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The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was a period of time in which influencial philosophers challenged certain accepted veiws.
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French and Indian War
The french and indian war was a war between the English/Colonists and the French/Indians. This started the Navigation Acts which angered colonists.
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Proclamation Line of 1763
British attempt to seperate the whites from the natives. This failed as colonists ignored the proclamation and went into the Ohio Valley.
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Stamp Act
An act that required certain stamp duties in the English colonies that was intended to pay for the protection of the colonies. This made the colonists very upset.
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Boston Massacre
This was an event in which british troops killed 5 protesting colonists. Colonists used this as propaganda agaisnt the british.
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Intolerable Acts
This was a series of acts imposed on the colonies in which the colonists found "intolerable" such as the Tea Act, the Stamp Act, etc. -
Tea Act
Act passed by parlaiment was that was believed, by the americans, to try to buy support for the taxes already in place.
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Boston Tea Party
American revolt against the british in which the Sons of Liberty dressed up like Mohawk Native Americans and dumped 342 chests of tea into the bay.
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First Continental Congress
This was a meeting of 12 british colony delegates discussing the Intolerable Acts the british were imposing on the colonies.
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Second Continental Congress
This was the second meeting of the delegates discussing how the Americans were to meet the military threat of the British. From this, the Continental Army was created.
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Lexington and Concord
This was a plan by the British General Gage to capture American leaders such as Sam Adams and John Hancock in Lexington, and to seize gunpowder at Concord. The plan failed due to spies of the Americans. -
Declaration of Independance
This was the American document that was sent to Britain declaring that America was to be independant from Britain and was made by Thomas Jefferson.
Rating 9/10
