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The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was a period of time where most to all people started questioning different things, their own religions, and how the world worked. Benjamin Franklin was the leading champ of The Enlightenment.... -
The French and indian War
In basic knowledge....During the French and Indian War, overpowerment and such happened between George Washington, the French, and the British.... French defeated George Washington.. but after the french took over.... ager between the french and the british caused a war and after the french where defeated, British took over all of their territory -
Proclamation of 1763
This banned all setttlement west of the Appalachians. This ban established a proclamation Line, which the colonists were not to cross. However, the british could not enforce this ban any more effectively than they could enforce the navigation acts, and colonists continued to move west onto native Amercian lands -
Sugar Act
the sugar act. halved the duty on foreign-made molasses. it placed duties on certian imports. and it strengthened the enforcement of the law allowing procecutors to try smuggling cases in a vice-admirality court rather than i9n a more sympethetic colonial court -
Stamp Act
imposed a direct tax by the british parliament specifically on the colonies of British America, and it required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper. hese printed materials were legal documents, magazines, newspapers and many other types of paper used throughout the colonies. Like previous taxes, the stamp tax had to be paid in valid British currency, not in colonial paper money. -
The Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed by the parliament of great britain relating to the british colonies in north america. Named after Charles townshend -
The Boston Massacre
relations with the population and soldiers, a mob formed around a british sentry, who was subjected to verbal abuse and harassment.they fired into the crowd, instantly killing three people and wounding others -
The Boston Tea Party
officials in boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain so because of that a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into boston harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts
a series of laws passed by the british parliament relating to britain's colonies in north america. in other words the acts outrage and resistance in the thirteen colonies -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
first military engagements of the american revolutionary war.
