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The French and Indian war
A war that took almost 9 years to end when the French and the great Britain fought over who would control North America -
The sons of liberty
The sons of liberty carried out the Boston tea party and they also led the Boston massacre -
The Boston tea party
The Boston tea party was a protest about the British tax on tea. People boarded ships and threw tea in the Boston Harbor -
Intolerable acts
The intolerable act was a series of four laws passed to punish the colony of Massachusetts's -
The first continental congress
The first continental congress was a meeting of 12 out of the 13 colonies that was held at carpenter's hall at that began at the start of the American revolution -
The battle of Lexington to Concord
This battle led many Americans to support the revolution when the Massachusetts colonists fought the British authorities and the red coats to earn their independence -
The second continental congress
The second continental congress was the late 18th century meeting of the 13 colonies that united to support the revolutionary war. -
The olive branch petition sent to England
The olive branch was a petition sent by congress to be sent to the king to stop war -
Thomas Paine's common sense act
The common sense act was the first viral mass communications event it was a 47 page book regarding independence from the great Britain to people in the 13 colonies -
The battle of Trenton
One of the first victories the colonials had for the first time in a long time when Washingtons army defeated mercenaries at Trenton when they wanted to give up. -
Articles of confederation
The united states first constitution where the 13 colonies united to make a new governments -
The battle of camden
It was one of the worst losses America suffered it left British in control of all the southern colonies -
Battle of Yorktown
A three week fighting period when British troops surrendered to the continental army and their French allies after they were outnumbered. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty of Paris was signed by the U.S. and British representatives ending the war of the American revolution -
The bill of rights
When the first 10 amendments were introduced