-
Period: to
French and Indian War
It began over a specific issue of whether the upper Ohio River valley was a part of the British empire, therefore open a trade and settlement by Virginians and Pennsylvanians, or part of the French empire. The British won the battle but left them in debt.
To lean in more click here -
Stamp Act of 1765
The british put a stamp tax on all printed goods. Printed materials included legal documents, magazines, playing cards, newspapers, and many other types of paper used throughout the colonies. they did this to pay off the french and indian war that they started and it had to be paid in british money, not colonial paper money.
click here to learn more -
Sons of Liberty
They took their name from a speech given in the British Parliament by Isaac Barré (February 1765), in which he referred to the colonials who had opposed unjust British measures as the “sons of liberty.” They rallied support for colonial resistance through the use of petitions, assemblies, and propaganda, and they sometimes resorted to violence against officials of the mother country.
Click here to learn more -
Townshend Act of 1767
A series of four acts were past by the British Parliament in an attempt to assert what it considered to be its historic right to exert authority over the colonies through suspension of a recalcitrant representative assembly. The acts posed an immediate threat to established traditions of colonial self-government, especially the practice of taxation through representative provincial assemblies
Click here to learn more -
Boston Massacre
The British were not allowed to fire their weapons until the Riot Act has been read and the colonists were taunting the soldiers to shoot them and pelting them with Ice and snow. There had been 5 deaths including Crispus Attucks.
To learn more click here -
Boston Tea Party
This is where the sons of liberty decided to break onto a boat carrying tea from the british so that they could throw it overboard in an act of protest since they were forced to buy that kind of tea and it was taxed. this was also caused by the townshend acts that let the british east india company import tea without paying taxes and the patriots were very against this act.
click this to see more -
Lexington and Concord
The British had 700 men that were met by 77 local minutemen and other who had been forewarned of the British coming by Paul Revere. The British lost 273 men and the colonists lost 95 men.
click here to know more -
Olive Branch Petition sent to England
John Dickinson drafted the Olive Branch Petition, which was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5 and submitted to King George on July 8, 1775. It was an attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown. King George refused to read the petition and on August 23 proclaimed that the colonists planed a rebellion.To read the petition click here -
Declaration of Independence adopted
The Declaration summarized the colonists’ motivations for seeking independence. By declaring themselves an independent nation, the American colonists were able to confirm an official alliance with the Government of France and obtain French assistance in the war against Great Britain.
Click this link to know more -
Articles of Confederation created
Articles of Confederation served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain.
To learn more click here -
Battle of Yorktown
8,800 American troops, 7,800 French troops and 6,000 British and German troops fought in the Siege of Yorktown. The Americans and French won through a surrender of Cornwallis to Washington making it the last battle of the American Revolution.
To know more about the siege, click de link -
3/5 compromise
This is how the slaves were to be counted as votes for the slave owners and a comprimise reached as to give slave owners more power. it included as every three out of five slaves to be counted as people and was used to determine the amount of seats a state would have in the house of representatives.
click this to learn -
Period: to
Constitution is ratified
On June 21, 1788, the constitution had been ratified by the minimum of nine states required under Article VII. Towards the end of July, and with eleven states then having ratified, the process of organizing the new government began. The Continental Congress passed a resolution on September 13, 1788, to put the new Constitution into operation with the eleven states that had then ratified it. click this -
Bill of Rights adopted
The Bill of Rights has the first 10 amendments in the constitution.
click here for the wiki page
