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The Enlightenment
Saw the nlightenment of ideas about the rightd of people& their relationship to their rulers. -
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French & Indian war
French lost all land claims in north America; British run up debt -
Proclamation of 1763 is Issued
Stades that the colonists could not move west of the appalachian MTNS. -
The Boston Massacre
5 colonists killed by British soldiers; uses as propaganda to promote independence -
Boston Tea Party
Sons odf liberty destroyed tea to protest the tea act. -
Intolerable acts
Passed after the Boston Tea Party -
1st Continental Congess
Not yet ready for war; wrote the olive branch petition -
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Stamp & Townsend acts passed
Parilament's attempt to raise money to pay off the FR.& Indian war -
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The Revolutionary War
Amrica won Independence & land west to Miss.River -
Patrick Henry Gives Famous Speech
"Give me liberty, or give me death" -
Lexington & Concord
First shots of the war; minutemen/militia defeated British. -
2rd Continental Congress Convenes
Washington becomes commander; War is on -
Common Sense is published
By Thomas Paine; helped convince colonists to support Independence -
The Declaration of Independence is signed
Listed rights of citizens & thier grievances against the king of England -
Battle of Saratoga
This turning point battle convinaced colonists thanks to ben Franklin -
The Battle of Yorktown.
British surrender after being trpped by Washington & the French Fleet -
Treaty of Paris signed
Ended the revolutionary war; gave the U.S. Land west to Miss.River.
