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What the Enlightenment was about is that in 1600-1700, people in Europe started to focus on reason and science instead of religion. John Locke, Voltaire, and Rousseau argued about freedom and equality, and that the government should protect people's rights. And this had shaped the modern idea about democracy. -
The French and indian war was a war that lasted for seven years. What happened was that there was a conflict between North America and Great Britain, and France. It was because of disputes in the Ohio River Valley, and both of the nations were supposed to expand their influence and also trade opportunities. The major thing that happened was that this war had escalated into a larger thing and had conflict involving European powers, with key battles. -
The stamp act of 1765 was about is that it was a law from that British. And it made the american colonies pay taxes on thing on stuff like newspapers. People had to buy stamps to show they had paid the taxes alot of the colonists were mad about this because they thought it was unfair to be taxed without say. -
The Sons of Liberty was an organization that was developed in August of 1765. This was to oppose the Stamp Act. The Sons of Liberty took their name from a speech that was in the British Parliament. The backstory of the Sons of Liberty is not that clear. But the organization can be traced to the loyal nine, which was a secret Boston political organization. The Boston chapter of Liberty would often meet under the cover of darkness, under the liberty tree. -
The Boston Tea Party was about the that there were 342 chests of tea that were owned by the British East India Company. And it was thrown away from the ships in Boston Harbor, and it was Americans pretending to be mohawk indians. America was protesting about taxes and tea. The Townshend Acts were passed in 1767, and they started a commotion and colonial protests. -
What the Olive Branch Petition sent to England was about is that a pension was to King goerge by the American colonies. They wanted to avoid going to war with britian and tried making peace. But the kinf refuesd this and made colonies start to become more independent. -
What happened in the Battle of the bunker at Hill is that tension between Britain and her colonies had escalated. The colonist began mobilizing for war. In the meantime, the British army had obtained gunpowder, and on April 19th, they attacked the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord. British commander General Sir Thomas Gage was under pressure to stop the colonial rebellion. Around June, he had reinforcements and was ready to make new plans. The British plan an attack on America -
what the Thomas Paine’s Common Sense published was about is that it was a pamphlet that explained why the American colonies should be independent from Britain. Paine used simple so regualr people can understand his idea he also argued that it dont make sense for a small island far away rule over the colonies. this pamphelt became really popular and this made bunch of people want freedom -
what The Battle of Trenton was about is that it was an American Revolutionary War that took place in Trenton, New Jersey. George Washington's Continental Army made a surprise attack on the Hessian forces garrisoned in the city. This win helped America a lot after and help them gained much needed supplies. -
what the Articles of Confederation created was about is that it was the first set of rules for the united states goverment. They gave most of the power to the states instead of the natonal goverment. this caused problems bevcause the goverment could not collect taxes or controll trade well -
The Battle of Camden was about more than 2000 British and loyalist troops under Lt general lord defeated over 4000 Americans. The Battle of Camden was the worst patriot defeat of the American Revolution. The aftermath of this camden became a fortified garrison for the British. -
What the battle of Yorktown was about is that George Washington was commanding an army that had 17,000 French troops and also Continental troops. Which started the battle known as Yorktown started, which was against the British general. His name was Charles Cornwallis, and he had 9,000 British troops at Yorktown. This is the most important battle in the Revolutionary War. -
The Treaty of Paris was about ending the American Revolutionary War. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay they had negotiated the peace treaty with the representatives that was King George 3 of Great Britain. The British recognized the Americans' independence and ceded most of their territory east of the Mississippi River. -
what the 3/5 compromise was about is that during the constitutional convention era, they had decied that how slaves would be counted that each slave would equal up to 3/5 of a person. This gave Southern states more power in the Congress then if slaves weren't counted -
The Bill of Rights was adopted because about few members of the first Congress wanted to make new amendments. James Madison introduced a list of amendments to the Constitution. And it was about the protections that enshrining them in the Constitution can have, educating people about their rights. This is the chance that adding them might prevent their opponents from making big changes.