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The Enlightment
The great 'Age of Reason' – is defined as the period of rigorous scientific, political and philosophical discourse that characterised European society during the 'long' 18th century. https://study.com/academy/lesson/major-themes-of-the-enlightenment-reason-individualism-skepticism.html -
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French And Indian War
The war provided Great Britain a huge amount of territorial gains but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/french-indian-war#:~:text=The%20French%20and%20Indian%20War%20began%20in%201754%20and%20ended,ultimately%20to%20the%20American%20Revolution. -
Stamp Act of 1765
The Brtish parliament passed the stamp act to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War. It required colonists to pay taxes on every page of printed paper they used. -
Townshed Act of 1767
A series of measures that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. American colonists, who had no representation in Parliament, saw the Acts as an abuse of power. -
Boston Massacre
It occured when the British troops stationed in Boston came to blows against the colonists. The colonists were angry about being unfairly taxed and angry at the British occupation and took their anger out on the troops, as they threw snowballs and other items. -
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Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
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Boston Tea Party
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First Continental Congress Meets
It coordinated the patriot colonists' resistance to increasingly harsh and restrictive British rule. The congress met to consider its reaction to the British government's restraints on trade and representative government after the Boston Tea Party. -
Second Continental Congress meets
It was after just a month after shots had been fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts, and the Congress was preparing for war, that the Second Continental Congress met inside Independence Hall beginning in May 1775. Second Continental Congress met inside Independence Hall beginning in May 1775. -
Olive Branch Petition sent to England
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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense published
Writer Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet, setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thomas-paine-publishes-common-sense#:~:text=On%20January%209%2C%201776%2C%20writer,in%20favor%20of%20American%20independence.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Paine
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Articles of Confederation created
The document served as the United States' first constitution. It was in force from March 1, 1781, until 1789 when the present-day Constitution went into effect. -
Treaty Of Paris Signed
A treaty between the American colonies and Great Britain, that ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation. -
The 3/5 Compromise
A compromise agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives. https://www.thoughtco.com/three-fifths-compromise-4588466 -
Constitution Is Ratified
Ratify-to approve or enact a legally binding act that would not otherwise be binding in the absence of such approval. Ratifying the constitution meant that the Constitution guarantees every American fundamental rights and protection of life, liberty, and property. -
Bill Of Rights Adopted
The Bill Of Rights were designed to protect the basic rights of U.S. citizens. It was a time of contradiction where federalist and anti-federalists fought over having a bills of rights in the original constitution.
