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Navigation Act
The Navigation act was also called the act for encouragement of trade, it was passed on July 27. It required all the Europeans good bound for America lto be shipped to England first. -
French and Indian
Te French and Indian war was in the North American theater. The war was fought between the colonies of British America ans New France. With both the sides supported by the military. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was an act of the British Parliament in 1756 that was exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing the stamp duty on the newwspaper and legalizing its documents. -
George III
George III became King of Great Britian and Ireland in 1760 after his grandfather's death, George II. After a year of being king George III married Charlotte of Mecklenberg Strelitz and had 15 kids. George's army defeated Yorktown in 1783. In 1804 he suffered a second major bout instanity, but recoveered. In 1810 he fell into his final illness. A year later his son George IV became prince and it gave him the rule for the war of 1812 and Nepoleon's defeat at Waterloo in 1815. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston tea party was a political protest by the sons of liberty in Boston. The people dumped tea over the harbor to rebel againest the high priced tea. -
The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was the first meeting of the delegates from the 12 of the 13 colonies. -
Enlightenment Thinkers
John Locke had the idea of 3 natural rights,
Voltaire had the idea of tolarance reason, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion,
Baron De Montesquieu had the idea of seperation of powers,
Jean Jacques Rousseu had the idea of government is formed by the people,
and Mary Wollstonecraft had the idea for womens equality. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is wriiten by Thomas Jefferson, where they are declaring freedom of the 13 American colonies from Great Britain. -
The United States Consitution
The United States Consitution was a document that embodies the fundemental laws and principles in which the united states is governed. The 3 natural rights helped make the declaration of independence an idea of Jonh Locke, Voltarie's idea on the Bill of rights -
The Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is the 10 original amendments, passed by the congress. -
George III
On January 29, 1820 George III died blind, deaf, and mad .
