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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. -
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. -
Required American colonial legislatures to pay for and provide housing, food, and supplies for British soldiers stationed in the colonies -
A tax on anything on paper. (playing cards, envelopes, newspapers, etc.) -
Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which imposed taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
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British soldiers killed 5 Americans in the streets of Boston. Paul Revre makes a painting and names it "The Bloody Massacre." -
This was a protest about the tax on tea. The colonists were outraged about being taxed on tea and other products that were being imported from Great Britain. They began a riot against the shipments and threw all of the tea into the Boston Harbor.
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This is a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
The first significant battles between the British Army and American Patriot militias in the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolutionary War. -
The Congress chose George Washington as commander of the Continental Army and allowed the raising of the army through drafting. -
Adopted by Congress to be sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent a formal war from being declared. The Petition emphasized their loyalty to the British crown and emphasized their rights as British citizens. -
Written by Thomas Jefferson, it symbolizes the birth of our nation. It made America a free nation. -
The written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain. -
There was a rebellion in Western Massachusetts and Worcester because people were struggling with debt. They were upset with the government for trying to collect more taxes from individuals and businesses. -
a national political convention held September 11–14, 1786. -
55 delegates meet to address the weak Articles of Confederation. They secretly drafted a new, stronger U.S. Constitution.