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american revolution timeline

  • Common Sense - Thomas Paine
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    Common Sense - Thomas Paine

    The point of Common Sense was to convince the Americans to declare independence from Britain .
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    The Enlightenment

    A European cultural development that focused on reason, individualism. This impacted politics and science.
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    French and Indian war

    This war gave the British a bunch of territory in North America. The war ended by the treaty of Paris. This war ultimately led to the American Revoultion
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    A tax on American colonies.
  • Sons of Liberty founded

    Sons of Liberty founded

    An American political organization to fight against British rule and taxes. They would boycott, protest, and sometimes get violent
  • Townshed Acts of 1767

    Townshed Acts of 1767

    British laws that placed taxes on imported goods to american colonies. Trying to pay for british troops and administration. the colonists felt attacked and like this was against their rights and protested
  • Boston tea party

    Boston tea party

    Where several hundred chests of tea were thrown into the Boston Harbor. The American people were protesting taxation on tea.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    A protest in which colonists dumped 340 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
  • The first continental congress meeting

    The first continental congress meeting

    Delegates from 12 of the 13 American colonies. This was a response to the Boston Tea Party. They then outlined a boycott of British trade.
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord

    British troops were sent to end colonial rule and detain leaders. This war started the conflict between the American colonies and Britain
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    A British victory, but it showed the colonists' ability to fight.
  • Olive branch petition

    Olive branch petition

    A final attempt to truce by the Americans to Britain to dodge war.
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    The articles of confederation

    Document that established the functions of the government of the US after declaring independence.
  • The great compromise

    The great compromise

    An agreement during the constitutional convention that enforced representation for each state in Senate
  • Bill of rights adopted

    Bill of rights adopted

    The Constitution's first 10 amendments.