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Enlightenment
A philosophical and intellectual movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century. -
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French and Indian war
Pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by the military from the parent country and by American Indian allies. -
Stamp Act of 1765
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Sons of Liberty
A secret organization that as created in the thirteen American colonies to advance the rights of the European colonists and the fight taxation. -
Townshed Act of 1767
A series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "Patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers.(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Massacre) -
Boston Tea Party
American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “Taxation Without Representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. -
First Continental Congress Meets
Met in carpenters hall in Philadelphia. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Olive Branch Petition sent to England
It was an attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown. -
Thomas Paines Common Sense
Thomas Paine's publishes his pamphlet " Common Sense ", setting forth his arguments in favor of American Independence. -
Declaration of Independence Adopted
The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence occurred primarily on August 2, 1776 at the Pennsylvania State House, Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.(https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/american-revolution/declaration-of-independence) -
Battle of Yorktown
A decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British army commanded by British peer and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwalli.(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Yorktown) -
Treaty of Paris Signed
Signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America. -
Great Compromise
An agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. -
Bill of rights Adopted
Congress transmitted to the state Legislatures twelve proposed amendments to the Constitution.
