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Enlightenment
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French & 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. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. 7 year war http://www.wvculture.org/history/frenchandindian/frenchandindiandocs.html https://cnu.libguides.com/primarywars/frenchandindian https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/french-indian-war -
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Stamp Act of 1765
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. http://www.stamp-act-history.com/stamp-act/1765-november-1-stamp-act/ https://www.loc.gov/item/06024810/ -
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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Boston_Massacre_high-res.jpg https://revolution250.org/boston-massacre-primary-sources/ -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773 https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-boston-tea-party https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boston_Tea_Party_Currier_colored.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boston_Tea_Party_Currier_colored.jpg -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British Government. https://www.ushistory.org/declaration/lessonplan/intolerable.html http://www.patriotresource.com/amerrev/documentintolerables/.html -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Lexington_Concord_Siege_of_Boston.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Concord_Retreat.png -
Declaration of Independence adopted
By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence. https://daretoventure.org/8-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-declaration-of-independence/ -
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Articles of Confederation created
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Battle of Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German Battle, ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau.
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Treaty of Paris signed
The Treaty of Paris was signed by U.S. and British Representatives on September 3, 1783, ending the War of the American Revolution. Based on a1782 preliminary treaty, the agreement recognized U.S. independence and granted the U.S. significant western territory. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Treaty_of_Paris_1783_-_first_page_(hi-res).jpg https://nypl.getarchive.net/media/the-united-states-according-to-the-definitive-treaty-of-peace-signed-at-paris-c56a54 -
Great Compromise
The Connecticut Compromise was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/A_Great_Compromise.htm https://picryl.com/media/map-from-history-of-the-united-states-from-the-compromise-of-1850-to-the-final-5a050c https://connecticuthistory.org -
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.Jun 21, 2020. https://americainclass.org/sources/makingrevolution/constitution/text2/text2.htm https://americainclass.org/sources/makingrevolution/constitution/text2/text2.htm
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