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hands off approach by Great Britain; British policy of loosely enforcing laws and regulations in the American colonies, allowing them to govern themselves. -
aka 7 Years War between France and England. In the colonies, it was called the French Indian War because the colonists fought with British soldiers against France the Indians who were on side of France. Because of the war, England had a massive war debt began to tax the people in the 13 colonies. -
Beginning in 1763 economic policy England followed when it came to the 13 colonies. England saw the colonies as a market for English goods wanted to get money (taxes) natural resources from the colonies. -
The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on any paper item -
Not necessarily an act, this closed the Boston Harbour, made colonists take care of the soldiers. -
new duties were placed on imports of glass, lead, paper, tea to the Colonies from Great Britain. -
seven British soldiers were waving their guns and a 17 year old provoked them, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony. -
colonists didn't like the tax on tea, protested, and dumped tea out. -
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
Massachusetts colonists defied British authority, outnumbered and out fought the Redcoats, and embarked on a lengthy war to earn their independence. -
The Petition emphasized their loyalty to the British crown and emphasized their rights as British citizens. -
Thomas Paine's 47-page pamphlet “Common Sense” helped sway the Thirteen Colonies toward independence with his persuasive and passionate case for separation from Britain. -
summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence. -
the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain. -
the meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolution and Revolutionary War. -
an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes on both individuals and their trades -
constructing uniform parameters to regulate trade between states during a time of political turbulence and economic strain -
(aka Philadelphia Convention)it was decided that the best solution to the young country's problems was to set aside the Articles of Confederation and write a new constitution.