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Galileo Galilei inquisition
He stood against church regimes by basing himself on actual proofs saying that the sun stands motionless at the center of the universe wasn't truth.
Finally Galileo Galilei was found guilty of heresy and maintained in house arrest. -
Seven Years War
British vs French, British wanted to expand their territory, first global war.
Objective of keeping American territories to be superior or more powerful. -
Passage of the stamp
A British law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain during king George regime.
First serious attempt over the 13 colonies authority -
Boston Massacre
Incident between colonists in Boston and British soldiers, it started as a small argument and ended up as a big fight.
Started by annoying the other ones with snowballs and sticks. -
Boston Tea Party
Protest against tax on tea made by American patriots, tons of tea were thrown to the water by this people.
People was upset because of the commercial restrictions. -
Convocation of the first continental progress
Delegates of the 12 colones met to figure out what to do with the Intolerable acts.
Finally they decided that the best option would be to ban the export of American good to Britain if the intolerable acts if they didn't stop. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
British governor made a plan with the objective of seize the colonists military stores.
Interception was made to British troops so they couldn't finish the plan finally bing send to Boston. -
Adoption of the Declaration of Independence
The 13 colonies were proclaimed independent when the second continental congress adopted the declaration of independence.
The war continued anyways because Britain wasn't giving up the colonies. -
Signature of the treaty of Paris
The war and the revolution had ended in a formal way when the treaty of Paris was signed between Great Britain and the American colonies.
This treaty was negotiated with John Adams, Benjamín Franklin and John Jay. -
Enlightment 18th century
Philosophical international movement of new, innovating and different opinions, ideas and ways of thinking political, religious and educational matters.
A big change on people´s minds, kind of having a more extend view of everything. -
Bibliography
Historylists.org. (2017). 10 Key Events of the American Revolution - History Lists. [online] Available at: http://historylists.org/events/10-key-events-of-the-american-revolution.html [Accessed 21 Aug. 2017].
