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aka the 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 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. -
The Stamp Act was the first act that was on all paper items -
a series of British laws passed in 1767, named for Chancellor Charles Townshend, that imposed taxes (duties) on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea imported into the American colonies to raise revenue for Britain and assert Parliament's authority -
It marked the moment when the British soldiers killed 5 unarmed American civilians -
a final attempt by American colonists to avoid war with Great Britain. -
a protest about the tax on tea, levied without representation in the British Parliament and against the monopoly of the East India Company -
four to five punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party, restricting colonial rights and closing Boston Harbor -
British laws required American colonists to house and supply British soldiers -
The de facto governing body of the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution -
The opening armed conflicts of the American Revolutionary War. -
The foundational document formally severing the thirteen American colonies' political ties with Great Britain -
shared, intuitive, and self-evident knowledge, often described as "sound judgment" regarding everyday life -
establishing a weak central government with most power remaining with the states, creating a "league of friendship" rather than a strong nation. -
a pivotal meeting of delegates from five states (NY, NJ, PA, DE, VA) called to address trade disputes under the weak Articles of Confederation -
An armed uprising by indebted farmers, many Revolutionary War veterans, in western Massachusetts, protesting high taxes and unfair economic policies that led to foreclosures -
assembled to revise the Articles of Confederation, but instead drafted the new U.S. Constitution -
Beginning in 1763, England's economic policy toward the 13 colonies was to see the colonies as a market for English goods wanted to get money (taxes) natural resources from the colonies.