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French and Indian War
Great Britain fought a costly war against France and the Native Americans. They won French territory. It ended in 1763 and ended the sautory neglect. Ending salutary neglect enforced the navigation acts. -
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American Revolution
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Proclamation of 1763
Colonists were not aloud to settle past Appalachain mountains to avoid conflict with the Native Americans -
Quartering Acts
Colonists were required to provide barracks and supplies to British troops. -
Boycotts
They refused to buy British goods. -
Stamp Act Congress
Representatives helped the stamp act congress to prepare a declaration against the new British Assents. -
Stamp Act
Required colonists to attach expensive tax stamps to all newspapers and legal documents. -
Declatatory
Stated the parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the American colonies in all cases. -
Townshends Acts
Legalized the use of writs of assistance to assist customs officers in arresting smugglers. -
Boston Massacre
Colonists caused trouble for British officials and were fired at and 5 died. -
Tea Act
Gave the British East Idian Company the right to ship tea without paying most of the taxes usually placed on tea. -
Boston Tea Party
Group of angry colonist dresses as native americans dumped 342 chests of British tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Coercive Acts
Restricted the colonists civil rights including the right to trial by jury. -
First Continental Congress
They demanded that the rights of colonists be restored and they planned to extend the boycotts. -
SEcond Continental Congress
They debated to either stay loyal or get independence. -
Revolutionary War
Colonist still saw themselves as loyal to Britain and were fired upson so they questioned their attachment to Britain and began to talk about independence, self-reliance, and freedom from outside control. First to battles were Lexing and Concord in Massachusetts. -
Commitee chosen to Write the Declaration of Independence.
Committee was chosen and Thomas Jefferson wrote most of the Declaration and explained why they should break away. -
Common Sense Pamphlet
Thomas Paine argued that it was simply common sense to stop following the king. By 1776 more than half of the delegate of the second continental congress agreed. -
Second Continental Congress approved declaration of independence
Few changes to the Declaration of Independence were approved and all colonies were states in theory.