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Strife over control of the North American continent, between Great Britain and France. -
British Policy loosely enforcing laws allowing U.S. to govern themselves. -
England wanted to use the 13 colonies as a market for English goods and wanted to get the money earned. -
British tax on U.S. colonies which required a tax stamp on documents. -
British law that required Americans to open up their houses to british soldiers and had to feed and provide supplies. -
British laws that created taxes on glass, led, paper, paint, and tea on American colonies -
British soldiers killed five colonists and wounded six others in Boston. -
When Americans dumped 342 chest of tea to protest against Britain's tea act. -
Series of punitive laws passed by the British parliament. -
The second continental Congress appealing to king George lll to avoid war -
First military engagement of the American revolutionary war. -
The governing body of the thirteen colonies during the American revolution -
A formal announcement that the thirteen colonies were serving their political ties to Great Britain declaring Americans independence -
Insisted that British rule was responsible for almost every problem and that the only way the problems could really be fixed was colonial independence. -
The U.S. first constitution -
They discussed issues with the Articles of Confederation -
An armed uprising in Massachusetts protesting high taxes and debt policies -
Meeting where they drafted the U.S. constitution replacing the weak articles of confederation.