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The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was ap period of time in 18th century Europe in which ideas of philosophy and science were popularized by some French philosophers -
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The French and Indian war
The French and Indian war was a war between France and Britain for land int the Ohio valley -
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The Sons of Liberty
the sons of liberty were a political group that rallied support for the revolution they were most well known as the masterminds behind the Boston tea party -
The Boston Massacre
a group of patriots were throwing snowballs, sticks, and stones at a group of British soldiers, the soldiers then fired into the crowd killing 5 injuring 6 -
The Boston Tea Party
A group of about 60 American colonists dressed as Native Americans held a protest against the tax on tea and the East India Company where they threw 342 chests of tea into the harbor -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The battle of bunker hill was between American patriots and the British Army. America lost but it was proof that the colonists could hold their ground against the British -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine published Common Sense which is a 45 page pamphlet that defends the idea of American independence -
Declaration of independence adopted
The Declaration of Independence was written to rally troops, gain foreign allies and to announce the creation of a new country but the main purpose was to explain the colonists right to revolution. -
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The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable acts were a series of 4 laws that were passed to punish the colony of Massachusetts's bay including cutting off port access indefinitely -
Articles of Confederation
The first official constitution of the United States made with the purpose of establishing the functions of the national government -
The Battle of Yorktown
French and American troops forced the British to surrender solidifying the birth of a new nation -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed by British and American representatives to recognize the United States as an independent country -
The 3/5ths Compromise
This was an agreement between delegates from the north and the south that said only 3/5ths of the enslaved population would count towards the American population -
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The Constitutional Convention
This was a meeting of government officials to address and reform the weak central government -
The Great Compromise
Established the two party system, and ensured every state would have proper representation