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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. -
A tax was passed by the British on March 22, requiring colonists to pay for a stamp on paper goods, including legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards. -
British laws requiring American colonists to house and supply British troops -
Law passed by the British on imported glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea to raise revenue and pay for colonial defense. -
Seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of Bostonians, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony -
American colonists disguised as Mohawk warriors, by the Sons of Liberty, boarded three British ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor -
British acts that were designed to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party -
British troops seeking to seize and where an unknown "shot heard 'round the world" by Ralph Waldo Emerson. -
The de facto governing body of the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution. -
A final attempt to avoid full-scale war with Great Britain. Adopted by the Second Continental Congress -
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. -
Practical judgment and innate ability to perceive, understand, and react. rather than specialized knowledge -
A document announcing the 13 American colonies' separation from British rule also declared the colonies to be free and independent states -
served as the first U.S. Constitution, establishing a weak central government, and among the 13 states to manage the Revolutionary War -
A meeting of 12 delegates from five states addressing interstate trade barriers. -
An armed uprising in Western Massachusetts that was led by the Revolutionary War. -
George Washington was unanimously elected president of the convention. It was also to address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation