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road to revolution
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Age of Enlightenment
this was an intellectual movement that made people question the traditional laws throughout europe and North america. the movement called on people to use logic rather than do what they might have done according to tradition. -
The french and indian war
this was fought between the colonies of england and france, both facilitated by their motherlands, britain got victory and forced the treaty of paris. -
Proclamation line
this was a result of the french and indian war, the king told the locals not to go west of the appalachians, this was ignored -
stamp act
this was a direct tax imposed on the colonies by the brtish, the supposed purpose of this tax was to pay for the troops stationed in north america. the act required that any legal document should be printed on british stamp paer and to the product, civilians had to pay in valid british currency, not colonial currency -
Boston massacre
The Boston massacre was actually just a clash between British troops and civilians, and although only 5 people were actually killed, an independence group, called the sons of liberty, used this incident to attract publicity to the independence campaign -
Tea act
the acts objective was to finish the massive surplus of tea that the struggling east india company have, in order for the company to survive, this act also tried to persuade civilians not to smuggle in tea through other means. But the goods were taxed to highly, and because the company had to pay no additional fees to actually ship it there, they enjoyed large profits -
Boston tea party
when the english imposed the tea act, this put taxes on tea that was surplus to the requirements of the east india company, the sons of liberty took this chance to stage a protest where they dumped massive amounts of tea into the boston harbour -
intolerable acts
these were basically the result of the Boston tea party, as the parlilament got really mad after the tea party, so they finished trials in front of juries, they also closed the boston harbour -
The first continental congress
As a result of the intolerable acts, delegates of the colonies met in philadelphia to ask the king to repeal the acts, he didnt, this thus led to the second continental congress -
second continental congress
this naturally took place after the first continental congress, as the demands of the first one were not met by then king, George III. this is where the declaration of independence was adopted and the 13 states officially announced Independence -
lexington and concord
the british believed that weapons were being stockpiled at concord, when they went there they faced an army of militia at lexington, they defeated them and then defeated more at concord, no weapons were found though... -
The Declaration of Independence
it was an announcement that all the 13 states, which were at war with britain at the time, were independent states, thomas jefferson led the show, and he was incharge of this whole propaganda
