American revolution

american revolution

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    enlightnment

    it was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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    french & indian war

    the war pitted the colonies of British Americans against those of new France.
  • sons of liberty

    sons of liberty

    it was a loosely organized clandestine political organization active in the thirteen American colonies
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    the act was made to get colonist to pay taxes to help get money back from the seven years war.
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre

    The British made new taxes and the Americans weren't having it.
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  • boston tea party

    boston tea party

    it was an American political and mercantile protest by the sons of liberty.
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  • first continental congress meets

    first continental congress meets

    it was delegated from the 122 to the 13 British Colonies
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    These acts were made to punish the colonists in Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.
  • Olive Branch Petiton sent to England

    Olive Branch Petiton sent to England

    king george III didnt sign the petition
  • Thomas Paine's Common sense

    Thomas Paine's Common sense

    he had political arguments to encourage common people.
  • declaration of independence

    declaration of independence

    is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • treaty of Paris

    treaty of Paris

    representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America.
  • Constitution is ratified

    Constitution is ratified

    click here to learn more. it became the official framework of the government of the United States of America when New Hampshire became the ninth of 13 states to ratify it.
  • bill of rights

    bill of rights

    it conspires the first ten amendments of the USA Constitution.