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Heliocentrism Theory
Galileo Galilei proposed that the Earth was not the center of our system as many people believed. Throughout many observations he concluded that the Sun was the center and that the Earth and the rest of the planets revolve around it. -
Enlightment
It was a phylosophical movement which took place during the 18th century. It had 2 main influencers who were Isaan Newton and John Locke. -
Humanism
The idea in which human beings were the most important thing started to spread over Europe. This idea also said that humans were the center of the universe. -
Rights and Freedom
Peolple started to analyse what they were told by the Church and the government. They thought everyone should be able to have their natural rights. -
Seven Years War
This war is also called the French and Indian war. The main objective was to expand their territories among America. Winston Churchill called it "The First World War". -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a decision taken by the British Parlament to put higher taxes in printed and oficial documents. It also included an irrational high tax on tea, sugar and some other things. -
The Incident on King Street
One day some people started protesting because they werre being ignored. Suddenly the group of protestants increased and soldiers started shooting. At first the soldiers argumented it had been an accident but later they would admitt they did it on purpose. -
Boston Tea Party
As native Americans were angry with the British governnment because f the high taxes it had put to several things, they decided to act against them. That is why some native Americans sank a boat which brought tons of the from Britain. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
These battles set the start of the American Revolution. In these battles the British army succeeded in destroying the supplies in Concord. -
American Revolution
Native Americans took advantage of all the problems Britain was facing and started their revolution. Britain was weak because they had just had the seven years war so native Americans tooks them by surprise. These event marked the independence of the 13 colonies.
