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The cause of the French an Indian War was the struggle of control over land. The seven year war was a war in which pitted the North American colonies. -
A loosely organized, clandestine, sometimes violent, political organization active in the 13 American Colonies. There were 355 Sons of Liberty that gathered at Lemuel Robinson's Tavern. -
Imposed a tax on all papers and official documents in American colonies. King George the 3rd was the one that imposed those taxes. -
Initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. The aim of this act was to raise revenue for the British Empire. -
The Boston Massacre was an event where 8 British soldiers in the streets of a city. They were insulted by a mob and threatened. The 8 soldiers had fired their muskets killing a total of 5 colonists. -
Was a protest in 1773, the colonists had disguised themselves as Mohawks raided the ships and dumped a total of 90 thousand pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor. The tea that had been dumped into the Boston Harbor was Chinese. -
The first met was in Pennsylvania in the fall of 1774. There was a total of 6 people that was at this meeting. (Patrick Henry, George Washington, John and Samuel Adams, John Jay, and John Dickinson. -
Fought on June 17, 1775 during the siege of Boston in the first stage of the American revolution war. Bunker Hill has been used for many battles and stored units. -
First military engagements of the American revolution war. There was a total of 273 British lost their lives and 95 Americans lost their lives in this battle. -
Was sent to the king as a last attempt to prevent formal war. The king upon reading it refused the offer. In the Petition it emphasized their loyalty to the crown and their rights as British citizens. -
The document served as the first constitution. When the articles were created it had made a loose confederation of sovereign states and weak central government. -
The great compromise had promise the creation of bicameral legislature composed of the House of Representatives and Senate. -
States in the north and south couldn't agree on how slaves would be counted in the population. After a while they decided that every 5 slaves would count as 3 people for taxation and representation purposes. -
Three-fourths of the existing State legislature ratified the 10 amendments of the Constitution ( The bill of rights ). In 1789 Washington had sent out copies of the 12 amendments that were adopted by the congress of the state. -
The enlightenment was the great " Age of Reason". A period of rigorous scientific, political and philosophical discourse that characterised European society.