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Great awakening and enlightenment
Great awakening started with a traveling minster who preached that inner religious emotions was more important then outward religious behavior.the minsters name was johnathan edwards he frew large crowds and was one of the best known preachers.
The Enlightenment emphasized reason and science as path to knowledge. -
the french and indian war
The french and indian war decided which nation would control the nothern and eastern parts of south America.The war was between the Americnas and the french.The french won the war. -
proclamation of 1763
which forbade colonists to settle west of the appalchians moutains. -
sugar act
a law passed by parliment in 1764 that placed a tax on sugar,molasses and other products shipped to the colonies,also called for harsh punishment for smugglers. -
stamp act
a law passed in 1765 that requiredn all legal and commerical documents to carry a offical stamp show a tax had been paid. -
townshend acts
a law passed by parliment that placed taxs on various goods brought into the colonies. -
Boston massacre
the shooting of 5 colonial dock workers by british soliders. -
Boston tea party
colonists regulars as native native americnas dumped 100s of chests of tea in the boston harber. -
intolerable acts
a series of laws enacted by parliment in 1774 to punish massacheuetts colonists for the boston tea party. -
Second continental congress
Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold lead a successful attack on Fort Ticonderoga in New York, while the Second Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
George washington
George Washington became the commander of the continental army and later became the first presiden tof the Untied states of America. -
American Revoultion
the Americans won their independence but the fighting would not end until 1783. -
battles of lexington and concord
sites in massachuetts of the first battles of the American revoultion. -
Common sense
Thomas paine published the common sense setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence. -
Declartion of independence
delegates on july 4, adopted the Declaration of Independence, a document made by Thomas Jefferson. -
battle of trenton
The Battles of Trenton took place in December 1776, helped turn the American Revolution in the Americans favor. -
battle of saratoga
Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution. -
valley forge
General George Washington led troops to Valley Forge in Pennsylvania they fought from December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778. -
friedrich von steuben and Marquis de lafayette
friedrich von steuben trains george washington soliders in close drill training at valley forge.Marquis de lafayette was a 19 year old french nobleman who volunteered to be in washingtons army. -
lord cornwallis
lord cornwallis was a brithish general in the south. -
battle of yorktown
the last major battle of the revolutionary war ,which resulted in the surrender of the british forces in 1781. -
Articles of confederation
the set of laws that established the first government of the United states (1781 to 1788) -
treaty of paris
the treaty of paris britain clamied all of north America east of the mississpi river.To reward spainthey gave them lousiana and New orleans.the britain also had siezed cuba and the philppeans from spain so they gave them Florida for exchange.The treaty ended the war in french power. -
treaty of paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1783 was between the U.S and the British ended the revolutionary war and started American independence -
shays rebellion
anti-tax protest by farmers -
james madison
one of the leaders of the constitutional convention -
the great compromise(roger sherman)
Roger sherman delegate who developed the great compromise the compromise was made by constitutional convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house. -
federalists and antifederalists
the federalists were who supported the constitution the Anti-federalists opposed the constitution the way it was. -
bill of rights
first ten amendments to the constitution that protected rights of the individual citzens. -
constitution
created three branches for the federal government
