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The Enlightenment is defined as the period of huge scientific, political and philosophical development that characterizes European society during the 17th and 18th century. the(https://www.britannica.com/event/Enlightenment-European-history)
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The Sons of Liberty was a loosely organized, sometimes violent, political organization active in the Thirteen American Colonies that was founded to give the colonists rights and to fight taxation by the British government.
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The Stamp Act of 1765 was put in place by British parliament under King George III. It imposed a tax on all papers and official documents in the American colonies, though not in England. https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/legislativescrutiny/parliament-and-empire/parliament-and-the-american-colonies-before-1765/the-stamp-act-and-the-american-colonies-1763-67/#:~:text=The%20British%20needed%20to%20station,publications%20circulating%20in%20the%20colonies. -
Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of people in Boston, which resulted in 5 dead and 6 wounded. -
The Boston Tea Party was an American political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, where they overtook a ship of tea and dumped it in the ocean. -
The United States representatives met in Philadelphia to consider its reaction to the British government's restraints on trade and representative government after the Boston Tea Party. [Timetoast](https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-first-congress-meets-in-philadelphia#:~:text=On%20September%205%2C%201774%2C%20the,after%20the%20Boston%20Tea%20Party. -
These battles are the first of many. The British lost this battle causing the anti-Brittish movement to gain more miltia men. -
The Second Continental Congress met to plan further responses if the British government did not repeal or modify the acts. -
The Declaration summarized and finalized the colonists motivation for seeking independence. -
British troops surrendered to the Continental Army and their French allies after a 3 week long battle. This is the last major land battle of the American Revolution led to negotiations for peace and the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783. -
This determined that three out of every five slaves were counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation. -
The great compromise defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have under the United States Constitution. -
This treaty, signed on September 3, 1783, between the American colonies and Great Britain, ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.