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The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement in which people started to believe in science and proven facts instead of blindly guided faith. This period included an openness to investigation, experimentation, and an intolerance to religion. -
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The Stamp Act of 1765
The Stamp Act was an act passed by the British in order to tax the colonist to pay for British troops stationed within the colonies. The tax was represented by the stamp. The tax needed to be paid with British Sterling's which were hard to obtain in the states. The act was repealed in March on 1766. -
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Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
The Coercive acts were 4 acts passed by the British to quote on quote "punish" the colonies. The acts included the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts's Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act. -
The Boston Massacre
Tensions were rising between the British and the Colonies and on March 5th, 1770 7 British soldiers fired into a crowed of Bostonians. The British had killed five Bostonians and injured another six. -
Treaty of Paris
This treaty marked the end of the American Revolution and identified the United States as its own independent nation. John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay were the three American negotiators who negotiated with the British representative David Hartley. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party is one of the most known political protests to date. The colonists were so angry about being taxed by the British that they threw 342 chests British imported tea into the Boston Harbor. This act of defiance sowed the British that the colonists were not going to accept taxation without representation. -
First Continental Congress meets
Representatives from each of the 13 states had met in Philadelphia on September 5th 1774 for the first meeting of the Continental Congress. The first decision made by the Continental Congress was to boycott British good in order to defy the Intolerable Acts. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the American Revolution. Patriot spies had heard the British generals plans to seize fire on Concord. Paul Revere alerted the town that the British was coming. The Americans had won the battle. -
The Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch petition was the last attempt to please the king. The petition was meant to prevent war from being declared by the King. The colonies sent respect to the royal crown. -
Battle of Camden
The Americans lost the battle of Camden to the British soldiers. The British tried to gain control over the southern colonies and winning this battle gave them more confidence. -
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Battle of Yorktown
The Americans won the battle of Yorktown, Virginia. The British surrendered to the colonial army and French allies because they were out-numbered. This battle was one of the last of the American Revolution. -
The 3/5ths Compromise
The 3/5th compromise defined that only 3 out of every 5 slaves would be considered when identifying the population. The population was for state representation and taxation. -
The Great Compromise
A Connecticut politician by the name of Roger Sherman invented the bicameral legislature system. He proposed that the number of representatives in the house of representatives would be decided by the population of each state and the representatives in the Senate be even among states. -
The Constitution is Ratified
Before the constitution was ratified the colonies were ran under the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation became outdated and the Constitution was soon ratified. The First state to ratify the constitution was Delaware on December 7th, 1787. The colonies officially adopted the Constitution on June 21th, 1788 when New Hampshire had been the 9th state to ratified it. -
The Bill of Rights Adopted
President George Washington had sent the Congress a copy of 12 amendments. A little less than two weeks later on December 15, 3/4ths of the states had ratified 10 out the 12 amendments and those 10 amendments became known as the Bill of Rights.