American Revolution

By AZD
  • French Indian War

    aka 7 Years War between France and England. Because of the war, England had a massive war debt began to tax the people in the 13 colonies.
  • Mercantilism

    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.
  • Salutary neglect

    "hands off approach by Great Britain; British policy of loosely enforcing laws and regulations in the American colonies, allowing them to govern themselves.
  • Stamp Act

    A time when the British placed taxes on all kinds of paper bought enraging colonists
  • Townshed Acts

    The British placed taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
  • Boston Massacre

    Colonists protest in the street and British fire at them even though they were under orders to not harm the colonists
  • Quartering Act

    The British placed laws stating American colonists to house and supply British troops
  • Intolerable Acts

    The British made this to punish the colonists for the Boston tea part incident
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    This was the first major interaction between the Patriots and the British
  • "Common Sense"

    A pamphlet that passionately argued for American independence from Great Britain, using plain language to sway colonists by attacking monarchy, advocating for a republic, and explaining why reconciliation was impossible
  • Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration was a formal explanation of why the Continental Congress voted to declare American independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain
  • Olive Branch Petition

    this was made in a final attempt to avoid war with Great Britain
  • Second Continental Congress

    the de facto governing body of the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution, meeting in Philadelphia to manage the war effort, authorize the creation of the Continental Army, and adopt the Declaration of Independence
  • Annapolis Convention

    the Annapolis Convention was a meeting aimed at constructing uniform parameters to regulate trade between states.
  • Articles of Confederation

    served as the United States first constitution later It established a weak central government with a single-chamber Congress, lacking the power to tax, regulate commerce, or enforce laws, which directly led to its replacement by the U.S. Constitution.
  • Constitutional Convention

    The Philadelphia convention was proposed to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.