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French & Indian War
https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/french-and-indian-war The French & Indian War also known as the seven years war began on may 28th 1756. The boarder between French and British possessions was not well defined, one territory was the Ohio Valley River. British colonial forces, led by Lieutenant Colonel George Washington, attempted to expel the French in 1754, but were outnumbered and defeated by the French. -
Stamp Act of 1765
The stamp act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament. The act, imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies, at a time when the British Empire was deep in debt from the seven years war. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/stamp-act#:~:text=The%20Stamp%20Act%20of%201765,colonists%20by%20the%20British%20Parliament.&text=Parliament%20passed%20the%20Stamp%20Act,colonial%20legislation%20it%20saw%20fit. -
The Sons of Liberty
https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-declaration-of-independence/sons-of-liberty/ The Sons of Liberty were a grassroots group of instigators and provocateurs in colonial America who used an extreme form of civil disobedience threats, and in some cases actual violence to intimidate loyalists and outrage the British government. The goal of the radicals was to push moderate colonial leaders into a confrontation with the Crown. -
Townshend Act of 1767
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 British sent troops to America to enforce the unpopular new laws, further heightening tensions between Great Britain and the American colonies in the run-up to the American Revolutionary War. -
The Boston Massacre
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-massacre The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter. -
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". The event was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists. It showed Great Britain that Americans wouldn’t take taxation and tyranny sitting down, and rallied American patriots across the 13 colonies to fight for independence. -
Intolerable Acts
Intolerable Acts, also called Coercive Acts, (1774), in U.S. colonial history, four punitive measures enacted by the British Parliament in retaliation for acts of colonial defiance, together with the Quebec Act establishing a new administration for the territory ceded to Britain after the French and Indian War. -
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Battles of Lexington & Concord
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concord The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. -
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. By declaring themselves an independent nation, the American colonists were able to confirm an official alliance with the Government of France and obtain French assistance in the war against Great Britain. -
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The Battle of Yorktown
British General Charles Lord Cornwallis intended to refit and resupply his 9,000-man army in the fall of 1781. Upon word that the French Fleet in the Caribbean was sailing north from and would be available for a siege south of New Jersey, George Washington and his French ally, the Comte de Rochambeau, moved their force of almost 8,000 men south to Virginia, planning to join and lead about 12,000 other militia, French troops, and Continental troops in a siege of Yorktown -
Treaty of Paris Signed
The Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3rd, 1783. It ended the American Revolutionary War so they say. The American Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris on January 14, 1784. There was a delay due to the slow means of transportation available at the time. -
3/5 Compromise
3/5 compromise, agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention that 3/5 of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives. The Founding Fathers acknowledged that slavery violated the ideal of liberty that was central to the American Revolution but, they were unable to take bold action against slavery. -
The Great Compromise
The framers of the U.S. Constitution, meeting at Independence Hall, had reached a supremely important agreement. Their so-called Great Compromise provided a dual system of congressional representation. In the House of Representatives each state would be assigned a number of seats in proportion to its population. In the Senate, all states would have the same number of seats. Today, we take this arrangement for granted; in the wilting-hot summer of 1787, it was a new idea. -
The Bill of Rights Adopted
The 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 Bill of Rights. The United States Bill of Rights plays a central role in American law and government, and remains a fundamental symbol of the freedom and culture of the nation.
