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The American Revolution was important part in the United States history. The struggle for independence in the American Revolution created a new nation founded on principles from the Enlightenment thinkers. The American Revolution included a series of broad intellectual and social shifts that occurred in the early American society, such as the new republican ideals that took hold in the American population. England powerfully influenced many of the most distinguished leaders of the American Revolution such as Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Paine.The Enlightenment is held to be the source of critical ideas, such as the centrality of freedom, democracy and reason as primary values of society.

The French and Indian War
1. 1754, the French at Fort Dusquesne defeated George Washington and his Virginian army.
2. In 1756, Montcalm forced the surrender of the British fort at Oswego on Lake Ontario, which broke the British hold on the Great Lakes.
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