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Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. -
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by American Indian allies. -
Stamp Act 1765
The Stamp Act of 1765 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. -
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Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts, named after Charles Townshend, British chancellor of the Exchequer, Imposed duties on British china, glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea imported to the colonies. However, these policies prompted colonists to take action by boycotting British goods. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation on March 5,1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. The event was heavily publicized by leading patriots such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams. -
The Boston Tea Party
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16,1773. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British -
Thomas Paine's common sense published
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775-1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Writing in clear and persuasive arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements and the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19. 1775 in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. -
The Second Continental Congress
courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-ushistory/chapter/the-second-continental-congress/#:~:text=Second%20Continental%20Congress%3A%20The%20Second,American%20Revolutionary%20War%20had%20begun.
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that started meeting on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Olive branch Petition sent to England
The Olive Branch Petition was a final attempt by the colonists to avoid going to war with Britain during the American Revolution. It was a document in which the colonists pledged their rights as British citizens. The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by Congress on July 5, 1775.https://historyofmassachusetts.org/what-was-the-olive-branch-petition/#:~:text=The%20Olive%20Branch%20Petition%20was,Congress%20on%20July%205%2C%201775. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted 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 seeking independence. -
Articles of Confederation created
The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, on November 15, 1777. However, ratification of the Articles of Confederation by all thirteen states did not occur until March 1,1781. -
Battle of Yorktown
When British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and his army surrendered to General George Washington's American force and it's French allies at the Battle of Yorktown on October 19,1781, it was more than just a military win. -
Great Compromise
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Compromise?scrlybrkr=47200182#:~:text=The%20Connecticut%20Compromise%20(also%20known,have%20under%20the%20United%20States The Connecticut Compromise (also known as the Great compromise of 1787 or Sherman Compromise) was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States -
Bill of Rights adopted
On September 25,1789, Congress transmitted to the states Legislatures twelve proposed amendments to Constitution. Numbers three through twelve were adopted by the states to become the United States (U.S) Bill of Rights, effective December 15,1791
