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French and Indian War
The War provided Great Britain enormous territory gain in North America. This led to disputes over frontier policies as well as disputes over paying the war's expenses. This iin turn led to colonial discontent and ultimately led to the American Revolution. -
Sons of Liberty
The sons of Liberty was a group of instigators and provocateurs in Colonial America. They used extreme forms of civil disobedience -- threats, and in some cases actual violence -- to intimidate loyalists and outrage the British government -
Stamp Act of 1765
The Stamp Act was an effort to help the british pay for the Seven Years' War. This act caused colonists to pay taxes ,imposed by stamps, or papers, documents, and even playing cards. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight between a "patriot" mob and a squad of British soldiers. The Colonists threw snowballs, rocks, and sticks at them until unfortunately they were shot. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an act of colonists revolting against the hefty taxes of the British. Their way of revolting was to storm Boston Harbor and dump all the crates of english tea into the Harbor. -
The Coercive Act
The Coercive acts (known as the Intolerable act in America) was a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament. These laws were instated to punish the Massachusetts Bay colony for the Boston Tea Party. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Marked the start of the American War of Independence. It was politically disastrous for the British, it persuaded many Americans to take up arms and support the cause of independance -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The First pitched battle between the colonists of New England versus the British army. it was a bloody battle in a hilly area that were situated across the Charles River from Boston -
Declaration of Independence Adopted
By issuing the Declaration of Independence, the 13 american colonies cut ties with Great Britain. This officially made The United colonies, (which eventually becomes the United States) . -
The Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was a fight Between General Washington vs. The British. General Washington was supported by the French Army and Navy. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed by both parties of the Revolutionary War to end the war. based on a 1782 preliminary treaty, the treaty recognized U.S independence and granted the U.S. Significant western territory -
Great Compromise
The Great Compromise promised the creation of a bicameral legislature. This legislature would eventually turn into The House of Representatives and The Senate -
Constitutional Convention
the Constitutional Convention was a meeting of delegates from all states except Rhode Island. They met to discuss weaknesses in government as well as the Articles of Confederation being abolished to write a new constitution -
Constitution is ratified
The founders set the terms for ratifying the Constitution. they called for special ratifying conventions in each state. Ratification by 9 of the 13 states enacted the new government. -
Bill of Rights Adopted
The bill of Rights was the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution that were adopted as a single unit. These constitute a collection of mutually reinforcing guarantees of individual rights and of limitations of state and federal govt.