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Enlightenment
a European movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries that taught people to go there own way and break away from tradition -
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. info -
Stamp Act
the stamp act of 1765 is when the British started taxing paper, tea and, legal documents -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty formed to protest the passage of the Stamp Act of 1765. The Stamp Act was a tax that required printed materials in the colony, such as newspapers and legal documents, to be published on paper produced in London and embossed with the revenue stamp. -
Townshend Act of 1767
our article they where measure put in place to tax goods coming into america and the Americans felt it was unfair that they weren't represented -
Boston Massacre
It was a event that saw the killing of a american mob by British soldiers although the mob was being rowdy and violent -
The Great Tea Massacre (The Boston Tea Party)
A political protest of the Americans where they threw crates of tea into the Boston harbor in protest to the unfair taxes put in place by the British -
Intolerable Acts(Coercive Acts)
five laws implemented by the British to attempt to restore order to the colonies -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
the first battle of the revolutionary war -
Declaration of Independence Adopted
The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence occurred primarily on August 2, 1776 at the Pennsylvania State House, Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
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Battle of Yorktown
The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the siege of Little York, ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia. -
3/5 Compromise
The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise reached among state delegates during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. -
Constitutions Ratified
Beginning on December 7, five states—Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, and Connecticut—ratified it in quick succession. -
Bill of Rights Adopted
On September 25, 1789, Congress transmitted to the state Legislatures twelve proposed amendments to the Constitution. Numbers three through twelve were adopted by the states to become the United States (U.S.) Bill of Rights, effective December 15, 1791.
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