Unit 7- Absolutism, Revolution, & Enlightenment

By Storm.Sowders

  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    taxing sugar and coffee

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    taxing paper and paper goods

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    British Army soldiers shot and killed people while being in and attack by a mob

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Sons of Liberty got on three ships on the Boston harbor, threw chests of tea overboard

  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The Battle of Lexington and Concord
    Now none as the American Revolution

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    several ideas of John Locke's are in it;

  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga
    turning point of the Revolutionary War

  • British Surrender at Yorktown, Virginia

    British Surrender at Yorktown, Virginia
    British general surrendered his troops in Yorktown.Charles Cornwall

  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention
    delegates of the five states come together to discuss what they will be doing with the Article of Confederation

  • Ratification of the US Constitution

    Ratification of the US Constitution
    had to be ratified by nine of the 13 states, before binding.