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The Enlightenment
The ideas of liberty, democracy, religious tolerence and science flourished World wide and where embraced and built upon by European countries. i rate this a 8.45 -
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French and Indian War
http://im.glogster.com/media/2/7/82/84/7828467.jpgThe war was fought primarily between colonies of Britian in America and, New France. The war esceladed and was turned into a world wide conflict. It is sometimes refered to as the 7 year war. The British eventually won and made the French sign the treaty of Paris. -
Proclamation Line of 1763
This set a line for the colonists not to pass the Appalatian mountains to keep the peace between them and the natives in the west. i rate this as a 6. -
Stamp Act
The stamp act stated that all paper goods had to be printed on "stamped paper" made in britian and on the paper was a revenue stamp. This was made to pay for the British soldiers in America. i rate this a 7. -
Boston massacre
Also called the incident on king street, the Boston Massacre was the killing of 5 American rebels that confronted armed British soldiers and where fired on in the conflict. i rate this a 9. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was the doing of the Parliment of Great Britian and was mainley put in place to cut back the surplus of tea in the british east indies company in london. What the act did was let british ships go into American ports duty free and put a high tax on tea. i rate this a 6. -
Boston Tea Party
To rebel against the Tea Act, The Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Native Americans went on three British ships and dumped crates of British tea into the Boston harbor.
I rate this a 4 becuase the colonists stood up for their rights. -
Intolerable Acts
There where 5 acts called the intolerable acts put in place by the British. 4 of them were in response to the boston tea party and they all outraged the American people.
1. Boston port Act
2.massechesetts goverment act
3.administration of justice act
4.quartering act
5. quebec act
i rate this a 5 -
First continental congress
In carpenters hall, Pensylvania 12 delegates met and talked in response of the intolerable acts, they also discussed the economic boycott of British goods, and petitioning king George the 3rd. I rate this a 5 -
Second Continental Congress
This was a convention of 13 delegates from the 13 colonies met in philidelphia, Penselvania and talked about the wareabouts of the Country or at that time the 13 colonies. i rate this a 9.65 -
Lexington and Concord
The British marched to Concord because it was an arms depot. British troops were in Boston and passed through Lexington. They met Americans there and started firing at eachother. Americans had to back down but they had slowed the British advance. Americans still volunteered to fight.
I rate this a 2 because it was not very memorable, although the Americans were very eager to fight for their rights. -
Decleration of Independence
it was drafted by Thomas jefferson in 1776 with other American leaders. It stated that the United States of America was declaring its independence from the foreign nation of Great Britain. In it where its demands of what they wanted in the future. rate this a 10
