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Enlightenment
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution. -
Sons of liberty
The sons of liberty were a group of civilians that used extreme protesting tactics to threaten or even harm loyalists and outage the British government. -
Townshend Act of 1767
The Townshend Acts were a series of laws, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. Early attempts, such as the Stamp Act, which taxed colonists for every piece of paper they used. They were met with widespread protests in America. -
Boston Massacre
Which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. The event was heavily publicized by leading Patriots such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams. -
Boston Tea Party
a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. (https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party) -
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress meets
a meeting comprised of delegates from the colonies, in reaction to the Coercive acts. a series of laws imposed by the British government on the colonies in response to their resistance to new taxes. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
This battle kicked off the American Revolutionary War, on the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. Eight militiamen were killed, including Ensign Robert Munroe, their third in command. The British suffered only one casualty. -
Second Continental Congress meets
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America that united in the American Revolutionary War. -
Olive Branch Petition Sent to England
The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by Congress to be sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent war from being declared. The Petition emphasized their loyalty to the British crown and emphasized their rights as British citizens. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
writer Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet “Common Sense” setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence. Writing in a clear and persuasive manner, he encouraged many political and moral arguments among the people to help give them a voice. -
Declaration Of independence Adopted
The Declaration of Independence was the first formal statement by a nation’s people asserting their right to choose their own government. -
Battle Of Yorktown
The culmination of the Yorktown campaign, the siege proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in the North American. -
Treaty of paris signed
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America.
