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The Stamp Act
Stamp Act information and text-Act passed by Prime Minister George Grenville in 1765 to pay for the military stationed in the colonies
-Required that stamps be affixed to paper as proof of payment
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First Continental Congress
First continental congress was in Philadelphia 1774. In which members urged colonists to take control.
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Second Continental Congress
The second continental congress approved the Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson. -
The Articles of Confederation
This article served as the first constitution but It was a weak central government that lacked the power to deal with the nation's problems. -
Consititutional Convention
Consititutional convention wasin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to solve problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain. -
The Haitian Revolution
In August 1791, thousands of slaves rose up in Saint Domingue, led by a voodoo high priest named Boukman, in a war for their freedom. Over the next decade, the revolt destroyed the power of white planters and their estates and laid waste to the French colony. Amidst the violence, a group of charismatic black leaders emerged. The most famous was the former slave Toussaint L’Ouverture. -
Napoleon emerges as a power in France
Born on the island of Corsica, Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution (1789-1799). After seizing political power in France in a 1799 coup d'état, he crowned himself emperor in 1804.
