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Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment, the Enlightenment, was an bold and strong movement that dominated Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries with global influences and effects. -
Boston tea party
The Boston tea party was an American political and protest by the sons of liberty in Boston Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing "Taxation without representation dumped 342 chest of tea -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian war began in 1754 and ended with a Treaty of Paris 1763. The war provided enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent and, ultimately the American Revolution. -
stamp act 1765
stamp act to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the seven years war. The act required the colonists to pay a tax -
Townshend Act of 1767
The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. But American colonists, who had no representation in Parliament, saw the Acts as an abuse of power. -
Boston massacre
The Boston massacre was a confrontation in Boston on march in which a group of nine British soldiers shot five people out of a crowd of three or four hundred who were abusing them verbally and throwing various missiles -
intolerable acts
The intolerable acts were a series of punitive laws passed by the British parliament in 17774 after the Boston tea party. -
The Battle of Lexington
The British marched into Lexington and Concord intending to suppress the possibility of rebellion by seizing weapons from the colonists. Instead, their actions sparked the first battle of the Revolutionary War. America eventually ended up winning the war. -
declaration of independence
The united states declaration of independence formally The unanimous declaration of the thirteen united states of America. is pronouncement and founding document adopted by the second continental congress -
articles of confederation created
The Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777. This document served as the United States' first constitution. It was in force from March 1, 1781, until 1789 when the present-day Constitution went into effect. -
battle of Yorktown
beginning on September 28,1781, and ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown Virginia , was a decisive victory by a combined force of the American Continental Army troops led by comte de Rochambeau over British army troops commanded by British peer and lieutenant general. The culmination of Yorktown campaign the siege proved to be the last major land battle of the American revolutionary war in north American region. -
treaty of Paris signed
The treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of king George the 3 of great Britain and representatives of united states of America on September -
Connecticut Compromise
The Connecticut Compromise was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have under the United States Constitution. -
Bill of Rights Adopted
On October 2, 1789, President Washington sent copies of the 12 amendments adopted by Congress to the states. By December 15, 1791, three-fourths of the states had ratified 10 of these, now known as the “Bill of Rights.”
