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Age of Enlightenment
During this time period, the world witnessed America becoming a country. It was a time of religious and anti-religious movements. -
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French and Indian War
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Stamp Act of 1765
An act of parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America. -
Son of Liberty
A secret revolutionary organization that was founded by Samuel Adams.
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Townshend Act
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Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot and killed several people while being attacked by a mob in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
A political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston Massachusetts. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord signaled the start of the American Revolutionary war on April 19, 1775. The British Army set out from Boston to capture rebel leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington as well as to destroy the Americans store of weapons and ammunition in Concord. https://www.ducksters.com/history/battle_of_lexington_and_concord.php#:~:text=The%20Battles%20of%20Lexington%20and,weapons%20and%20ammunition%20in%20Concord. -
Declaration of Independence Adopted
The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the Second Continental Congress, states the reasons the British colonies of North America sought independence in July of 1776. The King interfered with the colonists' right to self-government and for a fair judicial system. -
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Battle of Yorktown
On September 28, 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War.
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Treaty of Paris Signed
The Treaty of Paris of 1783 formally ended the American Revolutionary War. American statesmen Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and John Jay negotiated the peace treaty with representatives of King George III of Great Britain. In the Treaty of Paris, the British Crown formally recognized American independence and ceded most of its territory east of the Mississippi River to the United States, doubling the size of the new nation and paving the way for westward expansion. -
3/5 Compromise
The compromise solution was to count three out of every five slaves as people for this purpose. Its effect was to give the Southern states a third more seats in Congress and a third more electoral votes than if slaves had been ignored, but fewer than if slaves and free people had been counted equally. -
Great Compromise
The Great Compromise—also known as the Connecticut Compromise or the Sherman Compromise—was an agreement made between large and small U.S. states that partly defined the representation each state would have in the legislature under the United States Constitution. -
Bill of Rights Adopted
After the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the Founding Fathers turned to the composition of the states’ and then the federal Constitution. Although a Bill of Rights to protect the citizens was not initially deemed important, the Constitution’s supporters realized it was crucial to achieving ratification. Thanks largely to the efforts of James Madison, the Bill of Rights—the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution—were ratified on December 15, 1791.
