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Great Awakening and Enlightenment
A religious movement a religious movement that emphasized the importance of inner religious emotion.
A movement that emphasized the use of reason and science to untain knowleged. -
Frech and Indian War
Decided which nation would control the northern and eastern parts of the North America. The french won this war and it ended in 1763. -
Proclamation of 1763
Prevented the colonist from settiling west of the Application Mountains. -
Sugar act
This law placed tax on Sugar,Molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies -
Stamp Act
This law required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing that a tax had been paid. -
Townshend Acts
in 1767 Parliament passed the acts. -
Boston Massacre
Five people had given there lives during that massacre for freedom including Attacks. -
Boston Tea Party
Organized by the sons of liberty. took place on 12-16-1773. -
Intolerable Acts
A series of laws enacted by parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonist for the Boston Tea Party. -
George Washington
Became the commander of the Continental army. At first this new national army was formed from state militias. -
American Revolution
Was a war against the Colonist and Britain. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Sites in Massachusetts of the first battles of the American Revolution. -
Second Continental Congress
Is a meeting of Delegates in Philadelphia. -
Battle of Trenton
helped turn the tide of the Amrican Revolution -
Declaration OF independence
Is a document that declares the colonist independence from Britain. -
Common Sense
was an instant succses. -
Battle of Saratoga
The battle of Saratoga had two very differant consequences. -
Valley Forge
George washington spent the winter of 1777-1778 at Valley forge -
Lord Cornwallis
A british general in the south. -
Battle of yorktown
American win at Yorktown -
Articles of confederation
The first written constitution of the United States. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty of paris ended the Revolutanary war. -
Treaty of paris
Ended the American Revolutionary war -
Shays Rebellion
Is the name given to a series of protests in the 1786-1787 by American farmers. -
Constitution
New Hampshire becomes the ninth and last state to ratify the Constitution. -
Federalist and Antifederalists
early U.S national political party -
Bill of Rights
the roots of the bill of rights the first ten amendments to the U.S constitution. -
James Madison
Americas 4th President of the United States. -
Great compromise
pro slavery and anti-slavery factions in the U.S -
Friedrich Von Steuben and Marquis de Lafayette`
German foreign policymaker from 1890 to 1909.