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The French and Indian War Ends
The British defeated the French and Indian allies, but they were now short on funds. They felt the colonists needed to pay their part. -
The Navigation Acts
Laws that allowed the British Parliament to set restrictions on colonial trade. British economic policy was based on mercantilism, which used the American colonies to boost British state power and finances. -
Stamp Act
Taxed items like newspapers and pamphlets. The colonist protested "No taxiation without representation." -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers opened fire on a crownd of colonists, who were throwing stones and snowballs. Five colonists were killed. -
Tea Act
Tea Act monopolized the East India Company, and the colonist did not like this. So this lead to the Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists threw a shipment of British tea into the harbor to protest a tax on tea. -
First Continental Congress
Representatives from 12 colonies met in Philadelphia and discussed how to respond to Britain's harsh movements. -
The Intolerable Acts
It was a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
The Second Continental Congress
They appointed ambassadors, issued paper currency, raised the Continental Army through conscription, and appointed generals to lead the army -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
These two battles were the start of the American Revolution. -
Declaration of Independence Adopted
The document was approved by the Continental Congress and announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain. -
Winter at Valley Forge
It proved to be a great trial for the American army, and of the 11,000 soldiers stationed at Valley Forge, hundreds died from disease. -
Battle of Saratoga
This battle was the turning point of the war and part of the reason the colonist won. -
Battle of Yorktown
The battle was a turning point in the Revolutionary War because Great Britain to decide to begin withdrawing from the war. Lord Cornwallis, commander of the British troops, surrendered to the Americans, led by George Washington and aided by the French. -
U.S. Constitution was Written
It was to create a government with enough power to act on a national level, but without so much power that fundamental rights would be at risk. -
U.S. Constitution was Adopted
It was signed by delegates at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
