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Enligtenment
The enlightenment was an intellectual movement emphasizing reason, induvidualism, skepticism, and science. It helped give rise to the idea that God exists. -
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French and Indian War
Also called the seven years war, the French and Indian war took place between Great Britian and France. It determined control of the territory of North America. Whether the Ohio River Valley was apart of the British Empire, and open for settlement and trade by Viginians Pennsylvanians, or if it was apart of the French Empire. [https://history.state.gov] Can give you more information. -
Sons Of Liberty
A secret revolutionary organization founded by Samuel Adams in the 13 American coloniess. It was to advance the rights of the European colonists, and to fight taxation by the British government. -
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. link -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act was a series of measurements passed by the British Parliament. Taxed goods imported to the American colonies.The American colonists who had no representation in Parliament saw the acts as an abus of power. It was truly not about the cost of taxes, it was about the fact that it was unconstitutional for the Parliament to place taxes on them without representatives allowed. Click here to learn more.[www.history.com] -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a group of American colonists killing five men. Prior to the Boston Massacre the British had instituted a number of new taxes on the American colonies including taxes on tea, glass, paper, paint, and lead. -
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Boston Massacre
British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a group of American colonists and killed five men. Prior to the Boston Massacre the British had instituted a number of new taxes on the American colonies including taxes on tea, glass, paper, paint, and lead -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, 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. -
First Continental Congress Meets
They met in the carpenters hall in Philedelphia. It was the first meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies. These colonies later became the United States. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
This signaled the start of the American Revolutionary war. The British army left Boston to try and capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington. They also had hopes to destroy the Americans store of weapons and ammunition in Concord. -
Second Continental Congress Meets
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that started meeting on May 10, 1775. Soon after the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Battle of Yorktown
The outcome in Yorktown, Virginia marked the conclusion of the last major battle of the American Revolution and the start of a new nation's independence. It also cemented Washington’s reputation as a great leader and eventual election as first president of the United States. -
Great Compromise
The Significance of the Great Compromise was that: The Great Compromise ensured the continuance of the Constitutional Convention. The Great Compromise established the Senate and the House of Representatives and allowed for them to work efficiently. -
Bill of Rights Adopted
On September 25, 1789, Congress transmitted to the state Legislatures twelve proposed amendments to the Constitution. Numbers three through twelve were adopted by the states to become the United States (U.S.) Bill of Rights, effective December 15, 1791.
