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The enlightenment.
(ignore the date) This era lasted from 1685-1815. This was a intellectual movement that emphasized the use of reason and the scientific method as means of obtaining knowledge. A famous thinker during this time was John Locke. -
John Locke writes two treatises of government
(got this from History.com) ( www.history.com/topics/john-locke) John Locke is an enlightenment author who wrote a book about political theories called two treaties of government. The declaration of independence had a few inspiration from it. (the date is just 1690, ignore the day and month). -
French and Indian war.
The war between the British and the French over the Ohio river valley. It all started when the British built a fort on who=at the French considered their territory. It started 1754 and ended on -
Treaty of paris
The treaty that ended the French and Indian war. it also gave Canada and other french landholdings east of the Mississippi except New Orleans to the British. -
Proclamation of 1763
The British issued the proclamation of 1763 to prevent people from settling west of the Appalachian mountains. They did this because they did not want to protect from Native american attacks. -
Pontiac's rebellion
A Group of Native Americans captured 8 British forts an laid siege to two other. This rebellion was lead by Native American Chief Ponitac -
The stamp act.
A British tax on every legal document and required the colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Colonists rebelled against this tax by writing the decoration of right and grievances (no taxation without representation!) -
Quartering acts.
This act happened when the British sent troops to the colonies. The colonists had to house and feed them. -
Stamp act congress
(http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1221.html) The stamp act congress conveyed in new York city with 27 delegates representing the colonies. The delegates creates a declaration of rights and complaints. -
The Townsend acts
They lasted from 1767-1770. These were the method of gaining revenue from the colonies by Charles Townsend, the parliament leader at the time -
The boston massacre.
An angry mob came at British soldiers for stealing their jobs. After the mob angered the British a lot, the soldiers started shooting and killed 5 colonists. Among those colonists as an African american named Crispus Attucks. -
The Boston tea party
The British set a tax on tea and the colonists protested violently. A group of rebels dressed up as native Americans and dumped
18,000 pounds of tea into Boston harbor. -
The coercive acts
also called the intolerable acts, these laws were a way for the brutish to take revenge to the colonists fro the Boston tea party. during this, the British military took over Boston harbor and closed it down. lasted from May 20th to June 1st, 1774 -
The first Continental congress
A group of Representatives from all the colonies except Georgia. This was the first time the colonies united together. -
Lexington and concord.
The first battle in the revolutionary war. It was a battle between colonial soldiers called minutemen and British soldiers. -
Minutemen
Colonial militia who fought in the battles of Lexington and concord. They were given this name because they were ready for battle in a minutes notice -
Second continental congress.
This was the second time the colonies rallied. This was where the colonists agreed to create an army. (ushistory.com) -
Thomas paine writes common sense.
Thomas Paine writes his pamphlet common scene which listed grievances. This pamphlet challenged the Kings authority over the colonies. -
Declaration of idependence
A individual graph written by Thomas Jefferson that reflected the idea of Locke and Paine. The ideals represented undemocratic nature in the early republic. -
Battle of saratoga.
a turining point in the revolutionary war. American victory because they captured the British. -
Beginning of french involvement in the revolutionary war.
Diplomat Benjamin Franklin went to France to get support. There he signed the treaty of amity and commerce, and the treaty of alliance.
(http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/revolut/jb_revolut_francoam_1.html) -
Battle of yorktown.
The final battle and american victory in the revolution. Happened when the American and french forces trapped the British and their General lord Cornwallis. -
Benjamin Franklin and the treaty of Paris, 1783.
This treaty ended the war and made the British recognize American independence. The treaty also gave all the land the British won from the french and Indian war to the Americans.
