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The French and Indian War (1754-1763) was a North American conflict between Great Britain and France, with both sides supported by various Native American tribes -
The Sons of Liberty were a group of American colonists who formed to protest British rule and taxation playing a key role in the lead-up to the American Revolution -
The Stamp Act of 1765 was a British law that imposed a tax on all paper documents in the American colonies, requiring them to be printed on special, stamped paper -
The Townshend Acts of 1767 were a series of British laws that placed taxes on goods imported into the American colonies, including glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea -
a deadly riot in Boston Massachusetts where British soldiers fired into a crowd of civilians killing five and harming 6 other people -
the Boston Tea Party was a political protest at griffin's wharf in Boston , Massachusetts where American colonists, upset about British taxation without representation -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord are often considered the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill, fought on June 17, 1775, was a pivotal early battle of the American Revolutionary War. Though a British tactical victory -
The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. This adoption signified the thirteen American colonies' declaration of their independence from Great Britain, -
The Battle of Trenton, a pivotal moment in the American Revolutionary War in Trenton, New Jersey. General George Washington led the Continental Army in a surprise attack against Hessian (German mercenary) forces -
The Battle of Camden was a significant engagement during the American Revolutionary War near Camden, South Carolina. A British force under Lord Cornwallis decisively defeated a larger American army led by General Horatio Gates -
The Battle of Yorktown, a decisive siege during the American Revolutionary War, concluded with the surrender of British General Lord Cornwallis to the combined American and French forces -
The "Treaty of Paris" commonly refers to the 1783 agreement that formally ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States including one in 1814 ending the Napoleonic Wars -
The Constitutional Convention, also known as the Philadelphia Convention or Federal Convention, was a gathering of delegates from twelve of the thirteen original states (Rhode Island did not attend) in Philadelphia -
president Washington sent copies of the 12 amendments adopted by Congress to the states. By December 15, 1791, three-fourths of the states had ratified 10 of these, now known as the “Bill of Rights.”