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The Enlightenment
The enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason, was an intellectual and cultural movement in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. It surrounded around the ideas of reason, God, nature and science. -
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French Indian War
The French and Indian war marked the colonies of British America against those of New France. Each side supported by military units and by American Indian allies. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was a well organized political organization formed in secrecy. They were organized to protest the stamp act of 1765 in which their motto was, "No taxation without representation." -
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Stamp Act of 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. -
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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 Paul Revere and Samuel Adams. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a raid that took place in the Boston Harbor. American colonists dumped shiploads of tea into the water to protest a British tax on tea. -
First Continental Congress meets
each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia which was fighting a Native American uprising and was dependent on the British for military supplies met in Philadelphia. -
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 loyalty to the crown and asserted their rights as British citizens
https://historyofmassachusetts.org/what-was-the-olive-branch-petition/#:~:text=The%20Olive%20Branch%20Petition%20was,Congress%20on%20July%205%2C%201775. -
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Townshend act of 1776
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/townshend-acts#:~:text=The%20Townshend%20Acts%20were%20a,as%20an%20abuse%20of%20power.
The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. But American colonists, who had no representation in Parliament, saw the Acts as an abuse of power. -
The Deceleration of Independence adopted
The 13 American colonies stopped their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence. -
Articles of Confederation created
It was the first written constitution created in 1777 but it wasn't ratified until 178. It served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain. -
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Treaty of Paris signed
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America. Officially ending the American Revolutionary War. -
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Constitutional Convention
The major debates were over representation in Congress, the powers of the president, how to elect the president, slave trade, and a bill of rights.The point of the event was decide how America was going to be governed. -
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Great Compromise
The Connecticut 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 Constitution. -
Bill of Rights Adopted
The Bill of Rights is the first 10 commandments of the constitution It guarantees civil rights and liberties to all individuals.
