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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. -
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. -
"hands off approach by Great Britain; British policy of loosely enforcing laws and regulations in the American colonies, allowing them to govern themselves. -
Britain's first direct tax on American colonists, requiring a tax stamp on all printed paper goods like newspapers, legal documents, playing cards, and pamphlets to raise revenue for troops after the French and Indian War that caused them to owe a lot of money. -
British laws that placed new taxes on goods like glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea imported into the American colonies to raise revenue, pay colonial officials, and assert Parliament's right to tax the colonies. This had caused the colonists to boycott and protest even coming up with the slogan "No Taxation without representation". -
8 British soldiers opened fire on unarmed Americans killing 5 in a street fight. Paul Revere made a painting based on this event calling it the "Bloody Massacre" -
American colonists were angered by the Tea act of 1773 that some of the colonists dressed and Mohawk Indians and boarded 3 British ships to dump 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Empowered governors to house British troops in unoccupied buildings, barns, and sheds if proper barracks were unavailable.British soldiers were allowed to live in colonists homes -
The Intolerable acts were 4 British parliamentary acts that were designed to punish Massachusetts after causing the Boston Tea Party. These acts caused Boston's port to be closed, restricted the local government, it also allowed royal trials abroad, and it allowed housing for the troops -
British troops aiming to seize colonial supplies in Concord were met by minutemen, with the first shots the "shot heard 'round the world" fired at Lexington. This causes it to escalate to an armed conflict signaling a major shift toward independence -
The meeting of the delegates from the 13 colonies that came to unite in support of the American Revolutionary war. -
This was a final attempt to avoid going to war with Great Britain by affirming colonial loyalty to King George III and they had also requested his intervention to appeal oppressive legislation. This petition ended up becoming rejected causing the American Revolution to happen. -
A 47-page pamphlet that had argued for American Independence from Britain's rule, which urged the 13 colonies to reject monarchy and to establish a democratic republic. -
The Declaration of Independence was used to announce the American colonies break from Britain's rule. -
This had served as the United States first constitution during the American Revolution -
It was an armed uprising between Massachusetts farmers which was led by Daniel Shays who was a Revolutionary war veteran to protest high taxes, debt, and the economic hardship. -
A national political convention that was help from September 11 to the 14 in 1786 at the old Senate Chamber of the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland -
This was held from May 25 up until September 17,1787 in Pennsylvania to come together and address the weak government under the Articles of Confederation. 55 delegates had drafted a new U.S constitution which helped establish a stronger federal system with 3 branches of government.