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French & Indian war
the French and Indian war began in 1757 and ended with the treaty of Paris in 1763 -
treaty of paris
eneded the french and indian war seven years war between great britan and france as well as their respective allies -
Stamp Act of 1765
the act required the colonists to pay a tax represented by a stamp on various forms of paper documents and playing's cards which took place in Brittan -
sons of liberty
the sons of liberity were a grassroots group of instigators and provocateurs in colonial American who used an extreme form of civil disobedience -
townsheld act of 1767
the town sheild revenue act of 1767 placed duties on various consumers items like paper paint lead tea and glass -
Boston mascara
british sentries gaurding the boston customs house shot into a crowd of civilians killing three men and injuring eight two of them mortally -
Boston te party
was an act of protest in which a group of 60 American colonists threw 342 chest of tea into Boston harbor to agitate against both a tax on tea -
Battle of Bunker Hill
battle of bunker was a battle between American patriot's and superior British army because the British were trying to keep control of the city and control its valuable seaport but the American patriot's did end up loosing this battle -
battle of Trenton
general George Washington's army defeated a garrison of hessian mercenaries at Trenton after crossing the Delaware river in a treacherous storm -
battle of york town
Washington forces defeated lord Charles Cornwallis veteran army dug in at Yorktown Virginia -
3/5 comprise
three out of every fives slaves was counted when determining a states total population for legislative representations and taxation -
great comprise
established the united states legislature as a bicmeral or two house law making body -
contstiutional convection
it was decided that the best solution to the young country promblems was to set aside the articles of confederation and write a new constitution -
bill of rights adopted
bill of the rights in the united states the first 10 amendments to the us constitution which were adopted as a single unit on december 15 1791 -
enlightenment
the enlightenment the great age of reason is deefined as the period of rigorous scientific political and philosophical discourse that characterised europen society during the long 18th century