HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Bill of Rights
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Declaration of Independence
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Proclamation of 1763
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U.S. Constitution
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Detailed explanation-1: -Documents like the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights reflected many Enlightenment ideas.
Detailed explanation-2: -“From 1763–1783, ideas of American independence changed from the colonies blindly accepting the tyranny of the British by religious rights of divine kings to believing in natural rights of individuals against British rule.”
Detailed explanation-3: -Sugar Act. Parliament, desiring revenue from its North American colonies, passed the first law specifically aimed at raising colonial money for the Crown. The act increased duties on non-British goods shipped to the colonies.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Taxation Acts, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and the Intolerable Acts were the four main causes that lead to the American Revolution.