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Enlightenment
*the period of rigorous scientific
*Political and philosophical discourse that characterized European society
*The 'long' 18th century: from the late 17th
the ending of the Napoleonic war ended in 1815 -
French and Indian war
- This began in 1754 and it didn't end till 1763 with the treaty of Parris *It provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America. *It disputes over subsequent frontier policy. *It is paying the wars expenses led to colonial discontent. *1754 – 1763
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Sons Of Liberty
*A grassroots group of instigators and Provocateurs
*Civil disobedience - threats, and in some cases violence - to intimidate loyalists
*Outrage the British government
*this happened in the summer of 1765 -
Stamp Act of 1765
*Ratified by the British parliament under King George III.
*Imposed a tax on all papers and official documents in the American colonies
*though not in England
*this event happened March 22, 1765 -
Townshend Act of 1767
*Helped pay the expenses
*Parliament passed the Townshend Acts
*Initiated taxes on glass, on lead, on paint, and on tea.
* the colonies again decided to discourage the purchase of British imports.
* this all happened in -
Boston Massacre
*A street fight that occurred on March 5th, 1770
*A 'patriot' mob, throwing snowballs, stones, sticks, and even a squad of British soldiers.
*Killed and led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry.
*this happened on March 5th, of 1770 -
Boston Tea Party
*A political protest that occurred on December 16 1773 in Boston Massachusetts'
*Frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing 'taxation without representation'
*Dumped 342 chest fill of tea into Harbor
*They dumped the tea into the harbor by the east India company
*This event happened on December 16 of 1773 -
First Continental Congress Meets
*Met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the fall of 1774
*The Delegates reconvened in may 1775. Met in Pennsylvania's state house.
*by late 1776, the british neared Philadelphia
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Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
*A series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party.
*Aimed To punish Massachusetts' colonists.
*Their defiance in the Tea party protest of the Tea Act
This event happened around the year of 1774 -
Second Continental Congress Meets
*The declaration of Independence
*Met inside independence Hall beginning in may 1775
*Just a month after shots had been fired at Lexington and concord which was in Massachusetts'
*The congress was preparing for war
*This all happened at around May of 1775 -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
*On April 1775, the famous shot heard round the world
*the start of the American war of independence
*It persuaded many Americans
*this is happened on April 19 of 1775 -
Battle of bunker hill
*New England Soldiers faced the British arm in a pitch battle
*Bloody fighting took place throughout a hilly landscape
*situated across the Charles River from Boston
*this happened on june 17, in 1775 -
Olive Branch Petition sent to england
*adopted by congress on July 5th, 17775 to be sent to the king.
*emphasized their loyalty to the british crown.
*emphasized their rights as British citizens
*congress met according to adjournment -
Declaration Of Independence adopted
*The 13th American colonies severed their political connections to great Britain.
*summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence
*this event happened on July 4th of 1776 -
Articles of confederation created
*Created a national government composed of a congress
*Appoint military officers, sign treaties, make alliances, etc.
*Manage relations with Indians
*this all happened in -
Battle of Yorktown
*Joint Franco-American land and sea campaign
*Entrapped a major British on a peninsula at Yorktown, Virginia, and Forced its surrender.
* Siege virtually ended military operations in the American Revolution
*this event happened on September 28 of 1781 -
Treaty of Paris signed
*Ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States
*An independent nation
this event happened September 3rd, of 1783 -
Great compromise
*Provided a dual system of congressional representation
*be assigned a number of seats in proportion to its population
*Honor of its architects
*Connecticut delegates Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth.
this event happened in 1787 -
Bill of rights adopted
*this event happened in 1791
*the first 10 amendments to the U.S constitution
*adopted as a single unit on December 15, 1791
*A collection of mutually reinforcing guarantees of individual rights
*limitations on federal and state governments.
