberty was an organization formed in the American colonies in the summer of 1765 to oppose the Stamp Act. They took major British leaders and killed them. -
boston tea party
This was when the colonist tossed tea in the sea because of the king put tax on the tea. -
Battle of Bunker hill
The second battle of the american revolution. The British won the battle but they lost a lot of men. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
The Declaration of Independence was an document that was made by Thomas Jefferson. This made the colonist there own country insted of them being part of britan they were on their own. -
Battle of Yorktown
The battle of Yorktown was the battle that ended the American Revolution. The Americans had the French's help. -
3/5 Compromise
The Three-Fifths Compromise was among state delegates during the 1787 Constitutional Convention. It determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation -
Great Compromise
Oliver Ellsworth and Roger Sherman in what is sometimes called the Connecticut, or Great, Compromise, proposed a bicameral legislature with proportional representation in the lower house and equal representation of the states in the upper house. -
Bill of Rights adopted
The American Bill of Rights, was inspired by Thomas Jefferson and drafted by James Madison, was adopted, and in 1791 the Constitution's first ten amendments became the bill of rights.
