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Natural Rights vs Divine Rights
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Made 3 branches of governement, which are Judical Branch, Legislative Branch, and Executive Branch. He also made published a book called The Spirit of Laws.
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British settlers move to go to the Ohio River.
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Britain and French with Idians allies at war, also known as the seven year war.
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Benjiman Franklin's plan was to have the council over the western settlers and have armys collect taxes to pay expenses.
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A much larger professional army, under General Braddock, also failed to dislodge the French from Fort Duquesne.
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Pontiac and their allies attacked British forts.
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The Proclamation line extended from the Atlantic Coast at the Quebec to the newly established border of West Florida.
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The Sugar Act was the first tax meant to raise money from the colonies in order to raise treasury revenue and thus lower the debt acquired during the French and Indian War. The Sugar Act expanded taxes from molasses to other items such as sugar, coffee, pimiento, lumber, and iron.
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The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
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The taxes were repealed, but the taxes on tea was retained.
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A riot American Colonists arreasted Bristitsh Soilders and five people were killed. Also six people were wounded. Paul Rever makes a poster, exaderating the situation.
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The act helped tea companies send tea to North America also had it was accepted to Parliament's rights of taxation.
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Members of Liberty protested the Act by duping chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
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Britain responded to the Boston Tea Party by passing several laws that became known in America as the Intolerable Acts. One law closed Boston Harbor until Bostonians paid for the destroyed tea. Another law restricted the activities of the Massachusetts legislature and gave added powers to the post of governor of Massachusetts.
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The Battle at Lexington was one of the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
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The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence
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Battle on Bunker Hill was where the Americans surrounded Boston where farmers and workers fought against Britsh troops.
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A piece of paper written by Thomas Jefferson to make peace with Britain.
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The French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Year War.
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A paper drafted by Thomas Jefferson. The Declaration was signed by 13 men and also, it helped the people in the country gain independance.
