Surrender of lord cornwallis canvas john laurens 1820

American Revolution

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    enlightenment

    thinkers that questioned tradional authority.and thought hummaity could be improved through change.
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    French and Indian War

    The result of the French and Indian war was the British got land east of the Mississippi and the Spanish got the west of the Mississippi.
  • Townshend Act of 1767

    Townshend Act of 1767

    During the Townshend act items such as lead, glass, paper, Paint and tea were taxed. There was four different acts to the Townshend act.
  • sons of liberty

    sons of liberty

    The sons of liberty were a group of instigators that used threats and violence to outrage the British government.
  • stamp act of 1765

    stamp act of 1765

    The British created a tax to help pay for the troops during the war. Items taxed were papers, documents and playing cards.
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  • intolerable acts (coercive acts)

    intolerable acts (coercive acts)

    the boston port acts passed the bill on march 31 1774. George the therd had sent a royal assent on may 20th
  • first continental congress meets

    first continental congress meets

    the first continental congress was held in the carpenters philadelphia in between september 5 twelve of britains thiteen american colonies met to discuss american future.
  • Battle of lexington& concord

    Battle of lexington& concord

    the american was happening in 1775,The tensions has been getting ready for that war for years.
  • great compromise

    great compromise

    the bigger states wanted more representation then the smaller states. the convention created the comproimise to prevent the states from going into chaos.
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  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    Virginia is were they had won the ware and Yorktown.Cormwallis' sword to the people of american and french commanders.