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1865 BCE
enlightenment
which ideas concerning God, reason, nature, and humanity were synthesized into a worldview that gained wide assent -
stamp act of 1765
the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years War. -
sons of liberty
The Sons of Liberty rallied support for colonial resistance through the use of petitions assemblies -
Townshend act of 1767
British acts of Parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 introducing a series of taxes and regulations to fund administration of the British colonies -
Boston massacre
the massacre happened March 5,1770 British soldiers shot and killed colonists in Boston leading to the American revolution of war -
Boston tea party
was a political protest that took place on December 16 1773 in
Boston Massachusetts witch Americans colonists dumped 345 chests of tea -
intolerable act
he Coercive Acts of 1774, known as the Intolerable Acts in the American colonies, were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish -
battle of bunker hill
the British army for the first time in a pitched battle Popularly known as "The Battle of Bunker Hill bloody fighting took place -
battle of Yorktown
decisive engagement of the American Revolution the british surrender forecast the end of British rule in the colonies and the birth of a new nation the United States of America -
treaty of Paris signed
The Treaty of Paris was signed by US 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 US significant western territory -
constitutional convention
A convention of delegates from all the states except Rhode Island met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in May of 1787 Known as the Constitutional Convention -
3/5 compromise
The Three-Fifths Compromise was reached among state delegates during the 1787 Constitutional Convention. It determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state’s total population -
great compromise
The Great compromise promised the creation of a bicameral legislature composed of the House of representatives and the Senate -
constitution is ratified
The founders set the terms for ratifying the Constitution they bypassed the state legislatures reasoning that their members would be reluctant to give up power to a national government -
bill of rights adopted
the bill of rights is the first ten amendment to the us for freedom of speech religion and the right to a fair trial