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enlightenment
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French and Indian war
The French and Indian war was a war over the Ohio river valley. -
Sons Of Liberty
organization active in the Thirteen American Colonies founded to advance the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. -
townshend act 1767
The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies -
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. -
Boston tea party
The colonists protested because they was angry at Britain for imposing taxation without representations. So they threw a bunch of tea in the ocean. This lead to Coercive acts. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. Politically disastrous for the British, it persuaded many Americans to take up arms and support the cause of independence. -
declaration of independence
the declaration independence is the pronouncement adopted by the second continental congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on july 4 1776 the declaration explained why the thirteen colonies at war with the kingdom of great britain -
battle of Yorktown
The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German battle (from the presence of Germans in all three armies), ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of the American continental army troops led by general George Washington -
Great compromise
The Great Compromise created two legislative bodies in Congress. According to the Great Compromise, there would be two national legislatures in a bicameral Congress. Members of the House of Representatives would be allocated according to each state's population and elected by the people. -
constitution is ratified
On June 21, 1788, the Constitution became the official framework of the government of the United States of America when New Hampshire became the ninth of 13 states to ratify it. The journey to ratification, however, was a long and arduous process -
bill of rights adopted
The House passed a joint resolution containing 17 amendments based on Madison's proposal. ... On October 2, 1789, President Washington sent copies of the 12 amendments adopted by Congress to the states. By December 15, 1791, three-fourths of the states had ratified 10 of these, now known as the “Bill of Rights. "Dec 14, 2018 -
constitutional convention
The constitutional convention took place from may 14 to September 17 ,1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The point of the event was decide how America was going to be governed. Although the Convention had been officially called to revise the existing Articles of Confederation, many delegates had much bigger plans.
