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French And Indian War
Nine years of armed conflict between the two countries on the North American continent ended with the ratification of the Treaty of Paris by the British Parliament on February 10, 1763 -
Sons Of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was a loosely organized clandestine political organization active in the Thirteen American Colonies founded to advance the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. It played a major role in most colonies in battling the Stamp Act in 1765 -
Stamp Act Of 1765
On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the "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, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. -
Townshed 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. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre. Late in the afternoon of March 5, 1770, British sentries guarding the Boston Customs House shot into a crowd of civilians, killing three men and injuring eight, two of them mortally. -
Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, in Boston Massachusetts a political protest known as the Boston Tea Party took place. American colonists are frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing "taxation without representation" dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India company into the harbor. -
Second Continental Congress Meets
The Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia in the summer of 1775, shortly after the war with the British had begun. It was preceded by the First Continental Congress in the fall of 1774. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts also known as the Coercive Acts of 1774, were a series of 4 laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
Declaration of Independence Adopted
Adopted Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for looking for independence. -
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Battle Of Yorktown
On October 19, 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8,000 men to General George Washington at Yorktown, giving up any chance of winning the Revolutionary War.... Is the google definition, the Battle of Yorktown was the last major battle and if they didn't win it, the war could've been lost. -
Treaty of Paris
the Treaty of Paris signed on September 3, 1783, ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies. In terms of the treaty, France gave up all its territories in mainland North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies there. -
Great Compromise
The Great Compromise created 2 Legislative bodies in Congress, there would be 2 national legislatures in a bicameral Congress. Members of the House of Representatives would be allocated according to each states population and also elected by the people. -
Constitution is Ratified
The Constitution became the official framework of the government of the United States of America when New Hampshire became the 9th of 13 states to ratify it on June 21, 1788. The journey to ratification, however, was a long and arduous process. -
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, 3/4 of the states had ratified 10 of these, now known as the "Bill of Rights."
