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a movement emphasizing reason, individualism, disbelief, and science. also known as a time period of great change and new ideas.
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The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over policies and war expenses led to colonial dissatisfaction. War to decide who owned the Ohio River Valley.
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a loosely organized secretive political organization active in the Thirteen Colonies. founded to advance the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government.
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The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a British soldier, but it quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter.
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The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts
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The British Army set out from Boston to capture rebel leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington. And to also destroy the Americans store of weapons and supply in Concord, which led to the 2nd constitutional congress.
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the Declaration of Independence in the U.S meant that the 13 colonies would sever their political connections to Great Britain and become independent. -
The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German battle -
It was signed by the U.S. and British Representatives, officially ending the War of the American Revolution. -
The Three-fifths Compromise was an agreement reached during the United States Constitutional Convention
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an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention between delegates of the states with large and small populations that defined the structure and number of Congress andrepresentatives each state would have in Congress. -
The Constitution became the official framework of the government of the U.S when New Hampshire became the 9th of 13 states to ratify. -
The United States Constitution was drafted in about 116 days in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The point of the event was to decide how America was going to be governed, although the Convention had been officially called to revise the existing Articles of Confederation.
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The House passed a joint resolution containing 17 amendments based on Madison's proposal.
