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The Enlightenment was a movement of the 18th century. It stated that science and logic gave people more knowledge than tradition and religion.
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the french an indian war ,The French and Indian War was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes.
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The Stamp Act was passed in 1765 by the British. They passed this act to help pay for British troops stationed in colonies during the Seven Year War.
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The Sons of Liberty were a group of men in colonial America. They used threats and violence to intimidate and outrage the British government.
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The Townshend Acts were a series of taxes and regulations passed by the British in 1767. They made it so taxed good imported to the American colonies.
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The Boston Massacre was a street fight between a "patriot" mob and British soldiers. This lead to many deaths and a campaign to make people angrier.
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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest. Americans were angry at the British for 'taxation without representation", so they dumped 342 chests of British imported tea into the harbor.
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The Intolerable Acts were a series of laws passed by British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. They were aimed towards Massachusetts colonists for the Tea Party protest.
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so The Continental Congress served as the governing body of the 13 American colonies and later the United States of America during the American Revolution. The First Continental Congress in 1774
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The Treaty of Paris was signed by representatives of Great Britain and America. It ended the American Revolutionary War and conflict between the two countries.
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The Connecticut Compromise was an agreement reached during a convention in 1787. It defined the representation each state would have under the US Constitution.
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The compromise stated that any enslaved American would be counted as three-fifths of a person for taxation and representation purposes. This gave the Southern states more electoral power.
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The Constitution was ratified on June 21, 1788. It became official when New Hampshire was the ninth of thirteen states to ratify it.
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The amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, were designed to protect the basic rights of U.S. citizens, guaranteeing the freedom of speech, press, assembly, and exercise of religion; the right to fair legal procedure and to bear arms; and that powers not delegated to the federal government were reserved for the states
