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Enlightenment
The Enlightenment produced modern secularized theories of psychology and ethics. The study of science and the investigation of natural phenomena were encouraged. -
French & Indian War
The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America. -
Stamp Act of 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. -
Townshend Act of 1767
To help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts. Which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
Boston Tea Party
American colonists were angry about England imposing on their taxation laws. In anger, they dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty were a grassroots group of instigators and provocateurs in colonial America who used an extreme form of civil disobedience. The Sons of Liberty were influential in orchestrating effective resistance movements against British rule in colonial America on the eve of the Revolution. -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
In this first battle of the American Revolution, Massachusetts colonists defied British authority, outnumbered and outfought the Redcoats, and embarked on a lengthy war to earn their independence. The Patriots ended up winning. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was one of the bloodiest battle of the American Revolution. The American Patriots won this battle. This was a time were the Patriots proved they could hold their own. -
Battle of Yorktown
During the Battle of Yorktown, the Frenchmen outnumbered Americans nearly three to one at the Battle of Yorktown. The Americans ended up winning and made the United States of America. -
Treaty of Paris signed
This treaty between the American colonies and Great Britain, ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation. Through this treaty, France ceded all of New France to Great Britain, with the exception of Louisiana, which had become a Spanish holding the previous year. -
Great Compromise
The Great Compromise was a solution where both large and small states would be fairly represented by creating two houses of Congress. In the House of Representatives, each state would be assigned seats in proportion to the size of its population.
