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Two Treatises on Government
John Locke fathered Natural Rights. -
British settlers move into the Ohio River valley
Settlers take Ohio River valley to scare of French. -
The Spirit of the Laws
Montesquieu came up with the separated branches of government: executive, judicial, and legislative. -
French and Indian War
The French allied the Native Americans and attacked British. -
Pontiac's War
War wheere British take Native Americans land from them. -
Proclamation of 1763
This banned colonists settling on the west of the Appalachians. -
Sugar Act
British put a tax on molasses and a punishment for smugglers of goods such as sugar and molasses. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act put taxes on molasses annd sugar and the colonists did'nt like that. -
Stamp Act
Colonists had to buy special stamps to send goods such as wills, contracts, insurance policies, and newspapers. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act puts a tax on postal services such as sending insurance policy informafion, letters and wills. -
Townshend Acts
They allowed customs officers th search people without having to tell them what they were looking for. -
Boston Massacre
In the Boston Massacre six people were murdered for a riot the occured and British troops openly fired on the colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
Rebels throw tea into the ocean. It took place in Boston. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act helped one of Britain's most important companies. -
Intolerable Acts
The Tea Party made the British government get angry and the King -
Intolerable Acts
The First Act closed all of the ports in Boston while another supported the Quartering Act. The other two raised the bar of the governors powers. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The colonists occupied Bunker Hill and Breeds Hill which are hills near Charles Town. ''A Frenzy of Revenge'' was said to have fallen upon the colonists in Boston. -
Olive Branch Petition
A peaece treaty saying colonists were loyal but the king and the British should'nt fight anymore. -
General Braddock's Defeat
Braddock got defaeted when they were ambushed by the French and Natives. -
Battle of Lexington
Lexington is known as the shot heard 'round the world. -
second Continental Congress
It took steps to pay for its military with paper currency. -
Attack on Quebec
The colonists attacked Quebec during a blizzard. the tables turned when Montgomery was killed and Arnold was severly hurt. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was made by the colonists saying the wanted independence from the British.