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Enlightenment
The American colonial religious landscape was spread and perceived by enlightenment ideals of rationalism and intellectual and religious freedom. These values were pursuing in the American revolution and creating a nation without an established religion. -
Sons of Liberty
A group of investigators who used threats and sometimes violence to intimidate loyalist and outrage the British government. -
Stamps Act of 1765
The Stamp Act was a direct tax on colonists on every page of printed paper they used, this was passed by the British Parliament. The tax also would include fees for dice, playing cars, and newspapers. This led to an uproar in America. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre had a major impact on the relationship between Britain and American Colonists. It was a confrontation in Boston that happened because a group of nine British soldiers shot five colonists in a crowd of around 400 people because the crowd was verbally abusing them and throwing missiles at them. -
Boston Tea Party
A political protest at Griffin's Wharf in Boston Massachusetts. American colonists were angry and dumped 342 chests of tea imported by the British East Indian Company into the harbor. They were angry at the British for imposing "taxation without representation". -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War, and what kicked it off, was The Battles of Lexington and Concord. the battles took place in Middlesex County, Providence of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. -
Olive Branch Petition sent to England
The Olive Branch Petition emphasized their rights as British citizens. It was adopted to be sent to the King as a last resort to prevent formal war from being declared. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
This was the separation of the 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain. On July 2nd the congress "unanimously" resolved that the United Colonies ought to be free and independent states. -
Treaty of Paris Signed
The Treaty of Paris was signed by King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the US in Paris. It officially ended the American Revolutionary War along with the major conflict between these two countries. -
Great Compromise
The Great Compromise, which is also called the Connecticut Compromise, was an agreement that defined the legislative structure along with representation each state would have while being under the US Constitution. -
Three-Fifths Compromise
The three-fifths compromise was an agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states that 3/5 of the slave population would be counted for when determining direct taxation and representation in the house of representatives. -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was originally intended to revise the league of states. It turned into them deciding how America was going to be governed. It resulted in the Constitution of America. -
Constitution ratified
The Constitution became official to the government when New Hampshire became the ninth of thirteen states. The process of ratification was a long and hard process but finally came to be. -
Bill of Rights adopted
The Bill of Rights was designed to protect the rights of US citizens. Such as freedom of speech, exercise of religion and the right to bear arms.
