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Enlightenment
The Enlighten was also known as the Age of Reason, was a period in European history. It took place during the 18th century and stressed reason, skepticism, secularism, and individualism. -
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French and Indian War
The reason why the French and Indian War started over if the Ohio River valley was a part of the British Empire. The war ended withe the Treaty of Paris in 1763. -
Stamp Act of 1765
The British needed to station a large army in North America as a consequence and on March 22nd, 1765. The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which sought to raise money to pay for this army through a tax on all legal and official papers and publications circulating in the colonies. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty got support for colonial resistance through the use of petitions, assemblies, and propaganda, and they sometimes went straight to violence. They we're known for organizing the Boston Tea Party. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts was a series of taxes imposed by the British on the American colonies. This act made most colonists mad at the fact that they got taxed. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to campaign by speech-writers to route the ire of the citizenry. -
Boston Tea Party
Tensions between the American colonists and their British colonizers had been brewing for years. Much of it about tea, and finally erupted into the Boston Tea Party. -
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
The American Revolution first few battles was Lexington and Concord. Massachusetts colonists defied British authority, outnumbered and outfought the Redcoats, and embarked on a lengthy war to earn their independence. -
Battle of The Bunker Hill
The American patriots were defeated at the Battle of Bunker Hill, but they proved they could hold their own against the superior British Army. The fierce fight confirmed that any reconciliation between England and her American colonies was no longer possible. -
Declaration of Independence Adopted
The Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence. Announcing the colonies separation from the Great Britain. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The British surrender forecast the end of British rule in the colonies and the birth of a new nation the United States of America. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies. The USA came together as a independent nation this date. -
3/5 Compromise
The 3/5 Compromise was reached among state delegates during the 1787 Constitutional Convention. It determined that three out of every five slaves were counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation. -
Great Compromise
The Great Compromise was in the honor of its architects. This provided a dual system of congressional representation. -
The Bill of Rights Adopted
Ten of the twelve articles of the Bills of Rights were ratified in 1791, the process having been completed on December 15, 1791, more than three years after the Constitution itself was ratified by the ninth state. It was ratified on December 15, 1791 by Virginia which met the 3/4 of the states approval requirement.