Unit 7- Absolutism, Revolution, & Enlightenment

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  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    taxing sugar and coffee
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    taxing paper and paper goods
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British Army soldiers shot and killed people while being in and attack by a mob
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Sons of Liberty got on three ships on the Boston harbor, threw chests of tea overboard
  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Now none as the American Revolution
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    several ideas of John Locke's are in it;
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    turning point of the Revolutionary War
  • British Surrender at Yorktown, Virginia

    British Surrender at Yorktown, Virginia

    British general surrendered his troops in Yorktown.Charles Cornwall
  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

    delegates of the five states come together to discuss what they will be doing with the Article of Confederation
  • Ratification of the US Constitution

    Ratification of the US Constitution

    had to be ratified by nine of the 13 states, before binding.