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Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was a political and scientific discourse from the 17th to the early 19 century. The Enlightenment happened due to people concerning God, reason, nature, and humanity this turned into a word view that moved towards the West and they instagated -
French and Indian War
This French and Indian War happened back in 1754 and it then ended with The Treaty of Paris in 1763. This war happened due to the French and Indian fighting over the upper Ohio river valley and whether it was British property which then at that time was available for trade. and settlement by the Virginians and Pennsylvanians or if it was part of the French Empire but in the end the British took over and won the war.
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Sons of Liberty
In Boston during the Summer of 1765 a group who called themselves The Loyal 9 was preparing to step up against the Stamp Act. The Group increased and became the Sons of Liberty. -
Stamp Act of 1765
On March 12, 1765 the British parliament passed up the 'Stamp Act' to help pay for British troops that were stationed in the colonies during another war that was called the 7 year war. This act required colonists that was represented by a stamp. -
Townshend Act of 1767
The Townshend Act was a series passed on by he British Parliament in 1767. The British taxed goods that were imported to American Colonies. The American Colonists had absolutely no representation in Parliament the American Colonist saw the Act as a power that they can abuse. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a very deadly riot that happened on March 5,1770 in King Street in Boston. It all started off as a street brawl between the American Colonists and British Soldiers it wasn't as bad until it became very chaotic. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest that occurred on December 16, 1773. It happened at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. The American Colonists were upset and frustrated with Britain for imposing 'taxation without representation' because of that they dumped 342 chests of tea.
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Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
The Coercive Acts of 1774 which is also known as the Intolerable Act was a series of 4 laws that was passed on by the British Parliament they did this to punish the Colony Of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord was fought on April 19, 1775 in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay. This was happened due to the British coming in to Lexington and Concord trying to steal the weapons from the colonists. This ended up getting to chaotic to where it started the first battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Battle Of Yorktown
The Battle Of Yorktown started on September 28 and went through October 19, 1781. Franco American land and sea campaign entrapped a very major British Army on a peninsula in Yorktown, Virginia which they forced them to surrender. It eventually ended military operations in the American Revolution -
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Battle of Yorktown
The Battle Of Yorktown started on September 28 and went through October 19, 1781. Franco American land and sea campaign entrapped a very major British Army on a peninsula in Yorktown, Virginia which they forced them to surrender. It eventually ended military operations in the American Revolution -
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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty Of Paris was signed by the U.S. and the British representatives on September 3, 1783 this ended the War of the American Revolution. This agreement saw U.S. independence and granted the U.S. western territory -
Treaty Of Paris signed
The Treaty Of Paris was signed by the U.S. and the British representatives on September 3, 1783 this ended the War of the American Revolution. This agreement saw U.S. independence and granted the U.S. western territory
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Great Compromise
The Great Compromise took place in the year 1787 it all happened in The House of Representatives . It was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention but then turned heated when states with larger populations wanted congressional representation based on population while smaller states wanted equal representation. -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention happened on May 14 to September 17 1787 this took place in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. This event was to decide how America was going to be Governed the event was not supposed to be about how America was going to be governed it was supposed to be about the existing Articles of Confederation but they had much bigger plans here. -
Bill of Rights adopted
October 2, 1789 in New York City President Washington sent copies of the 12 amendments that was adopted by the Congress to the states. By December 15 1791 it was known by the Bill of Rights
