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Enlightenment
Francis Bacon and Thomas Hobbes, the Frenchman Renee Descartes. And the philosophers of the Scientific Revolution, including Galileo, Kepler and Leibniz. -
John Locke writes Two Treatises of Government
Argued in his influential Two Treatises on Civil Government. That people form governments through a social contract to preserve their inalienable natural rights. -
French and Indian War
A long imperial struggle between Britain and France. France expanded into the Ohio River valley brought conflict with the claims of the British colonies. Then led a series of battles -
Pontiac’s Rebellion
Native American warriors under chief Pontiac attacked British forces at Detroit. They failed to take the fort in their initial attack, his forces which were made up of Ottawas, and reinforced by Wyandots,Ojibwas, and Potawatamis, started a siege that stretched over a period of time. Pontiac finally signed a treaty with the British in 1766. -
The Proclamation of 1763
King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War. The Proclamation found four new colonies that were obtained in the aftermath of the French and Indian war. It also created a boundary between Indian lands and white settlements. -
The Quartering Acts
Required colonies to house British Soldiers and provide food for them. -
The Stamp Act
The tax was imposed on all American colonists and it required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Stamp Act
First Congress of the American Colonies was a meeting.It was the first gathering of elected representatives from several of the American colonies. -
The Townshend Acts
English Parliament introduced a series of measures. The Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea that went into the colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
A group of British Soldiers who came to support a sentry who was being harassed by a crowd throwing snowballs at them. Three people were killed among the victims was a black man who was killed. -
The Boston Tea Party
Was a protest to the British Parliament's Tea Act. A bill designed to save the East India Company by lowering its tea tax.The low tax allowed the East India Company to tea smuggled into America by Dutch traders. -
The Coercive Acts
A series of laws relating to Britain's colonies in North America and passed by the British Parliament. Four of the acts were issued in direct response to the Boston Tea Party of December 1773. -
First Continental Congress
Was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies that met. At Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania early in the American Revolution. -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775 that started the American Revolutionary War. -
Second Continental Congress
It was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies, that started meeting in the summer of 1775 in Philadelphia. It's purpose was to come up with ways to present complaints of american colonists to the British. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
This was the battle to kick off the American Revolutionary war. Tensions had built between the 13 colonies and Great Britain. This is also when Paul Revere road through the night warning colonists the British were coming. -
Deceleration of Independence
The Deceleration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson and later adopted by the Second Continental Congress. Jefferson expressed the convictions in minds and hearts of the American people. -
Thomas Paine writes Common Sense
In Common Sense, Thomas Paine, challenged the authority of the British government and monarchy. It was the first work to openly ask independence from Great Britain. -
Battle of Saratoga
This battle was known as the turning point of the war where the Americans took a victory of the British. It renewed the Patriots hopes for the war. -
Beginning of French Involvement in American Revolution
This was also known as the Treaty of Alliance, It was a defensive alliance between France and the United States. It promised mutual military support in case fighting broke out between French and British Forces -
Battle of Yorktown
This is known as one of the most important battles in the Revolutionary war. It was a combined victory from the Americans led by George Washington and French soldiers led by Comte de Rochambeau. The British surrendered, who were led by Cornwallis. -
Benjamin Franklin and Treaty of Paris
Benjamin Franklin was one of the American Commissioners in France who negotiated the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain ending the American Revolutionary War. He earned the US vast amounts of land between Atlantic coast and Mississippi River. -
3. The Treaty of Paris
The United States and Spain signed an armistice, a cease fire agreement. The treaty set the boundaries between the British empire and the new country, on lines "exceedingly generous" to the United States. It recognized American independence and established borders for the new nation. -
The First Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies that met. At Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution.
