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Picture [Rating] 9 [Description] The ideas of a cultural movement. Philosphere came up with these ideas, had to do with government, science, and a lot of other stuff.
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Picture [Rating] 8 [Description] French and Indians attacked the colonist For settling on their land and England had to help the colonist defend, after 7 years it was over and England came out as the victor. England had a lot of debt from this and began to tax the colonist.
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Picture [Rating] 1 [Description] After the French and Indian war the British told the colonist that they could not settle to the west of the Appalachian Mountains, which prevented conflict with the Indians.
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Picture [Rating] 7 [Description] Representatives went to the Stamp Act Congress in New York to prepare a declaration against the new British actions, which where sent to King Greorge III.
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Picture [Rating] 6 [Description] On March 5, 1770, British soilders fired into a crowd, which killled 5 men.
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Picture [Rating] 4 [Description] The British put tax on tea to pay for the debts from the French and Indian war, which caused many protest and angry colonists.
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Picture [Rating] 5 [Description] A group of angry colonists dressed up as Native Americans and dumped chest full of British tea into the Boston Harbor because they where mad at the new tea tax.
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Picture [Rating] 1 [Description] The colonial governments banded together to fight these. They wanted to establish a political body to represent American interests and questions British control.
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Picture [Rating] 2 [Description] The deglegates sent a document to King George III that demanded the rights of the colonists to be restored and given back.
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Picture [Rating] 2 [Description] Over half of the delegates agreed with Paines pamphlet called Common Sense. This made think that the colonies must break away from Britain.
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Picture [Rating] 3 [Description] After the First Continental Congress, King George III sent British troops to responde with force at the battle of Lexington and Concord. This became the first battles of the Revolutionary War.
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Picture [Rating] 10 [Description] This argues that the British government did not look after the interests of the colonists. Jefferson also put in a long list of abuses that King George III did. He then set forth the colonists beliefs about the rights of individuals.
