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Navigation Acts
The Navigation Act contained English laws that manages shipping, trading, and commerce between other countries and their own colonies. -
French and Indian War ends
The French and Indian War also known as the Seven Years’ War was between Britain and France. The war came to a close with the Treaty of Paris. -
The Stamp Act
The stamp act was to help raise money for the British troops out stationed during the Seven Years’ War. The act had colonists pay tax on many forms of paper. There was a stamp that was put on the paper to show that the colonists payed the tax for the item. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a riot against Britain’s soldiers because they tried to enforce the tax laws. Colonists marched around the city yelling “no taxation without representation.” Leading the soldiers to shoot and killing protesters. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act “granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. “ Colonist hated this act even though it cancelled out the middle man and made tea cheaper for them . This act lead to the Boston Tea party. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a result of the Tea Act. Many men thought that their right to “no taxation without representation” was violated. People boarded ships and threw chests of tea into the Boston Harbor to rebel. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting containing 12 delegates from the 13 colonies. A delegate from Georgia was not present. The meeting was in Pennsylvania after Britain’s parliament responded to the Tea in the Boston Harbor with the Intolerable Act . -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts was made by British parliament as a result of what happened during the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Harbor was closed until compensation. The laws were used as a punishment for the Massachusetts colonists . Like the Quartering act the new law that was passed was that British soldiers could be housed in unoccupied homes. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was held in Philadelphia with a representative from each colony. This meeting was held right after the start of Revolutionary War and had major impact on claiming independence from Britain. -
Lexington and Concord
There was already tension between the kingdom of Great Britain and the 13 colonies in North America it was just a matter of time until something happened. The Battle of Lexington and Concord started off the Revolutionary War. The famous “shot heard around the world” was from this battle. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence meaning that the 13 colonies were finally independent from Great Britain . -
The Winter at Valley Forge
Valley Forge is where General Washington took his troop in winter quarters during the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was a big turning point in the Revolutionary war. For every one man American lost, Burgoyne lost two. Burgoyne did end up surrendering. This gave Americans a decisive win over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was the last major battle in the Revolutionary War. Between the Continental Army and Britain’s Army General George Washington gave Britain’s General Cornwallis no other choice but to surrender . -
The U.S. Constitution written
Many of America’s founding fathers were there and involved in the writing of the constitution. Starting off with “We the people” and goes on with the foundation of the United States government and citizens rights .
