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The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was about intellectual movement emphasizing reason, individualism, and skepticism. -
French & Indian War
A War between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years War. The French and Indian War began in 1754, and ended in 1763. -
Stamp Act of 1765
The Stamp Act of 1765 passed down by British Parliament. The new tax was imposing on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper. Primary Source is https://www.gilderlehrman.org/content/stamp-act-1765. It's by Georgii III Regis. The paper says that "An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the British colonies and plantations in America. " -
Townshend Act of 1767
The Townshend act of 1767 was about the laws that were passing down by British government. The Laws included new taxes on paper, paint, lead, glass and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was when British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a group of American colonists and killed five men. https://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/boston_massacre.php -
Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party was protested by colonists in Boston against the Tea Tax that passed down by British governments. One Of the primary sources of the Boston Tea Party was David Ramsay, A Sermon on Tea, essay, 1774. http://americainclass.org/sources/makingrevolution/crisis/text6/ramsaysermontea.pdf -
Intolerable Acts
Intolerable acts were to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party and protested in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods. -
Second Continental Congress meets
Second Continental Congress meeting was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies. They started the meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
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Declaration of independence adopted
Declaration of independence was the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House. The Declaration of Independence was to make sure that people have Inalienable rights that included Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness. -
The End Of Battle Of Yorktown
In Yorktown, Virginia, there was a victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops. -
Treaty Of Paris Signed
King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America which ended the American Revolutionary War. -
3/5 compromise
The Three-fifths Compromise was enacted. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia that year accepted a plan determining a state's representation in the U.S. House of Representatives. -
The End Of Constitutional Convention
gathering that drafted the Constitution of the United States. all states were invited to send delegates. The convention was in Philadelphia, designed a government with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches. -
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Constitutional Is Ratified
It took along time for the first nine states to approve the Constitution. It actually took 10 months. The first state to ratify was Delaware, by a unanimous vote. The featured document is an endorsed ratification of the federal Constitution by the Delaware convention.
