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    enlightement

    this was the age of enlightenment, a period of reformity. Thanks in part to coffee. This age is in the middle of completion during the revolutionary war.
  • stamp act

    stamp act

    created by the British parliament. It was a post war money recovery strategy. It just devolved into being removed due to the colonies disliking it.
  • Townshend Act of 1767

    Townshend Act of 1767

    The British parliament sent to enforce the unpopular new laws post war. this was a big reason boycotts of british goods happened. All this did was create tension.
  • bostin masciare

    bostin masciare

    a tragic moment where several people got shot by the British. The British couldn't take a few snowballs and ended up killing several people. These deaths were the start of the revolutionary war.
  • bostain tea party

    bostain tea party

    whole thing was in protest of the tea act that forced taxation with representation and made a monopoly. severe crates of tea dropped into the river. This led to those retaliatory intolerable acts.
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    intolurable act

    several rules or acts during was one of the biggest tipping points of the revolutionary war, Ending with the Quebec Act but isn’t really a part of the main four. Due to especially the retaliatory nature of the acts the colonies hatting them is very fair.
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    first Continental congress

    A reaction to the intolerable act. 56 delegates including Washington and John Adam. They met in Pennsylvania.
  • second contental congress

    second contental congress

    they met due to an agreement to see if parliament did address their concerns between the first meeting and now. They tried to do things peacefully. King George didn’t like it and made it worse.
  • battle of bunker hill

    battle of bunker hill

    this was the first battle of the war. Add probably one on the longest lasting 2 hours. Ironically Bunker Hill wasn't all that relevant Breeds Hill was where most of the fighting happened.
  • Thomas Paine’s "common sense" release

    Thomas Paine’s "common sense" release

    Thomas Paine’s pamphlet went wild. This thing became one of the most important literature of America's past. This literature sold crazy well.
  • declaration of independces is adopted

    declaration of independces is adopted

    having been worked on for half a month and taking 2 and a half days was adopted. It also took a month for them to start signing it. Good to see the US government was still crazy slow. Well to be fair they had war they needed not lose or face death and seceding from a country being a big deal I'll forgive them.
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    battle of yorktown

    It’s more truly accurate to call it the Siege of Yorktown. The British who at the time controlled Yorktown surrendered, but not without some effort, it just wasn't enough. This major surrender caused the end of the war.
  • the treaty of Paris

    the treaty of Paris

    The treaty for Paris is what ended the revolutionary war. Named after the location it was signed. It was signed by several big figures like John Adans or Ben Franklin.
  • constitution is ratified

    constitution is ratified

    on this day the 9th state signed the constitution ratifying it. The 9 states in order that ratified it were Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, and Connecticut, Massachusetts(with some issues), Maryland, South Carolina, and New Hampshire who were the cause for ratification. Thus today became an important day in America.
  • bill or right adopted

    bill or right adopted

    3/4 of the recent states have added a few things to the constitution. This became the bill of rights. final ly what so many had wanted.

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