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The Navigation Act
This act required all tarde between England and the colonies to be carried in English or colonial vessels. This resulted in the Anglo-Dutch war in 1652. -
The end of The French and Indian War
The French and Indian war ended and the British won -
The Stamp Act
The stamp act imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America. This required that printed materials in the colonies would need to be produced on stamped paper. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that happened between a patriot mob and the British soldiers. The mob started to throw snowballs, sticks, ans stones at the soldiers which resulted in many colonist getting killed. -
The Tea Act
The tea act gave the company permission to ship its tea directly to the colonies without having to pass through England. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was also known as a protest that happened in Boston, Massachusetts. The Americans were angry at the British for having taxes without representation. This caused them to dump chests of tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts law was meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists. It was to punish them for their resistance in the Boston Tea Party protest. -
The First Continental Congress
All delegates from each of the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia to create colonial resistance to the Parliament’s Coercive Acts -
Lexington and Concord
The battles of Lexington and Concord started the American Revolution. The British army made their way from Boston to Lexington to capture Samual Adams and John Hancock. They also went to Concord to destroy the Americans weapons and ammunition. -
The Second Continental Congress
The congress thought it would be a good idea to appoint ambassadors, issue paper currency, raise the Continental Army through conscription, and to appoint generals to lead the army. -
The adoption of The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was written for the American citizens. It has many acts and rights that the country has to follow such as “All men are created equal.” and “People nabs certain Inalienable Rights including life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.” -
The Battle of Saratoga
The British and Hessian troops had no other choice then to surrender to the American forces. This was a major turning point in the revolutionary war. -
Winter at Valley Forge
The winter was very harsh which caused American troops and 11,000 soldiers to station at Valley Forge. Many died from diseases. But, most troops that were struggling, were held together by George Washington. -
The Battle of Yorktown
The British army was forced to surrender when a joint Franco-American land and sea campaign entrapped them. This eventually ended up being one of the main reasons the American Revolution ended. -
The writing of the U.S. Constitution
The signing of the U.S. Constitution established the Americans national government laws. It also set basic rights for the American citizens. -
The adoption of The U.S. Constitution
The U.S. constitution was adopted
