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Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was the root of many of the ideas of the American Revolution. It was a movement that focused mostly on freedom of speech, equality, freedom of press, and religious tolerance. The Enlightenment ideas which are, freedom of speech, equality, freedom of press, and religious tolerance. American colonists did not have these rights, in result, they rebelled against England for independence. -
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The French and Indian war/ 7 years war
the french and indian war was fought mostly over the Ohio river valley, but it was also fought all across the globe.The french and indians were trying to fight to defend the British from taking over the indians land. The British ended up winning and got all of the Ohio river valley which made the colonist want to move there but the king didn't allow it. -
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The Sons of Liberty
The sons of liberty were a secret organization that was founded by Samuel Adams to fight the British and there taxing without the colonies voice, there slogan was no taxation without representation. They end of causing the Boston tea party -
stamp act
the stamp act was meant for the british to pay off the debt that they had from the 7 years war. This tax will end up failing and they will try again with the sugar act. -
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Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. But American colonists, who had no representation in Parliament, saw the Acts as an abuse of power -
Boston Massacre
the Boston massacre was a event that happened between american colonist and a lonely British solder the colonists rioted and more and more British solders appeared to help.The colonist were shot because they started throwing snow balls at them. This made the colonist agree because it was used as propaganda. -
the Boston tea party
The Boston tea party happened because the colonist were getting mad at all the taxes they were paying so they decided when a ship full of tea came from Britain they were going to throw most of it off. This ended up ending the sons of liberty which made the colonist mad. -
Intolerable Acts
Intolerable acts were four acts put in place after the Boston tea party thing happened. These acts include the Boston Port Act, Massasschuses Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, and the Quebec Act. -
The Fight at Lexington and Concord
Hundreds of British troops marched into Concord from Boston intending to seize arms caches. Paul Revere being the most known rider sounded the alarms that the "Redcoats are coming" Troops from Lexington met the British and started fighting which led to the British retreating -
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battle of York town
the battle of Yorktown was a siege on Yorktown that included the french and american army's they won this battle. This caused the Treaty of Paris and america has a country. -
Treaty of Paris
In the Treaty of Paris, the British Crown formally recognized American independence and ceded most of its territory east of the Mississippi River to the United States, doubling the size of the new nation and paving the way for westward expansion. -
3/5 Compromise
The 3/5 compromise agreement was between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives. -
Great Compromise
The Great Compromise, or Connecticut Compromise as it is often called, proposed a solution to the heated debate between larger and smaller states over their representation in the newly proposed Senate.
The larger states believed that representation should be based proportionally on the contribution each state made to the nation’s finances and defense, and the smaller states believed that the only fair plan was one of equal representation -
Bill of Rights Adopted
the bill of rights are the first 10 amendments of the Constitution. These include freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and religion to name a few. These set things that the colonies could believe in and let come to life.
