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a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition
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The French and Indian war was over weather the French or English owned the upper Ohio river valley
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An organization formed to combat the stamp act in 1765
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tax on all materials printed for commercial and legal use in the colonies to help pay for the French and Indian war
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Four acts that were passed by British parliament to assert what is historically correct to assert authority over the colonists
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The first Continental Congress met in Pittsburg, Philadelphia in the fall of 1774
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This was what started the revolutionary war, Initially being little brawls but grew
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Common Sense is a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Great Britain
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A written document that explained what the national government of the United States stood for
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A written document that explained what the national government of the United States stood for
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After three weeks of bombardment the British troops surrendered to the colonial army and their French allies.
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The Treaty of Paris is signed ending the revolutionary war
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provided a dual system of congressional representation
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