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a European intellectual of cultural movement spanning the17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason individualism and skepticism towards traditional authority -
the French and Indian war (1754-1763) was a north American conflict that was part of the larger seven years was between great Britain and France -
a British law that imposed a direct tax on the American colonies by requiring them to pay a tax on all printed materials like legal documents newspaper and playing cards -
the sons of liberty were a clandestine group of American colonists who formed in 760 to oppose British rue and taxation playing a key role in the lead up to the American revolution -
the Townshend acts were a series of British laws passed in 1767 that imposed taxes on good imported into the American colonies these acts named after Charles Townshend the chancellor of the exchequer aimed to raise revenue to pay for British officials in the colonies and to enforce British laws -
The Boston Tea Party was a significant act of political protest by American colonists against British rule that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. -
the battle of bunker hill though tactical British victory was a significant early engagement in the American revolutionary war demonstrating the colonists resolve against the British -
The Battle of Trenton, fought on December 26, 1776, was a crucial turning point in the American Revolutionary War. General George Washington led the Continental Army in a surprise attack against Hessian German mercenary forces in Trenton -
the battle of Camden fought on august 16 1780 was a significant devasting defeat for the continental army during the revolutionary war -
the decisive land battle the concluded the American revolutionary war
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formally ended the American revolutionary war recognizing the united states as an independent nation -
The Constitutional Convention was a gathering of delegates from twelve of the thirteen original American states (Rhode Island did not send delegates) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 25 to September 17, 1787 -
it resolved the deadlock between large and small states regarding representation in the new congruous by creating a bicameral legislature with a house of representatives based on population and a senate with an equal representation for each state -
ratification of the constitution refers to the formal approval process by which the induvial states adopted the Newley drafted us constitution -
the bill of rights is the first 10 amendments to the constitution it spells out American rights in relation to their government