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Regulated colonial trade and manufacturing. It was not enforced well. Smuggling was very common. -
Colonies and England defeated the French. Native allies and treasuring of Britain drains. -
-taxed common items (newspaper) “no taxation without representation” -
British spillers attacked and fired a riot. This killed five colonists. They were upset by the fight and that led to war. -
British Tea India Co. we were allowed to directly ship tea to colonies with no middlemen. -
Angry colonists threw the tea into the harbor. Protests/ tea act
-British pass harsh laws (Intolerable Acts) -
Acts to respond to the Boston Tea Party. It was created by the first Continental Congress. -
Representative talked about how to respond to the harsh punishments against Massachusetts. Led to the Declaration of Independence. -
The first battle of the American Revolution. Led to the second meeting of Continental Congress. -
Discuss the battle part of the war beginning. It’s set up continental army with George Washington as commander. -
Locked way of thinking and reflecting. It talked about natural rights. -
The turning point in the war and French joined America’s side. -
Troops were trained in bad conditions and army is officially trained and ready to fight. (Yorktown) -
The colonist force the British to surrender to them. This led to the Treaty of Paris. This treaty ended the war. -
Flexible framework for government. Articles of confederation were too minuscule so the new document was created. -
This was a document of legal rights for citizens and a piece of freedom. This created federal republic inside a series of checks and balances.