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Events of The American Revolution

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  • The Enlightenment

    The Enlightenment

    The period of rigorous scientific, political and philosophical discourse.
  • French & Indian War

    French & Indian War

    The Americans Indians were fighting to maintain control of their land and their cultural future
  • Sons of Liberty

    Sons of Liberty

    They were a group of instigators and people who make threats and other things to anger the British government
  • Stamp Act of 1765

    Stamp Act of 1765

    Imposed taxes on all papers and official documents in the American colonies. This was not in England
  • Townshend Act of 1767

    Townshend Act of 1767

    This initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    This was a street fight that happened between a patriot mob, and there was snowballs thrown, stones, sticks and a squad of British soldiers
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    A group of colonists destroyed a large British tea shipment in Boston harbor
  • Bunker Hill

    Bunker Hill

    The British defeated the Americans
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    British troops surrendered to the continental army and their French allies
  • Treaty of Paris signed

    Treaty of Paris signed

    This was a treaty signed between the American colonies and Great Britain
  • Great compromise

    Great compromise

    Two men Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth, provided a dual system of congressional representation
  • Bill of rights adopted

    Bill of rights adopted

    These are the first 10 amendments to the constitution