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French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was a seven-year-long war between France and Britian, France being allied with the Indians. It was a struggle over who controlled the Ohio river frontier in the New World. France fought wtih the Indians and American Colonists against Britain. Britain won and shut down the Ohio River Valley to further american expansion in that area. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George the 3rd following the French and Indian War which forbid American settlers to expand past the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act of 1765
The Stamp Act imposed a direct tax from Brtitish parliament on the colonists to pay a tax on Many printed goods in the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the incident on King Street where British soldiers killed five men and Injured six others by firing there guns into a rioting crowd. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a demostration where many Patriots in Boston sailed into the Boston Harbor and dumped all the tea into the harbor to protest against the tax on the tea. -
Intolerable Acts
The intolerable acts is the Patriot name given to the acts and punitive laws passed by British Parliament after and relating to the actions of the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a group of delagates from 12 colonies who met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the beginning of the American Revolution. It was created in response to the Intolerable acts passed by Britian. -
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Revolutionary War
The Revolutionary war was between Great Britian and The Thirteen Colonies for there independence. Loyalists often moved back to Britain, but many Patriots stayed and fought for freedom. It gradually grew into a greater world war between Britain and the colonies with more allies such as France. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of Delegates from the thirteen Colonies led by George washington and others as a result of warfare in the Revolutionary War. Also, Continental Army was formed as result of the warfare. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the original U.S. constitution which was edited and replaced by the U.S constitution in 1789. -
Declaration of Independence
The declaration of Independence was written and sent to King George 3 as a result of many unfair laws. It was made after things written for the same cause such as common sense, written by Thomas Paine, and the Olive Branch Petition written by John Locke. It was written by Thomas Jefferson. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was a treaty officially ending the war between Britain and the newly founded U.S., where the United States have won victory. -
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Shay's Rebellion
An Armed Rebellion lead by Daniel Shay, a revolutionary war veteran and one of the rebel leaders. The rebellion was against unfair Taxes and acts toward the farmers that were hard to pay and they kept losing there farms in some cases. -
Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance created the Northwest Territory and made a organized governing procedure for how territories became states. -
Constitutional Convention
The U.S Constitutional Convention was a Group of Delegates who got together to draft the U.S. Constitution. They made a Electoral college to elect the President and had to make many decisions such as the Great compromise and the three-fifths compromise, regarding government and slavery. -
Constitution
The Constitution explains and is how the government is run and the laws that each government branch must abide by. It starts with the Preamble to adress the people and say there rights and what applies to them. James madison and Alexander Hamilton were two people who had a great influence on the document, despite having differnet views. They both helped write the federalist papers, despite Alexander Hamilton being anti federalist and James Madison being federalist. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights was the first ten amendments to the Constitution, which got ratification in 1789. Magna Carta that happened centuries ago was very similar too how the rules and changes were in the Bill of Rights.
