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Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries.[https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/enlightenment] -
sons of liberty
The Sons of Liberty was a secret revolutionary organization that was founded by Samuel Adams in the Thirteen American Colonies to advance the rights of the European colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. -
Stamp Act of 1765
An act passed by the the British Parliament to help fund the British troops. The Stamp Act—the first tax imposed directly on American colonists by the British government—had only been in effect for a month, when a group of Boston merchants and craftsmen sent a letter to Andrew Oliver, the newly-appointed official collector of stamps. -
Boston massacre
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. The event was heavily publicized by leading Patriots such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams.click here -
The Boston tea party
The midnight raid, popularly known as the “Boston Tea Party,” was in protest of the British Parliament’s Tea Act of 1773, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a virtual monopoly on the American tea trade. click here -
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
4 laws passed by the British to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party and defiance. -
First Continental Congress meets
Delegates from the 13 colonies ( except Georgia) met in Philadelphia to meet as the first Continental Congress to set up an colonial resistance to the " Intolerable Acts" -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache -
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American Revolution
The Revolutionary War was an insurrection by American Patriots in the 13 colonies to British rule, resulting in American independence. -
Olive Branch Petition sent to England
The last attempt by the colonists to prevent war with Britain whilst the American revolution was occurring. The petition said that colonists will pledge loyalty to the British crown and remain British citizens.
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Articles of Confederation created
The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, on November 15, 1777. However, ratification of the Articles of Confederation by all thirteen states did not occur until March 1, 1781.click here articles -
Battle of Yorktown
On September 28, 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War. -
3/5 Compromise
The 3/5 compromise was a compromise between northern and southern American states agreed that three-fifths of a slaves populous ( in a state) would be counted towards the states white populous.
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Declaration of Independence adopted
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Constitution is ratified
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the document, and it was subsequently agreed that government under the U.S. Constitution would begin on March 4, 1789. In June, Virginia ratified the Constitution, followed by New York in July. ... Ten of these amendments were ratified in 1791. -
Bill of Rights adopted
The bill of rights is ratified by 3/4 of the states in 1791
