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Enlightenment
They referred this as the "long 18th century" with then enlightenment having three different sections like The Early Enlightenment, The High Enlightenment, and The Late Enlightenment and Beyond. Britain's, France, and throughout Europe, said that humanity could be changed through rational change. -
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French and Indian War
A huge war that involved the Great Britain and France also known as the Seven year war. Both wanted to be in possession of many different colonies and building on territory's to try and strengthen their claim of the territory. -
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Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty were people who used extreme form of civil disobedience, threats, and physical violence to to intimidate the British government and loyalist. The sons had helped spur the Revolution War, and have made grassroots activism apply to many different activist groups over the centuries. -
Stamp Act 1765
The British needed to stationed an army in North America but the Stamp Act had passed. It raised money to pay for the army through official papers and taxes were all legal and publications circulating the colonies -
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Townshend Act of 1767
The British Parliament that imported taxed goods to the American Colonies. The American colonies saw it as an abuse of power and it ended up created tension between Great Britain and the American colonies after the British sent some troops to Enforce the the new, not popular, laws. -
Boston Massacre
The British went around trying to enforce the tax law which angered some people. Days later a fight had broke out between local workers and the British soldiers, ending with lots of bloodshed. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of Colonist destroyed the British Tea in the Boston Harbor. They did it for a protest against the Boston taxation. -
Declaration of Independence Adopted
The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress. The Declaration of Independence helped individuals seek independence. -
Articles of Confederation Created
This article could declare wars, sign treaties, appoint foreign ambassadors, manage relations with the Indians, etc. It also said each state can retain freedom and independence, every power that's not associated with the United States, and also its sovereignty. -
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Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown help give America it's independence and setting peace with the Britain's. It was also the final big battle in the American Revolution. -
3/5 Compromise
3/5 has a meaning of every three-fifths slaves were counted to the state population for legislative representation and taxation. It was more focused on slavery and at first it had failed to go through so they had to send it to the House of Representative and they passed it and called in 3/5 Compromise. -
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Constitutional Convention
This addressed the problems of the weak central governments that had existed under the Articles of Confederation. This Convention focused more on creating a government that relied on the serious of checks and the balances from the Wars, and splitting them up between the three branches. -
The Great Compromise
The Great Compromise was focused more on the three branches stating that the Legislative Branch were to have two houses and one in the other house. Saying that they are going to all get equal parts on things. The Great Compromise is what convinced not only the bigger states but also the smaller states to ratify the Constitution. -
Constitution is Ratified
The constitution starts with "We The People" to affirm that the government of the United States serves its citizens. The constitution has been in use since 1789 and is the surviving character of the government that has been written. -
Bill of Rights Adopted
President Washington had sent copies to the Congress adopted by the states of the 12 amendments. In December of 1791, three-fourths of the states had the Bill of Rights.