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Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was a very motivational movement. The whole Atlantic were discussing how they prefer actual scientific knowledge over a gut feeling, vise versa. -
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Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty were the main group of instigators and provocateurs who used extreme form of civil disobedience. Those included threats and actual violence all to intimidate loyalists and outrage the British government. -
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Stamp Act of 1765
The Stamp Act of 1765 was passed by the British Parliament to help pay for the British troops. The act required the colonist to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. -
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Townshend Act of 1767
The Townshend Act of 1767 helped pay expenses involved in governing the American colonies. The act initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre involved seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonians. They ended up killing five people, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony. -
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First Continental Congress meets
Spelled out in the Articles of Association, and after about seven weeks of debates, the group agreed to a boycott of british goods within the colonies as a sign of protest. In addition to the boycott, the Articles called for an end of exports to Great Britain in the following year if the Intolerable Acts weren't repealed. -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord, the famous 'shot heard' around the world, marked the start of the American War of Independence. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill were between the American patriots and the superior British Army. The American colonist proved they could hold their own against the British Army. -
Battle of Trenton
After crossing the Delaware River in a treacherous storm, General George Washington's army defeated a garrison of Hessian mercenaries at Trenton. -
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Second Continental Congress meets
The Second Continental Congress meets was not too long after the war with the British had begun. The Congress voted that George Washington was voted as commander of the Continental Army. -
Battle of Camden
The Battle of Camden was the worst Patriot defeat of the American Revolution. More than 2000 British and Loyalist troops under Lt. General Lord Cornwallis met and defeated over 4,000 American troops commanded by the “Hero of Saratoga,” General Horatio Gates. -
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Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was supported by the French army and navy. There was a victory with Washington's forces as they defeated Lord Charles Cornwallis' veteran army. -
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Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Paris was when multiple colonies got together and all agreed on stopping the American Revolution. Those Colonies were American colonies and Great Britain. -
Great Compromise
The Great Compromise promised the creation of a bicameral legislature composed of the House of Representatives and the Senate. -
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3/5 Compromise
The 3/5 Compromise was an agreement between from the Northern and Southern states. At the United States Constitutional Convention that the 3/5 of the enslaved would be counted for, to determine direct taxation.