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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. -
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. -
Tax on all papered goods, legal documents, newspapers, and even playing cards. -
British laws in the 1760s and 1770s that required colonial governments to provide housing, food, and supplies for British troops stationed in the American colonies, often in public houses, inns, or other available buildings -
series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1767 to raise revenue from the American colonies by taxing imports of glass, paint, paper, and tea. -
A group of British soldiers fired into a crowd of civilians, killing five and injuring several others. The event fueled growing tensions between the colonists and Great Britain, contributing to the American Revolution. -
Colonists disguised themselves as indians and dumped over 300 chests of tea into the Harbor in response to the Tea Act and taxation without representation. -
The four laws passed to punish the American colony of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party, to isolate and force obedience which later led to Revolution. -
Final appeal from the Second Continental Congress to King George III of England in July 1775, aiming for a peaceful reconciliation between the American colonies and Great Britain after the outbreak of war. -
The de facto government of the American colonies during the American Revolution. -
When British troops marched to seize colonial military supplies. American minutemen intercepted the British in Lexington and then engaged them again in Concord, inflicting heavy casualties on the British during their retreat to Boston. -
A widely influential pamphlet that argued for the necessity of American independence from Great Britain. Paine used clear, accessible language to advocate for a republican government, attack the concept of monarchy, and persuade ordinary colonists to support a complete separation from British rule, transforming a political squabble into a revolutionary cause. -
The founding document by which the 13 American colonies declared their separation from Great Britain. -
The United States' first constitution, established between 1781 and 1789, created a weak central government with most power residing in the individual states. -
Meeting of delegates from five states highlighted the severe weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, particularly regarding interstate commerce, and led directly to the Philadelphia Convention, where the U.S. Constitution was drafted. -
An armed uprising by Massachusetts farmers in 1786–1787 against high taxes and unresponsive government under the Articles of Confederation, leading to the shutdown of debt courts. Led by Daniel Shays. -
A meeting of delegates in Philadelphia to address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and create a new frame of government for the United States.