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A fight between France and Great Britain to see who has control of the colonial portion of North America. This conflict led to a series of taxes on the 13 colonies.
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Taxed most imported goods. -
Taxed anything on paper. -
Made the colonists provide the British army with food and housing. -
It taxed paper,paint,lead,glass and tea. -
British soldiers fired on unarmed colonists. -
The colonists dressed up as indians and boarded ships in the prt and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea overboard. -
A series of four different laws passed to punish the colonist for the Boston Tea Party. -
A letter sent to the king to prevent a formal war. -
Created a continental army and appointed George Washington as commander in chief. -
This was the first battle of the American Revolution. -
47 page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to declare independence from great Britain for the 13 colonies. -
Says the rights of Americans in the United States of America. -
An agreement between the 13 United States which served as the first form of government. -
Addressed the problems of the Articles Of Confederation. -
Armed rebellion due to a debt crisis amount the colonies.