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The Enlightenment was a historical period that mostly occurred in Europe, promoting intelligence, culture, individualism, and reason. (The ones in the dates are because there isn't an agreed upon day that the period began or ended, but there is a year)
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The French and Indian war, a long war that was part of the Seven Years War, was a conflict between Britain and France that occurred over land disagreements, particularly the Ohio River Valley.
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New British laws were introduced that enforced taxes on imported goods. Some include: glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
On December 16th, 1773 60 American colonists dumped 342 boxes of tea into the Boston Harbor. It was mainly a protest against the taxing of tea, but there were other reasons too. -
On September 5th, 1774 the first Continental Congress met together. During the meeting, they passed and signed the Continental Association, which imposed a boycott of British goods. -
Rising tensions between the British and American colonists mainly in Massachusetts. -
On May 10th, 1775 delegates from the American Colonies came together in Independence Hall. The results of the congress meeting were a new continental army, George Washington as Commander-in-Chief, and the newly made Olive Branch Petition. -
The Olive Branch petition was a last resort to avoiding war sent out by the Second Continental Congress. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill was one of the very first major conflicts in the American Revolution. It ended with a British victory, although no one truly won as the battle ended up being a very costly one for the British. -
The Articles of Confederation caused 13 US States to come together to form a small, weak structured government. -
On September 28th, 1781 the American General, George Washington with the assistance of American and French soldiers, fought the British Army of General Cornwallis. Soon general Cornwallis and his army surrendered, ensuring independence for Americans. This was one of General Washington's most famous victories. -
When the North and South had counted population they couldn't agree on whether slaves would be counted or not. To settle this it was decided that every 5 slaves would be counted as 3. This was known as the 3/5 Compromise. -
The Great Compromise, also referred to as the Connecticut Compromise, aimed to solve disagreements regarding representation within the new federal government. -
On May 29th, 1790 55 delegates attended the Ratification of the Constitution. They discussed the Constitution's terms and debated topics related to it. In the end, only 39 delegates agreed with the final version of the Constitution and signed it.
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The Bill of Rights consists of 10 Amendments that take in account the rights of Americans regarding the government.