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The French and Indian War was started because of a dispute over land in North America. It ended because of the Treaty of Paris on Feburary 10, 1763
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The Sons Of Liberty were a group of rebels active in the Thirteen American Colonies. The group was responsible for many notable attacks, such as the Boston Tea Party. John Adams formed the Sons Of Liberty.
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The Stamp Act 1765 was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper from London which included an embossed revenue stamp. The purpose of the tax was to pay for British military troops stationed in the American colonies after the French and Indian War.
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The Boston Massacre was a confrontation. Nine british soldiers shot into a crowd of 300-400 civilians. The massacre was witnessed by Paul Revere and Samuel Adams. -
The Battle of Camden was a major victory for the British in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War. The rout was a personally humiliating defeat for Major General Horatio Gates, the American general best known for commanding the Patriot forces at the British defeat at Saratoga three years previously. -
The Boston Tea Party was a protest performed by the Sons Of Liberty. They were protesting the Tea Act/Townshed Act taxes. They saw the Acts as a violation to their rights as Englishman. -
The Intolerable Acts were created by the British Parliament in 1774. The acts were a response to the Boston Tea Party and to punish the people in Massachusetts.
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The Second Continental Congress was the meetings of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolution and Revolutionary War.
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The Battle of Bunker-Hill was the first stage of the American Revolutionary War. The battle was a tactical victory for the British. The battle led the British to adopt a more cautious planning and maneuver execution in future engagements. -
The Olive Branch Petition was the final attempt to avoid war between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies in America. -
The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal American Revolutionary War battle. It was an American victory, with only two deaths. -
The final battle of the American Revolution War. George Washington led the Continental Army to victory! It led to the capture of Cornwallis and the British Army.
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Treaty of Paris officially ended the War of American Independence and recognized the Thirteen Colonies, which had been part of colonial British America to be free.
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The constituional convention was initially intended to revise the league of states and devise the first system of federal government under the Articles of Confederation, however James Madison of Virginia and Alexander Hamilton of New York, sought to create a new frame of government rather than revise the existing one.
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Connecticut Compromise was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have under the United States Constitution.