| A | B |
|---|
| Navigation Acts | passed in 1660's |
| French & Indian War | Treaty of Paris 1763 |
| Stamp Act | 1765 - "taxation wihtout representation" |
| Townshend Acts | 1767-affected everyone -harsh-group of acts that applied to everyday items |
| Boston Massacre | 1770-Parliament repealed Townshend Acts except for TEA |
| Boston Tea Party | 1773- colonists dumped British's tea off the ships into the water |
| Intolerable Acts | 1774-direct retaliation from Parliament to colonists---closed Boston port-took away Mass. right to self-govern |
| 1st Continental Congress | 1774-got together leaders form colonies to make decisions in Philly--called for boycott on all imported British goods |
| Lexington & Concord | April 1775---"shot heard 'round the world" -- Emmerson |
| Second Cont. Cong. meets | May 1775--G. Washington chosen to lead army--unorganized troops |
| July 4, 1776 | --Declaration of Independence signed==read to public on July 9th |
| Fall of Saratoga, NY | 1777--American victory--foreign support |
| Yorktown, VA | 1781-Washington kept his troopos together for 2 years till Treaty of Paris was signed |
| Treaty of Paris | 1783 |
| Articles of Confederation | 1781---first attempt at central govt---didnt want a president--states had power |
| U.S. Constitution | 1787--lays out how gov't is to be run and set up |
| Bill of Rights | 1787-- 10 ammendments |
