The Enlightenment and the American Revolution

Stamp Act- Tax added to stamps required for all forms of shared writing

13 colonies stretch along the east coast of North America

Sugar Act- Tax was added to sugar

The Declaration of Independence is adopted by the colonists

Boston tea party- Men disguised themselves as Native Americans and boarded 3 British ships, then dumped their tea overboard

The Intolerable Acts- New laws were passed to punish colonists for the trouble they caused

The Leviathan, written by Thomas Hobbes, is published

The British Parliament act (aka the Quebec act)

Start of the American Revolution

End of the American Revolution

Boston Port Act

End of french-Indian war