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An intellectual movement that dominated the world of idea. It focused on the power and human rationality
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North american conflict between Great Britain and France. Known as the 7 years war
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A secret Revolutionary organization that was founded by Samuel Adams. They used this to fight taxation by the British government
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Imposed direct tax on the colonists. starting in the fall of 1765, legal documents and printed materials must bear a tax stamp
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a street fight between a "patriot" mob. It started with american colonists and a lone British soldier but quickly grew
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a political protest. The angry American colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor because Britain imposed taxation without representation
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signaled the start of the american revolutionary war. the British army set out from Boston to capture rebel leaders and destroy the Americans store of weapons and ammunition
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the surrender of Yorktown. A decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental army troops led by General George Washington
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ended the american revolutionary war
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the gathering that drafted the constitution of the united states. all states were invited to send delegates
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agreement between delegates from the northern and southern states. 3/5 of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation
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An agreement that large and small states reached. It defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have
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they were ratified in Massachusetts followed by Maryland and south Carolina
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First 10 amendments to the United states
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