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Age of Enlightenment
Picture. This was a movement of culture using art, philosophy, and science. It took place both in Europe and in the American colonies. It advanced both science and math, and was the time frame of several great philosophers, such as John Locke, Issac Newton, and Voltaire. RATING:
6. During the Enlightenment people learned to not just accept everything given to them, but to think for themselves. This helped later when they began to question England's laws and acts. -
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French and Indian War
This war had many causes, mostly the fact that both the British and the French said they owned the land that was called Ohio Country. This was part of the Seven Years War.
France lost all of its North American lands east of the Mississippi. All of Canada was given to Britain except for two small islands near Newfoundland. France got the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. RATING: 5
This didnt contribute to the revolution very much until the Proclamation of 1763 -
Proclamtion Line of 1763
The purpose of the Proclamation was to organize Britain's large North American empire, and to make relations with Native Americans better and more stable. The Proclamation stated that Americans could not settle or buy land west of the Appalachian Mountains. This angered colonists because many already had land in that area. Great Britain was unable to stop them.
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This angered the colonists and helped fuel the rebellion as an injustice later on. -
Stamp Act
This was a tax that england put on all documents. All documents had to have the official seal that showed that the citizen had paid the tax on it. The colonists were not happy about being forced to paid for all documents, so they boycotted all of Englands goods. This act was later repealed because of the reaction it brought out of the citizens, and because of the boycott. RATING:
8. This angered the citizens and helped motivate the rebellion. -
Boston Massacure
The Boston Massacre happened when five civilians were shot and killed by British troops because they rioted against the Stamp Act. The Sons of Liberty helped to broadcast this event as a massacre to try and rile the colonists up. RATING: 7
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Tea Act
This was an act that placed a tax on tea. England directly shipped tons of tea over to the colonies in an attempt to free up some of the British East India Trading Company. This sparked the Boston Tea Party. RATING:
5. This in turn created the Boston Tea Party, which helped lead the revolution. The colonists were fed up with England taxing their things, and this lead to revolution. -
Boston Tea Party
Caused by the Tea act, the Sons of Liberty reacted by dressing up as Mohawk Indians and smashing barrels of English Tea into the Boston Harbor. The colonists were mad because they were being taxed on things decided in Government, but the colonies had no say in British Parliament. RATING:
7 This helped move the revolution along, and helped anger more colonists. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts was the name given to the set of laws passed on the American colonists by the British Parliament. These were passed as a punishment from the Boston Tea Party. One of the laws closed down the harbor so they couldn't get imports. Other acts were no trial by a jury in the colonies, and the quarting act, which forced colonists to give up their homes for soilders.
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8. In result of this the Committee of Correspondence called a meeting to decide on an action to take. -
First Continental Congress
This was a meeting of delegates from the colonies. They met to discuss the Intolerable Acts. The wrote a letter describing Englands actions and claiming that they were injustice, and sent it to King George III. The letter asked him to repeal the actions, and he ignored them. RATING: 8
The fact the King George ignored them made the colonists very angry, and helped lead the rebellion. -
Lexington and Concord
After being led to believe that Boston had hiden weapons, British soilders went to investigate, and ran into an angry mob. They were confronted with militia members and farmers in Lexington. The British soilders fought them, and won, and then fought more in Boston, and won again. RATING:
9. This was a major reason for the rebellion. The colonist were angry, and instead of confronting the problem British soilders fought them. This didn't solve the problem, but instead inflamed it. -
Declaration of Independence
This document declared war on England, and delcared the thirteen colonies seperate states from England. It was writen by Thomas Jefferson, and had points from both Locke and Rouseau. The Declartion of Independence lists 27 example of British tyrany, and states that we not only had the right to become independent, but the responsibility to. RATING:
10. This officially declared a revolution from England, and was the final thing that started the Revolutionary War. -
Second Continental Congress
This was a meeting of delegates to dicuss the battles of Massachusetts. They discussed independence from england, and were divided in half. "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, advocates independence. Most of the delegates decided on independence and then made a committee to make the Declaration of Independence. RATING:
9. This sparked the Declaration of Independence.
