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Great Awakening and Enlightment
religious movement that emphasized the importanance of inner religious emotion -
George Washington
he was the first president of the United States George Wasington if often referred to as the father of our country -
Lord Cornwallis
Lord Charles Cornwallis was in command of the British southern army in Yorktown. His forces were under siege by George Washingtons troops on the land slide -
James Madison
James Madison Jr was an American statesman and political theorsit -
French and Indian War
the british won the french and indian war -
Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 did much to dampen that celebration -
sugar act
the sugar act was passed in 1764 the British placed a tax of three cents on sugar that was bought by the American Colonists -
stamp act
the stamp act was passed by the British Parliment on March 22, 1765 -
Townshend act
were a series of laws passed beginning in 1767 by the parliment of great britian -
Boston Massacre
the boston massacre call the boston riot by british soldiers on march 5, 1770 was the culmination of civilian military tenstions -
Boston Tea Party
the colonists got mad and threw more then 300 crates of tea into the boston harbor -
Intolerable Acts
were laws that were really punishments that king george lll put on the colonies -
Second Continental Congress
started on may 10th 1775 the delegates of the 13 colonies gathered on Philadelphia to dicuss their steps -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
were the first military engagments of the American Revolutionary War -
American Revolution
The American Revolution was the political upheavel during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton took place on christmas night 1776 during the American Revolutionary war, after General George Wasingtons crossing of delaware -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was between british and Indian Forces an the American troops on the Hudson River in New York State -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation and peretual union - 1777. Agreed by the continential congress nov 15, 1777 and in force after ratification by maryland -
Valley Forge
No Battle fought at Valley Forge yet, it was the turing point of the Revolutionary War. It was here that the Continental army was desperately against -
Common Sense
is a pamplet written by Thomas Paine -
Friedrich Von steuben and Marquis De lafayette
Baron Friedrich Von Stueben was a former Prussian staff officer who served and replaced by Marquis De Lafyatte in April 1781 he moved south -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was fought between september 28 and october 19 1781, after general George Washington slipped away from New York -
treaty of paris
it ended on the American Revolutionary War between Great Britian on the one hand and the United States -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, often called the Peace of Paris, or the treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 february 1763, by the kingdoms of Great Britian, France and Spain -
Shays Rebellion
Shays Rebellion was an armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts mainly springfeild from 1786 to 1787. The Rebellion is named after Daniel -
Federalists and Antifederalists
The Antifederalists were a diverse coalition of people who opposed fatification of the constitution. Although less well organized the Federalists -
Great Compromise ( Roger Sherman)
The Great Compromise was an agreement made among the delegates to the Constituitional Convention in 1787 centered on how many represenatives each state should have -
constitution
The Consittution of the united states is the supreme law of the United States of America. The first Three Articals of Constitution establish the three branches -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is a list of the most important rights of the citizens of a country. The purpose of these Bills is to protect those rights against infringement -
Declaration of Independence
was a statement adopted by the continental congress on july 4, 1776
