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Enlightenment
Enlightenment was a period from 1680-1820 of 'intellectual ferment' where deism, liberalism, republicanism, conservatism, toleration, and scientific progress was established which led to the American Revolution and the creation of the U.S.A -
French & Indian War
The French & Indian war began over if the upper Ohio River was apart of the British Empire, the British ended up winning this war by taking control of the lands that belonged to France. -
Sons of Liberty
the Sons of Liberty are a group of investigators who used alot of threats and violence sort of to fight taxation by the British government, they formed together in 1765 -
Townshend Act of 1767
The Townshend Act was a series of 'measures' passed by British Parliament that basically introduced a bunch of tax regulations to fund administration in British colonies in America. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks against a squad of British soldiers. It began as a simple street brawl between a British soldier and a mob of American colonists that would escalate into a bloody slaughter. This even helped to unite the colonies against Britain. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing "taxation without representation", dumped 342 chests of tea imported by the British into the harbor. -
First Continental Congress Meets
The first Continental Congress in the U.S.A met in Philadelphia to talk about how trade is going to progress moving forward since the Boston Tea Party. -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
The reason the battles started was because they wanted to suppress rebellion, by seizing weapons from the colonists, obviously this attempt backfired. These battles were actually the first spark of the Revolutionary War. -
Second Continental congress meets
The second Continental Congress met inside Independence Hall beginning in May 1775. This took place just a moth after shots were fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts, the congress started preparing for a big war. -
Thomas Paines common sense published
Thomas Paine was an author and published this, a book in 1776. Basically the book is a 47 page pamphlet that talks about independence to people in Great Britain, also used persuasion to convince people to fight for egalitarian government. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of York town was a battle between the British against the American colonies and British. This battle proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution as the British would go on to end the British rule in the colonies and the birth of a new nation. -
Treaty of Paris signed
The Treaty of Paris would bring an end to the Revolutionary war between the British and the American colonies. The United States would now be recognized as an Independent Nation. -
Great Compromise
The great compromise was an agreement that was made among the delegates to the Constitutional Convention that the American government will be two houses in Congress. The senate would be where each state will be allowed to senators, and the house of representatives where each state will have a certain number of representatives based on the state's population -
Constitution is ratified
The constitution would become the official framework for the government of the United States of America on June 21,1788. New Hampshire became the ninth of 13 states to ratify the constitution.
