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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. -
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. -
Salutary neglect (1603- 1763) "hands off approach by Great Britain; British policy of loosely enforcing laws and regulations in the American colonies, allowing them to govern themselves. -
The Stamp Act of 1765 was a British law requiring American colonists to pay a tax on most paper goods—such as newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards—represented by an official government stamp -
British laws requiring American colonists to provide housing, food, and supplies for British soldiers stationed in the colonies -
a series of British laws that placed new taxes on imported goods—such as glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea—to the American colonies -
a series of British laws that placed new taxes on imported goods—such as glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea—to the American colonies
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a deadly riot on King Street in Boston where British soldiers fired into an angry mob of American colonists, killing five -
deadly riot on King Street in Boston where British soldiers fired into an angry mob of American colonists, killing five
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a deadly riot on King Street in Boston where British soldiers fired into an angry mob of American colonists, killing five
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a political protest by American colonists against British "taxation without representation" -
a pivotal political protest by American colonists against British "taxation without representation
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British laws requiring American colonists to provide housing, food, and supplies for British soldiers stationed in the colonies -
British laws requiring American colonists to house and supply British troops
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four to five, harsh, punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 to punish the Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party -
a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that met in Philadelphia starting in May 1775 -
the American colonies' final attempt in 1775 to avoid war with Britain, sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III as a plea for peace, affirming loyalty while asking him to address their grievances and repeal oppressive laws, but the King rejected it, pushing the colonies closer to declaring independence. -
the first military conflicts of the American Revolutionary War, marking the start of armed conflict between the 13 colonies and Great Britain -
the basic, sound, and practical judgment that allows people to navigate daily life in a safe and reasonable way -
announced the 13 American colonies' official separation from Great Britain
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America's first written government -
a meeting of 12 delegates from five states in Annapolis, Maryland, called to address trade barriers under the weak -
an armed by indebted Massachusetts farmers, many Revolutionary War veterans, protesting high taxes and foreclosures by forcing courthouses to close, revealing the weak central government under the Articles of Confederation and spurring calls for a stronger national system, eventually leading to the U.S. Constitution -
a formal meeting of delegates or representatives called to write a new constitution or revise an existing one