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ended when the French revolution started in 1789. It was a time where there was a lot of philosophical ideals that were being formed. People started to become more against total rule and authority. People started to gravitate towards natural born rights. There was also a shift from blind religious following to science and logic. -
Started after a fight broke out between the British and the French over territory. America and France fought alongside Native Americans against the British who also had Native Americans helping them. Britain gained a lot of American territory during this.
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A British law that taxed several items.
These items were mainly paper based, such as legal documents, playing cards, and newspapers.
This law had upset a lot of people in the US. It caused lots of protests. -
formed as a way to protest the Stamp Act.
Their motto was the famous line you've heard before "no taxation without representation."
They had started a lot of anti British Propaganda, often got violent with British troops. They responsible for the Boston tea party. Mainly lead by Samuel Adams. -
when the British put taxes on the US colony
taxed glass, lead, paper and tea.
This would later cause the Boston tea party. As well as the Boston Massacre. It had gave a lot more power to admiralty courts (maritime courts) that could let them be done without judges. -
In Boston 1770, 7 British men shot into a crowd killing 5 people, and hurting 6. It was and still is unknown who attacked first. The Boston Massacre was a key event in starting the Revolutionary war. This was caused because of Protests over British policies. -
60 men of the sons of liberty got together on docked boats harboring tea.
They had thrown all of the tea into the ocean. The Boston Tea Party eventually lead to the American Revolution. Lead by John Hancock and Samuel Adams. -
Four laws passed by British Parliament to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea party. These laws were the Boston Port act, the Massachusetts government act, the Administration of Justice act, and the quartering act. The Boston port act closed down the port where the Boston tea party took place. The Massachusetts government act restricted town meetings and gave more power to the british appointed governor, and the quartering act let British soldiers stay in homes of civilians without permission
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Done as a response to the intolerable acts. Delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies at the time had met to discuss their current rights, and also reconcile with Great Britain. It was in these meetings that they had produced the declaration of rights, the petition that was sent to king George III, and where they agreed to boycott British goods if the intolerable acts were not repealed.
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First major fight of the Revolutionary War
They were two seperate battles however they are often grouped together
73 died, 174 were badly hurt and 26 were no where to be found
The Americans found out by Paul Revere, who contrary to popular believe did no yell "the British are coming" but rather "the regulars are coming out"
idk the british are coming sounds better -
Done to manage the growing conflict between the Colonies and Great Britain. This was right after the battle of lexington and concord. It was this meeting that had produced the declaration of independence. It had also started our government. -
It was a document sent to King George III to reconcile and avoid a war. It's draft was written by Thomas Jefferson, but scrapped as it was too radical, and so the responsibility shifted to John Dickinson. King George refused to read it, and denied it. -
British victory, but improved American morale. 1000 Brits died, 450 Americans died. William Prescott had said the famous quote at this battle, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" -
A book by Thomas Paine. It was written because Paine thought that a monarchy form of government was Tyranny, he disliked it heavily, so it he decided he would write about why the colonies should become independent. He did not believe in simply reconciling with Britain. It quickly became a best selling book. It was read in public spaces and inspired soon to be Americans to become independent. -
Declaration of Independence was written on july 4th, 1776.
signed and took affect on august 2nd, 1776.
written mainly by Thomas Jefferson. Was written in the second continental congress. -
This was when George Washington led his men across the Delaware river, when he was a general. He lead a surprise attack, and it was a great victory for the Americans. 900 Hessian soldiers were captured. -
United States first constitution
created as the nation needed to be more unified.
It eventually failed however, as they did not dictate any central government, it was very unstable and had too little power in the government rather than a more in control government. Left power more so in the states, there were no widely accepted rules at the time. Nothing was uniform. -
Tomorrow is the 245th anniversary! Unfortunately it was a British victory. It had really hurt American morale. It was the worst defeat for the American continental army. It is now a historical landmark, in Kershaw County, South Carolina. -
It was a British plan to capture Yorktown.
Americans had found out and planned with the French. Americans ended up winning.
George Washington was also involved, he was the general in this battle. -
Ended the American Revolution.
Recognized the US as it's own country.
gave the US a lot of territory as well.
Addressed issues with property and debt on all sides. -
This was the convention that had created the constitution. Delegates from 12 of the 13 states (yes, states! not colonies now) had came to attend. They came to address how weak the articles of confederation were, and how the country needed something stronger. They originally just wanted to revise the articles, but decided to make something completely new! -
The south wanted slaves to count in the population so they could have more members from the south in congress.
The north wanted all the seats in congress.
So, a compromise was made to have every 5 slaves count as 3 people. It had improved the political power of the south. -
Proposed a bicameral legislature. A bicameral legislature is composed of two separate houses. It was to fix the problem of representation in congress. It was a disagreement between large and small states over whether representation should be based on population or be equal for each state. -
Written on September 17th, 1787.
Created after the failure of the articles of confederation, creating a more centralized government. It outlined the way the country would be ran, even to this day. It consisted of the preamble, 7 articles, and 27 amendments. -
It was a document dictating the rights every citizen had at the time.
It did not apply to slaves as they were not considered citizens.
It was written mainly by James Madison.
The rights included Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion, and Petition.