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Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was an intellectual and cultural movement in the eighteenth. It showed numerous books, essays, inventions, scientific discoveries, laws, wars and revolutions. Website: https://www.history.com/?scrlybrkr=5fe2d577 -
Stamp Act of 1765
The British Parliament decided to pass the “Stamp Act” to try and help pay for British troops that were stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years War. The act required the colonists to pay a tax represented by a stamp, on different forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. -
Townshend Act Of 1767
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Boston Massacre
The colonists were angry about being unfairly taxed and angry at the British occupation. So a crowd of colonists began taunting and throwing snowballs at a British soldier guarding a customs house on March 5, 1770. The soldier then yelled out for help and that's when people started dying. website link- https://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/ssh/dashboard.do;hybrid=59F08A278AF105A7654BB7893F6140D3-hybrid?bookId=K1JJN57PDG93F13MTONCMX2TD4 -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that happened on December 16, 1773 at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists were frustrated and very angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” so they dumped 342 chests of tea, that were imported by the British East India Company into the harbor.
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Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was an organized and sometimes violent, political organization active in the Thirteen American Colonies it was founded to advance the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. It played a major role in most colonies in battling the Stamp Act in and for the Boston tea party -
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French & Indian War
The French and Indian War began over whether the upper Ohio River valley was a part of the British Empire. The British had won the French and Indian War, they took control of the lands that had been claimed by France and when France lost its mainland possessions to North America Britain claimed all the land from the east coast of North America to the Mississippi River. -
Olive Branch Petition sent to England
Olive Branch Petition was sent to King George III of England to respond to American Colonists and to settle their differences. Also as a way to prevent formal war from being declared. He wanted war because each side hoped to gain dominance in Europe including other colonies. -
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Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was important because it was the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. The British forces were under the command of Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis who was forced to surrender to French and American forces led by General George Washington. -
Treaty of Paris Signed
This treaty was signed between the American colonies and Great Britain, when it ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation. It officially ended the American Revolutionary War and overall state of conflict between the two countries. -
The Compromise
The Great Compromise happened because of a heated argument during the 1787 Constitutional Convention: States with larger populations wanted congressional representation based on population, while smaller states demanded equal representation. The Great Compromise settled the method of representation in the legislative branch. -
Constitution is Ratified
The Constitution became the official framework of the government of the United States of America when New Hampshire became the ninth of 13 states to ratify it. The journey to ratification, however, was a long and arduous process. -
Bill of Rights Adopted
On October 2, 1789, President Washington sent copies of the 12 amendments adopted by Congress to the states. By December 15, 1791, three-fourths of the states had ratified 10 of these, now known as the “Bill of Rights.” -
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Constitutional Convention
Constitutional Convention was decide on how America was going to be governed. The Constitution of the United States of America was signed by 38 of the 41 delegates present at the conclusion of the convention.
