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The Navigation Acts
The Navigation Acts were passed in 1651. These acts allowed English ships to only bring goods into England and North American colonies were to export their goods to England. Nothing was provided to the colonists. -
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The French-Indian War
The French-Indian War, also known as the Seven Years War, lasted from 1756 to 1763. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in February of 1763. After the French-Indian War, England owed a huge debt. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America. This act required that most printed goods made in the colonies were to be made with British stamped paper produced in London. -
The Quartering Acts
The Quartering Acts of 1765 were made to allow British troops to take refuge in the colonists' towns and households. -
The Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts put a tax on British goods such as china, glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a horrific event in history. Unarmed protestors were fired upon by armed British soldiers. The image shown here was a graphite stenciling by Paul Revere. He named it, "The Bloody Massacre." There were five deaths and six injured. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the British Tea Act. The American colonists dressed as Native-Americans and went aboard one of the English ships bearing tea. They dumped all of the barrels full of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were acts made after the Boston Tea Party. These acts were meant to punish the colonists after the Boston Tea Party. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
"The shot heard around the world," is referring to the Battle of Lexington and Concord. This battle is the first battle of the American Revolution and marked the beginning of the American Revolution. -
The Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress and signed in a final attempt to avoid war, referring to the American Revolution, which still happened. -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was held in Philadelphia in May 1775. It was a convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was one of the influential documents that helped the writers of the Declaration of Independence. The author of Common Sense was Thomas Paine. It has a total of 47 pages. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was solely written by Thomas Jefferson. Along with him, there was a group of men helping him write the Declaration of Independence. It was published on July 17, 1776. It is said that Thomas Jefferson wrote it overnight and it only took him a couple of days. -
The Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation is the first government of the United States. It was very weak on purpose because the people of the United States were scared of having a strong central government, due to the British government. They quickly realized that they needed a stronger central government. -
Daniel Shay's Rebellion
Due to the weak central government of the United States, Daniel Shay gathered a bunch of farmers and hosted a rebellion against it. Daniel Shay was a war hero of the American Revolution. He hosted the rebellion because he was not getting paid. -
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The Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention was held in the same place the Declaration of Independence was written. This is where the Great Compromise was made. There were two good plans: The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. They made a compromise that included the strong points of both plans.
