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The Beginning of the Enlightenment (1685-1815)
A movement referred to by its participants as the Age of Reason. -
The French And Indian War.
(1754-1763)
The Seven Years War that was in Europe from 1756 to 1763, was the bloodiest American war in the 18th century. -
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The American Revolution Timeline
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The Sugar Act
A revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act 1765 imposed a direct tax by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America. -
Ratification of the Constitution
The delegates to the Constitutional Convention approved the documents over which they had labored since May. -
The Tea Act
An Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The objective was to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling companies survive. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party took place when a group of Massachusetts Patriots, protestested the monopoly on American tea importation recently granted by Parliament to the East India Company. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). They were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
The Second Continental Congress
The Continental Congress was the formal means by which the American colonial governments coordinated their resistance to British rule during the first two years of the American Revolution. -
Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense
Common Sense advocated independence for the American colonies from Britain and is considered one of the most influential pamphlets in American history. -
Decleration of Independence
A statement adopted by the Continental Congress. This seperated the American colonies and the British Empire. -
Valley Forge
Valley Forge was the site of the military camp of the American Continental Army. It was in Pennsylvania over the winter of 1777–1778 during the American Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris that was signed on Sep. 3rd ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on one side and the United States of America and its allies on the other. -
Shay's Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion was an armed insurrection by farmers in W. Massachusetts against the state government. The rebellion took place in a political climate where reform of the country's governing document. -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention was formed to address problems in governing the United States of America. Also know as Philadelphia Convention, the Federal Convention, or the Grand Convention at Philadelphia.