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John Locke writes of natural rights, given to every human being at birth. He says that if your government doesn't protect these rights than you are obligated to rebel.
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British settelers move into the Ohio River Valley, to run out the French.
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French Enlightenment thinker, Montesquieu, writes of the importance of not having a one-person ruler of a government. One way that he proposed, which took a large role in American government, is a 3-branch government.
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Ben Franlin & his council of representitives elected by the Colonial Assembally meet to plan the Albany Plan of Union.
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French and Indians ally against Britan, whilst Britan allys with another Native American tribe, forming the two sides of the French & Indian War. The war took place to have Birtan reclaim forts between Lake Erie and the Ohio River.
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General Braddock died at Fort Duquesne. This expidition was failed by the British, leading to a major setback in the early war stages.
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In 1759 General Wolfe lead the British army to attack Quebec.
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A war, in which British Colonists invade Native Americans land, to push them away
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The Proclamation of 1763 was passed by British Parliment in hopes to avoid Native American conflict. This proclamation banned all settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
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Britan passes an import tax on several products, including sugar and molasses.
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British Parliment passed the Stamp Act, requiring colonists to buy stamps to legalize documents, on magazines and newspapers.
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The Townshend Acts were 5 acts that were ment to raise money in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges. These acts eventually led to the Boston Massacre.
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British army soilders killed 5 civilian men, after the men had been throwing rocks at the soilders. This event is called the "Boston Massacre" although it was a small event, but with large meaning.
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As British Parliment passed four laws, the Intolerable Acts, colonists got more and more angry with Britan, naming these laws the Intolerable Acts.
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The British Parliment passed the Tea Act in 1773. This act lowered tea prices to make it easier for India to ship the tea.
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After officials in Boston refused to return shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, colonists rebeled by pouring tea into the Boston Harbor.
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The Battle at Lexington was the first military engagement of the Revolutionary War.
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As the Second Continental Congress met, they prepared for war. The Second Continental Congress acted as the national government of what would become the United States of America.
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Thomas Jefferson & the Continental Congress meet to make peace with Britan. Although only one year and one day later, they claimed freedom of Britan.
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In June of 1776 General Howe decides to attack, ending in British Winning in the battle.
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In 1776 American leaders adopted the Declaration of Independance, deeming themselves independent states, and no longer under British rule.
