American Revolution

MAGNA CARTA - 1215

• The Magna Carta is a document giving rights to English citizens.
• It’s the foundation of the constitutions for many English speaking nations.
• The word means “great charter” and was used to overthrow the cruel King John.
• Careful provisions for taxes were made, following the sealing.

Jamestown-May 24,1607

• Jamestown was a settlement in the colony of Virginia.
• It was the first peranent English settlement in the Americas.
• it was established by the Virginia Company of London as James fort.
• James fort was considered permanent after a brief abandonment in 1610.

MAYFLOWER COMPACT - 1620

• The Mayflower Compact was the first form of government used on United States territory.
• It was drafted by pilgrim leaders before hitting the shores of America.
• It was a short document of just around two hundred pages
• The original version has been lost.

Iroquois Confederacy-1722

• Iroquois Confederacy was also called the Iroquois league and ,five nations.
• Confederacy of five Indian tribes across upper New York State played a big role in the struggle between the French and the British fir mastery of North America.
• The 5 Iroquois nations caractized them selfs af the people of the longhouse.
• The 5 tribes were Mohawk ,Oneida ,Onondaga ,Cayuga ,and Seneca.

French and Indian War - 1754-63

• Nine years of war between the British and the British were fought in the early days of America.
• It started around the Ohio River, British territory.
• For the first four years, the French were dominant.
• In the end, the British won and claimed more land.

Proclamation Line -1763

• The Proclamation of 1763 This proclamation said that settlers could not buy land past the line that ran through the sources of the rivers flowing into the Atlantic.
• It seemd that England was doing this for the indians and fur traders.
• It would do so at the expense of the pioneers.
• England put a large army on the fronteer land.

Stamp Act - 1765

• After the French Indian war, Britain’s debt was doubled.
• The Stamp Act allowed Britain to station soldiers in America to prevent the French from taking Canada
• It also made all British documents require stamps, hence the name.
• Many businessmen opposed having to stamp all documents.

Colonists Boycott-1765

• After the stamp act and the townshend act were put in place the colonist people decided to boycott british goods.
• Like when the boston tea party happend.
• the boycott was a revival of the townshend act agreeing not to import british items.

BOSTON TEA PARTY - 1773

• A group of Bostonian colonists boarded ships owned by the East India Tea company.
• They were protesting about how their tea, along with other goods, was taxed by the British government.
• 342 chests full of tea were thrown overboard.
• The Americans were dressed in Mohawk Native American dresses.

INTOLERABLE ACT - 1774

• In 1774, four disciplinary acts were put upon the Americans by the British.
• The Boston Port Act closed Boston’s harbors due to the Tea Party.
• The second act allowed British officials to hold Americans to trial in other colonies and even Britain.
• The Quebec Act of 1774 banned trading between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
• The last act was to allow the British to house colonist soldiers.

First Continental Congress-September 5th 1774

• The first congress met at Carpenters' Hall in Philiadephia on sep. 5th 1774 with 44 delegates that attednded.
• Late comers brought the total up to 56.
• Peyton Randolph of Virginia was chosen as president.
• Among the members of the first congress were Gorge Washington,Patrick Henry,John Jay,John Adams,and Samuel Adams.

Common Sense pamphlet - 1774

• The Common Sense pamphlet was a document that showed the advantages of more freedom.
• General George Washington read it to all of his troops before battle in the American revolution
• It inspired many Americans to seek ways to acquire freedoms.
• It’s described as "the most incendiary and popular pamphlet of the entire revolutionary era."

Lexington and Concord ­ 1775

• The American Revolution started with the battle at Lexington and Concord.
• General Thomas Gage, general of Massachusetts sent over 800 troops overnight to Lexington.
• 50 British minutemen were waiting there for them.
• The headquarters and rendezvous points for the British are still standing in Boston, Massachusetts and can be visited today.

Second Continental Congress - 1775

• New members were invited to this congress, including Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.
• Before it happened, conflict broke out in Lexington and Concord.
• The congress took up some of New England’s troops to fight. These congresses continued up until 1789.

THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL-JUNE 17,1775

• The Battle Of Bunker Hill took place mostly on and around Breed Hill.
• It was during the Siege of Boston.
• The battle was named after the adjacent hill. The objective of the British troops was to capture the Bunker Hill.

The Declaration of Independence-July 4,1776

• The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4th in 1776.
• It was a Declaration that the 13 states were now independent.
• That meant that they were now separated from the British empire.
• They formed a union that would become apart of a new nation, the U.S

BATTLES AT TRENTON AND PRINCETON - 1776-77

• These were George Washington’s first victories as a general.
• At one point, his army had reached numbers of 6,000.
• These early victories for America really made a difference.
• They broke a streak of losses greatly.

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION-1777

• The Articles of confederation (AC) was formally known as the Articles of confederation and Perpetual Union.
• The AC was an agreement among the 13 founding states.
• It established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states.
• The AC served as the U.S's first constitution

Constitutional convention-May 25-September 17,1787

• The Constitutional convention was also known as the Philadelphia convention ,federal convention, or the grand convention at Philadelphia.
• It took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• It was to address problems in govering the U.S. The convention was intended to revise the Articles of confederation.

The Great Compromise - 1787

• Large and small states came together for an agreement at the Continental Congress.
• The compromise entailed that all states get an equal say in electoral votes.
• Smaller states were afraid this would make their vote drowned out by the larger states.
• Delaware voiced extra concern over others.

The U.S. Bill of Rights - 1791

• The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments in the USA.
• It enforces rights for all US citizens.
• In 2013, there are many more amendments, while still keeping the originals.
• The new ones are better suited for modern life.