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The Great Awkening
Due the threat on religion from the Enlightenment, spiritual rebirth spread through the country, affected all 13 colonies, gave women chances to speak in public settings on topic of faith, encouraged Independence of worship and freedom of thoughts -
Stono rebellion
largest slave revolt that the colony had seen, ended with 25 colonist killed, and 35-50 enslaved people killed, revolted over the brutality and unjust treatment of Africans in the Americas -
French and Indian War start
The British, Native Americans, and French formed intense land disputes due to colonist expansion, claims to Ohio River Valley lead to battles between French and British with Natives taking both sides, often seen as first world war -
Pontiacs Rebellion
Angry with their treatment after the French and Indian war a loosely organized group of Native Americans help uprisings against the British, wished to stop British expansion, warriors from several nations aided natives to help stop British from growing their land -
Treaty of Paris
British received French territories east of the Mississippi River including all of Canada, Spain received Louisiana territory, French left the Americas with no land, ancestral native land "given" to British -
Proclamation Act of 1763
Lands west of the Appalachian mountains were "given" to the Native Americans in order to settle the violence, very often was the act respected by white settlers, also restricted trade between natives and British -
Stamp Act Resolutions
After the many taxes placed by British government in 1764 and 1765 such as the sugar act, currency act, and stamp act Virginia House of Burgess passed a series of resolutions for the American People, a main one being "no taxation without representation." -
Boston Massacre
A street fight between a mob of angry patriots rioting against the tyrannical treatment they were receiving from Brtitan, several colonist were killed and caused a outrage for Americans -
Boston Tea Party
An American patriot and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty, they dumped hundreds of tea crates into the Boston harbor as a act of defiance, shows a increase in organized patriotic actions, and spread of desire of fellow Americans supporting their cause -
Battle of Lexington
colonists defined British control and outnumbered the red coats in a battle, first battle of revolutionary war, gave patriots hope for a just government and pushed them to fight the lengthy war -
Treaty of alliance with France
France and Americans agreed to fight in revolutionary war until the Americans gain independence, french intervention helped determine the outcome of the war -
Treaty of Paris
A treaty to end the Revolutionary War, British recognized American independence, increased America size, America wins the right to control its own future