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George Washington
George Washington was one of the most influential men involved in the Constitution and one of the most influential men involved in America's history. He was a general during the revolutionary war leading many American soldiers to victory including George Washington commanded the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War, and of course, he was America's first president serving from April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797, two years before he died of Epiglottitis and hypovolemic shock. -
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John Locke
John Locke had much impact on the American constitution. His system of the Social Compact worked as the influence for a "government of the people, by the people, and for the people." In other words, Locke's theory that governments derive their legitimacy of the "will of the people," gave rise to the notion of self-governance, and therefore current representative democracy. The modest social ideas that Locke set forth said that a group of people could agree to hold themselves. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was passed by the British Parliament. The British added taxes to molasses, and sugar as a way to get more money. -
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French and Indian War
The Seven Years’ War (referred to as the French and Indian War in the colonies) lasted seven years from 1756 to 1763, creating a chapter in the imperial struggle between Britain and France called the Second Hundred Years’ War. At the start of the 1750s, France’s expansion into the Ohio River valley brought about conflict repeatedly with the claims of the British colonies, especially Virginia. -
Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 was issued after the French and Indian War, by the British. The main intention of the proclamation was to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. -
The Stamp Act
The stamp act required all colonist to put stamps on all published paper. This affected places like a printing press the most extreme. It also affected things like Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards. -
The Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act stated that Parliament authority was the same in Britain and America. The Declaratory Act accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act and lessening of the Sugar Act, do to the extreme resistance from the colonies. -
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The Townshend Act
The Townshed Act was a series of acts by the British government on the American colonies. The Townshed act taxed paper imports, tea, glass, lead, and paint. The colonist found this very unfair because they were not represented in British parliment so they could not make the decision that were afecting them -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was an incident where eight British soldiers shot and killed five people. This was then highly publicised by people like John Adams and Paul Revere as a rebellion against British authorities. Six of the soldiers were found not guilty while the other two were convicted of manslaughter. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest on the British taxing tea, by colonist who were called The Sons of Liberty. They protested the tea tax by pouring 342 into the Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party took place on three ships from approximently 7:00 too 10:00 PM -
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The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Act was in response to the Boston Tea Party to punish Massachusetts, the Boston Harbor was closed to commerce as well. The first Continental Congress met at Carpenters' Hall to draw up a Declaration of Rights and Grievances and an appeal to King George III, in response to the outrage by the colonies towards the punishment of massachusetts. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
British troops started the Battle of Lexington and Concord when they were sent to confiscate colonial weapons. These British soldiers ran into a group of ragtag colonials rebals, which fought back against the nearly 700 British soldiers, and they won. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was a battle fought over bunker hill, although it mostly took place on Breed's Hill. It was a hard fought victory for the British, even though they won they suffered many casualties, losing 268 out of 2,200 soldiers and another 828 were injured. With the victory, Britain took control over Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill, along with a big comfitence boost in the war. -
Common Sense In Philidelphia
The first edition of Common Sense In Philidelphia was written by Thomas Pain. It became a one of the widespread and talked about peace of political treatises In history. It looked into the future of democratic politics and universal human rights, but it also reflected local circumstances in Philadelphia. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of independence was the United States declaring their independence from Britain. On July 7th, 1776 at the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) the thirteen colonies would no longer be under the British rule and would consider themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states no longer under British rule -
Battle of Trenton
George Washington led soldiers across the Delaware River to Trenton, New Jersey. He led a surprise attack and surrounded the Hessian garrison on the night of Christmas, after a brief battle, nearly the entire Hessian force was captured, with few losses to the Americans. This battle started to inspire more rebels in the colonies. -
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The Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was widely considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War. The battle was considered the biggest turning point because not only did it restore the morale of the American public, but it convinced potential foreign partners, such as France, that American could win the war, and that it might a good idea to send help to the Americans. -
Article of Confederation
The article of Confederation was an agreement by the thirteen colonies created so the government would not have all the power, It said that all thirteen colonies would have a decent amount of Independence. The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation on November 15, 1777. But, ratification of the Articles of Confederation by all of the thirteen states did not occur until March 1, 1781. -
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Yorktown
The battle of Yorktown was the last of the Revolutionary War. The Minutemen pushed British General Cornwallis up north to where General Washington and the Colonist Army was waiting for him. General Cornwallis was hoping the British ships would come and assist him but the ships were stopped by France. General Cornwallis was then forced to surrender therefore ending the Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Paris
The The Treaty of Paris was the document that ended the Revolutionary War, it was signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War. -
Annapolis Convention
The Annapolis Convention was a meeting of delegates from all 13 states called by Virginia, held in Annapolis, Maryland. The purpose of the Convention was to converse about the commercial problems agaisnt the United States under the Articles of Confederation. -
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Shays Rebellion
Shays Rebellion was a Rebellion in Massachusetts, led by American Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays. Shays Rebellion occurred because of the lack of money after the Revolutionary War and enormas taxes put in place to try to get out of dept. Many poor farmers from Massachusetts were forced from their homes because they could not pay these taxes -
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Constitutional Convention
The purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to amend the article of confederation. It had become apparent that the article of confederation was not a constitution that the people of america could obey and live by. -
The Constitution
The Constitution was written during the constitutional convention, in Philidelphia. James Madison came up with the document that formed the model for the constitution, Thomas Jefferson also had a big contribution to the constitution. The constitution is basically a set of rules for the US citizens, and without out it we would fall into caos. -
Ratification of the Constitution
The definition of ratifying is signing or give formal consent to making it officially valid, so the constitution being ratified is the constitution becoming official and accepted by all thirteen colonies.