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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
ended with the treaty of Paris (1763) -
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 -
formed as a way to protest the Stamp Act
Their motto was the famous line you've heard before "no taxation without representation"
Started a lot of anti british propoganda, often got violent with british troops, responsible for the boston tea party -
when the british put taxes on the US colony
taxed glass, lead, paper and tea
this would later cause the boston tea party -
In Boston 1770, 7 British men shot into a crowd killing 5 people, and hurting 6.
It is unknown who attacked first
the Boston Massacre went on to lead to the Revolutionary War -
60 men of the sons of liberty got together on docked boats harboring tea
they through all of the tea into the ocean
the Boston Tea Party eventually lead to the American Revolution -
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 -
Declaration of Independence was written on july 4th, 1776
signed and took affect on august 2nd, 1776
written mainly by Thomas Jefferson -
United States first constitution
created as the nation needed to be more unified
eventually failed as they did not dictate and more in control government, left power more so in the states, there were no widely accepted rules at the time -
British plan to capture Yorktown
Americans find out and plan with the French
Americans ended up winning
George Washington was also involved -
Ended the American Revolution
Recognized the US as it's own country
gave the US a lot of territory as well -
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
a compromise was made to have every 5 slaves count as 3 people -
written on September 17th, 1787
created after the failure of the articles of confederation, creating a more centralized government
outlined the way the country would be ran to this day -
a document dictating the rights every citizen had
did not apply to slaves as they were not considered citizens
written mainly by James Madison