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Boston tea party
brought secular thought to Europe and reshaped the ways people understood issues such a liberty equality, and individual rights -
Stamp act of 1765
sought to raise money to pay for this army through a tax on all legal and official papers and publications circulating in the colonies -
Boston Massacre
Seven british soldiers fired into crowd of volatile Bostonians, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony. -
Son of liberty
Orchestrating of the boston tea party which ultimately led to the outbreak -
battles of lexington and concord
Marked that start of the American war of independence -
Second Continental Congress meets
Inside Independence Hall beginning in May 1775 -
olive branch petition sent to England
declaring his own proclamation of rebellion -
Battle of trenton
After crossing the Delaware river in a treacherous storm, general george Washingtons army defected a garrison of hessian mercenaries at Trenton -
Articles of Confederation created
A sovereign, national government -
Battle of camden
More than 2000 british and loyalist troops under Lt. General Lord Cornwallis met and defected over 4000 American troop commanded by the ''Hero of Saratoga'' -
Treaty of Paris
Ending the war of the American Revolution -
3/5 compromise
Determine that three out of every five slaves were counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation -
great compromise
provided a dual system of congressional representation -
Constitution is ratified
Ratification by 9 of the 13 states enacted the new government -
Bills of rights adopted
guarantees civil rights and liberates to the individual