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Enlightenment
The enlightenment is also known as the age of reason and it was a movement created to go over ideas concerning god, nature, reason, and humanity. The enlightenment lasted 130 years ending in 1815. -
Sons of Liberty
The sons of liberty were political groups that fought British rule and lead the 13 colonies into the American Revolution. The group started out as the Loyal nine full of artisans and shopkeepers. -
Townshend Act of 1767
This act raised taxes on imports that went to the American colonies and raised more problem between parliament and the colonies. The act taxed glass, lead, paint, paper, and most of all tea -
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
The Coercive acts were laws passed by British parliament to punish Massachusetts after the Boston tea party. There were 4 acts and one of them was that the Boston harbor would no longer be able to be used -
Battles of Lexington and concord
This was the first battle in the revolutionary war to stop the British from taking military supplies. This is wear the famous words "Shot heard round the world" were signified. -
Battle of Bunker hill
This was one of the bloodiest battles in the American Revolution and was a provoked battle. The British's victory led to an encouragement in the revolutionary war -
Thomas Paine's common sense Published
Thomas Paine's wrote a 47 page pamphlet on his ideals of common sense. The main points of his pamphlet were independence for England and creating a democratic republic. -
Battle of Camden
The battle of Camden was the biggest victory for the British and the worst for America. The British were allowed to invade most of the south-mostly in north and south Carolina. -
Articles of confederation
this is a document that came up with the national governments duties. The articles became affective in march of 1781, 4 years after it was created -
Battle of Yorktown
the Battle of Yorktown lasted 3 weeks and ended at 10:30 am on October 19, 1781. That battle led to the peace negotiation that would take place a few years later. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty was the official established document ending the American revolution and giving America independence from Great Britain. The treaty became effective May 12, 1784 -
Great compromise
The great compromise is also named the Connecticut Compromise and allowed for each state to have 2 sate representatives. The house of representatives was based on population and the senate allowed equal representation. -
Constitutional convention
The convention lasted about 5 months in Philadelphia and was lead by George Washington. The convention addressed the problems in the central government. -
Constitution is ratified
The constitution is the longest surviving written charter and was written in 1787. The states met for 6 months to vote on the constitution. -
Bill of Rights adopted
The bill of rights was made of the first 10 amendments; which was written by James Madison.