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Also known as the 7 Years' War between France and England. In the colonies, it was called the French and Indian War because the colonists fought alongside 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. -
"Hands-off approach by Great Britain; British policy of loosely enforcing laws and regulations in the American colonies, allowing them to govern themselves. -
Beginning in 1763, economic policywas 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 tax imposed by the British Parliament on the American colonies. -
The Townshend Acts imposed duties on imported British goods, including glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea, to fund colonial government and assert Britain’s right to tax the colonies. -
britsh soleders open fire and killed five unarmed Americans in a street fight -
a pivotal act of political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. -
British laws required American colonists to house and supply British troops. -
a series of five punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, in Massachusetts, marked the start of the American Revolutionary War. -
The Second Continental Congress, which convened on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, served as the de facto national government during the American Revolution. -
a final attempt to avoid full-blown war with Great Britain, affirming colonial loyalty to King George III while repealing oppressive legislation. -
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Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in western Massachusetts from 1787, led by Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays. -
created the U.S. Constitution, replacing the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger federal government. -
served as the first U.S. constitution, establishing a "league of friendship" among the 13 sovereign states to coordinate the Revolutionary War. -
was a national political gathering held from September 11 to 14, 1786, at the Maryland State House in Annapolis.