The Roots of American Democracy

By Sasha0926

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War
    The North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years War.

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    Imposed a direct tax on the colonist

  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts
    taxed goods imported to the American colonies

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    There were nine British soldiers who shot five people of a crowd of three or four hundred who were harassing them verbally and throwing various projectiles.

  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    A series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party

  • First Continental Congress convenes (meets)

    First Continental Congress convenes (meets)
    It was formed because in response to the British Parliament's passage of the Intolerable Act.

  • Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech

    Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech
    The "Give me liberty or give me death" is a quotation attributed to American politician and orator Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Second Virginia Convention on March 23,1775, at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia.

  • Paul Revere's Ride and the Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Paul Revere's Ride and the Battles of Lexington and Concord
    On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. Paul Revere and other riders sounded the alarm, and colonial militiamen began mobilizing to intercept the Redcoat column

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of 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.

  • Thomas Paine's Common Sense published

    Thomas Paine's Common Sense published
    Common Sense is a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.

  • Declaration of Independence adopted

    Declaration of Independence adopted
    The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It was engrossed on parchment and on August 2, 1776, delegates began signing it.