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The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was the discovery of individualism. It challenged the church and other traditional religions. -
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The French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was between British America and New France who allied with the Indians. The Seven Years' War ended with the first treaty of Paris. -
Formation of the Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was a secret organization that was created to help fight taxation and advance rights for the colonists. The Sons of Liberty aided the fight of the stamp act in major colonies. -
Stamp Act of 1765
more information here The Stamp Act was a tax imposed on the American colonies by the British government. -
Township Act of 1767
The Township Act was a series of laws placed against Americans, by Britain. These laws introduced new taxes, and took away freedoms from the colonists. More Info -
Boston Massacre
This was a deadly riot that began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier. It quickly escalated to a brutal, chaotic, and bloody slaughter. -
Boston Tea Party
American colonists were frustrated with Britain because they imposed "taxation without representation", so they dumped 342 chests of tea, that was imported by the British East India Company, into the harbor. It showed the British that the Americans weren't going to just take them forcing them to pay taxes for no reason. -
First Meeting of the Continental Congress
All 13 colonies' Delegates met in Philadelphia, but Georgia, to organize their resistance. Georgia was dependent on the British for supplies. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first Military engagement between the US and Britain during the revolutionary war. The day before the British marched from Boston to seize an arms cache. -
Battle of Yorktown
More Information here In fall 1781, a combined force of Colonial and French troops attacked the British army at Yorktown, Virginia. Yorktown was the final battle of the American Revolution, and the British began peace negotiations not long after the American victory. -
Treaty of Paris Signed
The Treaty of Paris was an agreement between The United States of America and Great Britain. This agreement was in Paris and put an end to the American Revolutionary War. -
U.S constitution ratified
Defects were discovered in the post-Revolutionary war Articles of Confederation, such as central authority over foreign and domestic commerce lacking. This led to framers coming up with a new system o give special state conventions control over which popularly elected delegates would be created to ratify the constitution -
Bill of Rights adopted
click here to learn more This was when the U.S took 10 of the original amendments and used them as their own.
