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Natural Rights
John Locke, an engliah philosopher, proposed that people have natural rights. People where born with these rights, not given them by the king or queen. These rights are: life, liberty, and property.
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Freedom of the Press
In 1734, the right to publish media in the papers was important because it lead to Paul Revere painting and publishing pictures of the "Boston Massacre."
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Events of a Revolution
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Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a very important start to the Revolution because people where being told that they could choose how to praise God, so in return the people thought they could also govern themselves.
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Quartering Act
Colonist were not happy they where being told to house Britsh soldiers in their homes. First off the colonist.didn't want the British soldiers in the colonies, but then they weren't asked they were told they must house the soldiers in their own homes.
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Stamp Act
Tension was building after Britian passed the Stamp Act and made the colonist pay taxes for all items brought in from the Boston Harbor.
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Tea Act
The tea Act gave British East India Company control ove the American tea trade.
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Boston Tea Party
By this time colonist were getting very angry about British control of the colonial tea trade. So in return the colonist came up with the Boston Tea Party, where the colonist all dressed up in costumes most Native American and dumbed 342 chests of tea into the harbor.
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The Intolerable Acts
Changed the port of Boston until the colonist paid for tea
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Lexington and Concord
On this day in history, 700 British soldiers met a group of minutemen in the battle of Lexington and Concord. The minutemen had triumph over Britian and thus the Revolution began.
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Declaration of Independence
A document written by Thomas Jefferson is the voice of the reasons for separating The Colonies from Britian.
Creating America ( "Creating America" pg182)
