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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. -
This act requires American colonies to house and supply British troops, aiming to reduce British military costs after the French and Indian War. -
Was the first direct tax on American colonists, requiring them to pay for a "royal stamp" on legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards to fund British troops. -
This was a series of British laws taxing imports of glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea in the American colonies to raise revenue, pay royal officials' salaries, and strengthen compliance. These acts fueled colonial resistance, boycotts, and tensions, leading directly to the Boston Massacre. -
It was a deadly confrontation where British soldiers fired into a crowd of Boston colonists, killing five colonists.This event makes a push towards the start of the American revolution. -
Organized by the Sons of Liberty, American colonist disguise as Mohawk Indians and boarded three British ships in Boston Harbor and destroyed 342 chest of tea by throwing them to the sea. -
They were four British parliamentary acts designed to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party, closing Boston Harbor, suspending self-government, restricting justice, and increasing troop quartering. -
This marked the start of the American Revolutionary War. British troops aimed to seize colonial arms in Concord, Massachusetts, leading to an unknown soldier firing the famous "shot heard 'round the world". Skirmishes occurred, with colonial militia holding their ground. -
served as the de facto national government during the American Revolution. Comprised of delegates from the 13 colonies, it managed the war effort by establishing the Continental Army, appointing George Washington as commander, and ultimately declaring independence. -
It was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775, was a final attempt to avoid war with Great Britain. Primarily authored by John Dickinson, it affirmed colonial loyalty to King George III while requesting a repeal of oppressive legislation. The King refused to receive it, declaring the colonies in open rebellion. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense is a powerful argument for American independence from Great Britain, advocating for a self-governing republic based on democratic principles, and condemning monarchy and hereditary rule as absurd and oppressive, urging colonists to seize the moment to create a new, more just society. -
The Declaration of Independence, formally The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America in the original printing, is the founding document of the United States.It announced that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as sovereign states, no longer under British rule. -
It served as the United States' first constitution, creating a loose "league of friendship" among the 13 sovereign states with a weak central government. -
It was a national political convention held September 11–14, 1786 in the old Senate Chamber of the Maryland State House.In it twelve delegates from five U.S. states (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia) gathered to discuss and develop a consensus on reversing the protectionist trade barriers that each state had erected. -
It was held from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where 55 delegates from 12 states (excluding Rhode Island) gathered to create a new, stronger federal government. Originally intended to revise the Articles of Confederation, the meeting resulted in the drafting of the U.S. Constitution. -
It was 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