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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.
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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.
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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.
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known as the Duties in American Colonies Act 1765, was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America
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Townshend Acts imposed duties on imported glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea to raise revenue, pay colonial officials' salaries, and assert authority over the American colonies
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The Boston Massacre, known in Great Britain as the Incident on King Street
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British parliamentary laws requiring American colonists to house and supply British troops
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1774 British parliamentary acts designed to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party, restricting its trade and government while expanding military control
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A final attempt to avoid full-scale war with Great Britain by pledging loyalty to King George III and requesting the repeal of oppressive legislation
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Served as the de facto national government during the American Revolution.
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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.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, were the first major military actions between the British Army and Patriot militias from British America's Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolutionary War.
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persuaded American colonists to embrace independence from Britain
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Shays's Rebellion 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
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The Annapolis Convention was a national political convention held September 11–14, 1786 in the old Senate Chamber of the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
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Constitutional Convention (aka Philadelphia Convention)
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served as the first U.S. constitution, establishing a weak central government and a "league of friendship" among the 13 sovereign states to manage the Revolutionary War.