The Enlightenment and the American Revolution

By samhatle
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    Enlightenment and the American Revolution

    about the Enlightenment and the American Revolution

  • England and Scotland unite

    England and Scotland unite
    England and Scotland united. They become friends.

  • Defoe's Robinson Crusoe

    Defoe's Robinson Crusoe
    A novel by Daniel Defoe. It was about some castaways.

  • Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws

    Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws
    Novel by Baron de Montesquieu. About the British's limited monarchy.

  • Rousseau's The Social Contract

    Rousseau's The Social Contract
    Novel by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. About how people behave.

  • Ending of Treaty of Paris

    Ending of Treaty of Paris
    The Treaty of Paris ending the Seven Years' War bought Britain of French Canada.

  • Brutal WInter

    Brutal WInter
    In 1777-1778, Continental troops at Valley Forge suffered from cold, hunger, and disease.

  • Joseph II of Austria grants religious toleration

    Joseph II of Austria grants religious toleration
    He granted to Protestants and Jews in his Catholic empire. He used the proceeds to build hospitals.

  • Treaty of Paris ends American Revolution

    Treaty of Paris ends American Revolution
    Britain recongnized the independence of the USA. It accepted the new nation's western frontier as the Mississippi.