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John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu came up with The Enlightment. It governed politics, society, and economics.
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An emotion packed Christian movement began. It lasted from the 1730's to 1740's.
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Britain and France were in a war, that the French lost, that led to the French losing almost all of their land
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The Battle Of Fort Duquesne is a British attack against the French fort during the French and Indian War
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Native American warriors from many tribes attemped to push British Soldiers out of the region
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Congress gives land west of mississippi to the native americans
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THe sugar act is when the British Parliment put a duty on products such as molasses, and led to hard punishment on smugglers.
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The Stamp Act is a law where the colonist were charged a tax on all printed items, such as newspaper, and stamps
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Parliment repealed all the Townshed duties, except for the one on tea. A group of angry workers and sailors surrounded a small group of british soliders and assulted them while shouting at them so the soliders killed five and injured six.
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The first shot fired in the Revolutionary War.
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The Second Continental Congress controlled the war effort and moved towards independence
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Americans attacked Quebec in horrible winter conditions
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Thomas Paine wrote a panphlet including his support for independence wich boosted patrons morale
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A declaration delcaring its independence from England
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Washington led 2400 of his men across the Delaware River, and attacted Trenton catching them of gaurd.