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Enlightenment
Central to Enlightenment thought were the use and celebration of reason, the power by which humans understand the universe and improve their own condition -
French & Indian War
The Seven Years' War, a global conflict known in America as the French and Indian War, ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by France, Great Britain and Spain. -
Sons of Liberty
His grandson, John Palfrey, donated it to the Society in August 1869, on the 100th anniversary of the event. -
stamp act 1765
imposed a tax on all papers and official documents in the American colonies, though not in England. -
townshend acts
a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. -
boston massacre
a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. -
boston tea party
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The tea was Chinese, not Indian, and lots of it was green. This is another naming problem -
Battle of Bunker Hill
At the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775, early in the Revolutionary War, the British defeated the Americans -
battle of yorktown
Over 7,000 British and Hessian troops surrendered to the Americans at Yorktown.
Frenchmen outnumbered Americans nearly three to one -
3/5 Compromise
three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation. -
great compromise
The Great Compromise was a solution where both large and small states would be fairly represented by creating two houses of Congress. -
Bill of Rights adopted
“Opportunities to improve our Constitution have been contemplated since its inception.
