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Enlightenment
The Enlightenment is an age where people would write about applying logic to the human condition to improve it.
People known as philosopherese who would meet in french salons and english drawing room to dicuss, political, economic, social , and reliogous questions. Their converstations helped shape the capitalistic democartic world that we live in today -
French & Indian War
The French and Indian War, which lasted from 1754 to 1763, was a conflict between the British and French over control of North America. IT began with territoral disputes in the Ohio River Valley and eventually escalated into a global conflict known as the Seven Years' War.The war endend with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763. -
Stamp Act of 1765
The Stamp Act of 1765 was a British law that imposed a tax on printed materials in the American colonies.I was met with widespread protests and resistance from colonists, who argued that it violated their rights to be taxed without reperesenation. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty were a group of passionate Amercian colonists who fought against British taxation and unfair policies.They organzied protests and acts of civil disobedience, like the Boston Tea Party, to push for independence. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a violent incindent that took place on March 5, 1770, in Boston, Massachusetts. It started when a group of colonisits began taunting British soldiers, who then fired into the crowd, killing five people and sparking outtage among the colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a prostest that happend in 1773. Some American colonistis dressed up as Native American and dumped tea into the Boston Habor to protest against British taxes. This led to the implemenation of harsher Britsh policices, which ultimately fueled the desire for independece among the colonisits. -
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
The Intolerable Acts(Coercive Acts) were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in response to the Boston tea Party. These acts were meant to punish the colonists, which in turn the fueled even more resenment and resistance among the American, ultiamatley leading to the American Revolution, -
Battle of bunker hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775, early in the Revolutionary War, the Britishhad defeated the Americans. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost during the Siege of Boston. Although commonly referred to as the Battle of Bunker Hill, most of the fighting occurred on nearby Breed’s Hill. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declearation of Independence, adopted on July 4, 1776, marked the beginningof the Untied States' Independence from British rule. It outlined the colonies ' grivances agianst the british monarchy and declared the colonies intention to establish a new nation based on principles of liberty and self goverance. -
Articles of Confederation created
The Articles of Confederation, drafted in 1777 and ratfied in 1781, served as the first constitution of the United States. They established a loose confedearation of states with a weak central goverment, highlighting the challenges of balancing state sovereignty with the need for unified national authority. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown, fought form September 28 to October 19, 1781, was a decisive victory for the American and French forces over the british during the American Revoluitonary War. This battle ultimately led to the surrender of British General Cornwallis and marked the beginning of the end of the war, paving the way for American independence. -
315 Comprise
The Three-Fifths Compromise, adopted in 1787 during the Constitutional Convention, was a pivotal agreement that determined each slave would be counted a three-fifths of a person for both taxation and representation purposes. This compromise was a contentious solution that aimed to balance the politcal power between slaveholding and non-slaveholding states until it was eventually nullified by the 13th amendment in 1865. -
Great Comprise
It was a key agreement during the 1787 Constituitonal Convention that established a bicameral legislature with equal represenation in the House of Representatives. This compromise resloved the debate between large and small states over representation and played a crucial role in shaping the structure of the United States government -
Constution is Ratified
After the Constution was drafted in 1787, it nneded to be ratifed by at least nine states to become the law of the land. The ratification process involed intense debates and discussions across the states, culminating in its official adoption on June 21, 1788, when New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it, making the Constitution the sumpreme law of United States. -
Bill of Rights Adopted
The Bill of Rights, consiiting of the first ten amendments to the United States Consitiution, was adopted on December 51, 1791. These amendments were added to ensue individual rights and liberties, proctecting citzens from potenial goverment overreach and abuse of power.