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The American revolution
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Stamp act of 1765
The stamp act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765 the new tax imposed on all American colonist and required them to pay tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ships paper, legal documents, license, newspaper, other publications, even playing cards were taxed. -
The Boston massacre
Boston massacre was a conflict between American colonists and a single British soldier, which escalated to a deadly riot that lead the way for the American revolution -
Intolerable acts
In response to the Boston tea party, the crown passed a series of laws:
-Boston harbor would be closed
-court cases dealing with British shoulders would take place in Britain
-Massachusetts would be placed under military rule -
First continental congress
12 out of 13 colonies me to discuss the intolerable acts and to make sure that the crown understood how they felt about the new laws. They planned to meet in 1775 if their needs were not met. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
These battles signaled the start of the American revolutionary war. The British set out to captures Samuel Adams and John Hancock, but the colonist were warned and they were able to escape Lexington and hide their weapons. The British march to Concord while the colonist retreated to the outskirts of Concord onto opposite side of the north bridge the Americans march across the bridge and defeated the British. -
Declaration of independence adopted
The United States declaration of independence is the statement adopted by the second continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State house(known asIndependence Hall.) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776. -
French and British battle in Chesapeake bay
The battle of Chesapeake, also known as the battle of the Virginia caves or simply the battle of the capes, was a crucial Naval Battle in the American war of independence that took place near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay on 5 September 1781 the major consequence of Cornwallis surrender was the beginning of negotiations that eventually resulted in peace in British recognition of the independent United States of America -
Cornwallis surrenders
French ships were blocking the base so that Cornwallis and the British there couldn’t get supplies. Also the British couldn’t escape from the bay. And Washington and his army were coming from land. So Cornwallis couldn’t escape from any direction. Cornwallis was out numbered as well, 19,300 soldiers, 24 French warships, and 375 guns to 7500 British shoulders and 240 guns -
Treaty of Paris signed
Treaty of Paris what is the official peace treaty between the United States and Britain that ended they American revolutionary war. It was signed on September 3, 1783. The congress of the confederation ratifIed the treaty on January 14, 1784 -
The great compromise
The Connecticut compromise (also known as the great compromise of 1787 or Sherman compromise) was an agreement the large and small states reached during the constitutional convention of 1787 that in part define the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States.
