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The "Enlightenment" A very long period. A period when people began to use reason and question traditional beliefs; explores seeking new knowledge instead of sticking to the same O same O. All of this led to important ideas and governments, which helped a new foundation.
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French & Indian war was a seven year fight and stopped around when the treaty of paris started.It was fought between France and Great Britain to determine control of North America territory. -
Required the colonists to pay for certain printed materials, such as legal documents and newspapers, to carry a stamp showing that a tax had been paid to Britain -
The Sons Of Liberty is a group of people who used an extreme form of civil disobedience & threats. They also impact away with the boston tea party too. -
To help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies, they passed the Townshend Acts, which opened taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
The Boston Massacre was a street fight. A patriot mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign. -
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest, American colonists were frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing taxation without representation, dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. -
The "Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)" An act that came with series of controversial laws. Thirteen Colonies all passed by the British parliament. The first act past the "Tea Act" In 1773 next the "Townshend Act" and more. But the main acts that made history in the American colony were, Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act.
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The "First continental Congress meets" The twelve different colonies met in 1774 in Philadelphia to discuss responses to increased British oppression.
At this Continental Congress, The Continental Congress formally declared that colonists should have the same rights as Englishmen: which made them also agree to form the Continental Association, which called for the suspension of trade with Great Britain. -
The famous shot heard round the world that marked the start of the American War of Independence. Where The American Revolution Begins ( 1760-83) -
After all violence broke out between Britain and American colonies in 1775, The thirteen colonies met in Philadelphia to plot the course of war—and soon, independence for American. -
New England soldiers faced the British army for the first time in a pitched battle it was a bloody fighting took place throughout a hilly hill of and that were situated across the Charles River from Boston. -
The colonists motivations for seeking independence and following the basic terms, God made all men equal and gave them the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. -
Common sense by Thomas Paine. A pamphlet published in January 1776 that argued for American independence from Britain there were a lot of key points. Emphasizing natural rights and government consent highlighting potential for Liberty and much more just a justification for evolution. -
The "Battle of Trenton" A pivotal moment in the American Revolutionary War. A surprise attack across the Delaware River against Hessian mercenaries in Trenton, New Jersey, This battle lasted one hour long.
This battle was an achieving crucial victory for the Continental Army. A win that stamped the boost to the American morale and reinvigorated the Continental Army at a time when their cause seemed near defeat. -
The 3/5 Compromise was that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for representation and taxation. -
The "Battle of Camden" A battle in the American Revolution, fought in South Carolina on August 16, 1780. This battle was a yielding one, hold a British victory, one of those crushing defeats ever infected on the American army. -
British troops surrendered to the Continental Army and their French allies. This last major land battle of the American Revolution led to negotiations for peace with the British. -
Between the American colonies and Great Britain the sign was for the ending of the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation. -
The Constitutional convention was a meeting about the best solution for problems and was to set aside the Articles of Confederation and write a new constitution. -
The "Great Compromise" 1787, A convention between delegates of the states with large and small populations. It defined the structure of Congress and the number of representatives each state would have in Congress. Soon enough Congress would be a “bicameral” or two-chambered body. leading to each state getting representatives in the lower chamber, called (the House). It's proportional to its population and two representatives; in the upper chamber (the Senate). -
The Constitution is ratified is a process set out and provided for much popular debate in the States. Constitution would take effect once it had been ratified by nine of the thirteen State. -
The "Bill of Rights adopted" The Bill of Rights, the first 10 Amendments of the US Constitution, was mostly powered by the federal government by guaranteeing fundamental rights such as freedom of speech, religion, and assembly. There are other amendments such as Shoppers legal guards and much more. It's like a fair trial, forming a cornerstone of American Constitution law focusing on personal freedoms and much more of preventing governmental overreach.