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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. -
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by American Indian allies. -
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Sons of Liberty
The members of the Sons of Liberty were Samuel Adams, Joseph Warren, Paul Revere, Benedict Arnold, Benjamin Edes, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, etc.They did a major action by protesting the Stamp Act. -
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Stamp Act of 1765
The Stamp Act of 1765 was passed by the British Parliament to help with their finances after a seven-year was with France. Part of The Act would be used to maintain several regiments of British soldiers in North America to maintain peace between them and the Native Americans. -
Townshend Act of 1767
The purpose of this act was to raise a revenue to help pay the cost of maintaining an army in North America. But then all of a sudden the Townshend changed the purpose of the tax plan.Also, American colonists saw the act as an abuse if power. -
The Boston Massacre
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The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on King Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The riot began as a street fight between a British Soldier and American colonists which quickly turned into a crazy slaughter. Because of this Paul Revere encouraged anti-british attitudes and to view the British as instigators of the fight. -
Boston Tea Party
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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred in Boston, Massachusetts at Griffin's Wharf. This happened due to the Stamp Act, which taxed colonists on every piece of paper they used. Colonists eventually grew angry and dumped 342 chests of tea imported by the British East India Company. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were laws passed by the Parliament in 1774 due to the outcome of the Boston Tea Party. These laws were meant as punishment to the colonists in Massachusetts for the defiance in the Tea Party. The 5 acts consisted of
1) Boston Port Act
2) Massachusetts Government Act
3) Administration of Justice Act
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First Continental Congress Meets
Each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia met in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts. -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress came together in Philadelphia in the Summer of 1775 after the imperial army attempted to arrest patriot leaders and minutemen were killed in their defense. The Continental Army was created and and commissioned George Washington to be the supreme commander. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The British won the battle. -
Thomas Paine's Common sense published
It was published in Philadelphia and nearly 120,000 copies were made. Paine had written his arguments being straightforward. First, he argued about the Independence of England. And, the creation of a democratic republic. -
The Declaration of Independence
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The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776. Written by Thomas Jefferson, this declaration was the first formal statement by a nations people that asserted their right to choose their own government. It was written into 5 sections: introduction, preamble, body (2 sections), and a conclusion. It summarized the colonists' motivation for seeking independence. -
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The Battle of Yorktown
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The Battle of Yorktown began when General George Washington and 17,000 French and Continental troops began a siege against General Charles Cornwallis and 9,000 British troops. The battle lasted about 20 days and around 800 killed and wounded. The battle ended on October 19, 1781 when General Cornwallis and his army surrendered General Washington and his army, and ended the war for independence.
