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Enlightenment
The 'Age of Reason' Was when philosophers theorized and invented many things. Was a time when people started to understand the universe and improve themselves as well as their government. -
French and Indian war
was a war fought because the Indians were fighting to keep control of their land and cultural future while the french claimed the upper Ohio river and wanted control over the American Indian's land, yet the British also claimed the upper Ohio river valley causing a fight over the land. -
Sons of Liberty
Was a grassroots group of instigators and provocateurs who used threats and sometimes violence to intimidate loyalists and anger the British government. The purpose of this extreme behavior was to push moderate colonial leaders into a confrontation with the crown. -
Stamp Act of 1765
The Stamp Act created a tax on all papers and official documents in the American colonies but not in England. -
Townshend Act of 1767
Townshend acts were created to help pay expenses involved in governing the American colonies (raise money for the British empire) which created taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
It was a street fight due to a colonist mob throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks at a squad of British soldiers which caused several colonists to be shot dead by the British troops. -
Boston Tea Party
Was a political protest that the colonists did out of frustration and anger towards Britain for their "taxation without representation." They had dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor which was the first major act of defiance against British rule. -
Intolerable Acts
It was a series of four laws the British passed as punishment due to the Boston Tea party. The acts were the Boston Port Act, the Massachusettes Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act -
Olive Branch Petition sent to England
it was a petition sent to the British king in an attempt to prevent formal war. It emphasized their loyalty to the British crown and their rights as British citizens. -
Declaration of Independence adopted
was the 'founding document of the United States' and was approved by the Continental Congress. It was the document that announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from British rule. -
Battle of Yorktown
It was the last great battle of the American Revolutionary war. The British Army surrendered, The British government had at this point begun considering a peace treaty. -
Treaty of Paris signed
It was the treaty between the colonies and Great Britain ending the American revolution and emphasizing and formally showing that the United States is its own independent nation. -
Great compromise
is the compromise of the states so in the house of representatives each state would be given a certain amount of seats depending on its population.