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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 the 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 Stamp Act of 1765 was the first direct tax forced by the British Parliament on the American colonies. -
The Quartering Acts were laws passed by the British Parliament in 1765 and 1774 that required American colonists to provide housing and supplies for British soldiers. -
The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament between 1767 and 1768 designed to raise revenue, tighten control, and reassert authority over the American colonies. -
The Boston Massacre, which took place on the night of March 5, 1770, was a deadly confrontation on King Street between British soldiers and a crowd of colonists. -
The Boston Tea Party was a protest(dumping tea into the water) that occurred on the night of December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. -
The Intolerable Acts (also known as the Coercive Acts) were a series of five laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774, meant to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party and regain order. -
The Second Continental Congress (1775–1781) was the governing body of the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution. -
The Olive Branch Petition was a final attempt to avoid war with Great Britain by staying loyal to King George III and requesting the repeal of oppressive legislation. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, marked the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, in which colonial militia successfully confronted British troops in Massachusetts. -
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, published in January 1776, was a revolutionary pamphlet that argued for American independence from British rulers and the establishment of a republic. -
The Declaration of Independence is the founding document of the U.S.A, adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, announcing that the 13 American colonies made themselves independent sovereign states, free from British rule. -
The Articles of Confederation were the United States' first constitution, establishing a "league of friendship" between sovereign states with a weak central government that lacked the power to tax or regulate commerce. -
The Annapolis Convention (1786) was a meeting of delegates from five states (NY, NJ, PA, DE, VA) in Annapolis, Maryland, to discuss the failures of the Articles of Confederation, especially concerning interstate trade. -
Shays' Rebellion (1786–1787) was an armed uprising in Massachusetts led by Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays, where debt-ridden farmers protested harsh economic policies, taxes, and court-ordered foreclosures. -
A Constitutional Convention is a formal assembly of delegates or representatives convened to create, revise, or amend a foundational governing document, such as a constitution.