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A pivotal spiritual shift - awakening- led by such people as Jonathan Edwards and George Whitfield. It called people back to true Christian faith.
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During the 1740's, these two phenomena structured both the spiritual and intellectual facets of American culture and created individuals who believed that their destiny lay in their own hands.
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During this war, British and Colonial soldiers fought against a coalition of French and Indian forces. This war fostered American distrust and bitterness towards Britain and led to heavy taxes against the colonies.
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A tax on essentially everything that used paper, this unfair legislative act by Parliament resulted in resistance from all parts of the colonies.
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A protest by colonists in Boston, Massachusetts leads to a fatal showdown between the protesters and a British militia. The catastrophe further enraged the colonies.
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The Battle of Lexington was the first major conflict between Britain and the colonies and the first battle of the War for Independence.
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The legal and official separation of the colonies from Britain.
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Colonial troops defeat the force of John Burgoyne at Saratoga, New York, a brilliant victory for the colonies, and the point at which the French decided to join the American cause.
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A failure due to the lack of power the federal government had to levy taxes or raise a militia.
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Americans win the war, and peace negotiations are settled in France.
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The Constitution of the United States is ratified, creating a government with three branches and a bicameral legislation.
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Taking after the Americans, and in response to a incompetent ruling class, France fell into a state of chaos and bloodshed known as the Reign of Terror.
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Period of great spiritual unrest. Different Christian denominations formed and again spiritual leaders beckoned Christians back to a purer faith, albeit a less Biblical one.
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