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-The French and Indian War was part of the Seven Years War between Britain and France.
-Great Britain was in debt after the war and wanted the colonist to play.
-There was a change from salutary neglect to mercantilism. -
-Britain put a tax on paper goods.
-The first tax levied by Parliament on colonists.
-Some examples of things taxed: legal documents, licenses, newspapers, playing cards, etc.
-Colonists protested and petitioned the act.
-They boycotted British good which led to a repeal of the tax. -
-The British sent soldiers to live in barracks or housing provided by the colonist.
-The colonist provide shelter, food, and whatever the soldiers need. -
-A new tax placed on tea, lead, paint, paper, and glass.
-A tax on imported goods -
-The British soldiers shoot an unarmed crowd of protestors killing 5 and injuring 6.
-The British soldiers were under attack of a mob.
-The disagreement was between the British and the colonist. -
-The British repealed the Townshend Acts but kept a tax on tea.
-The tax raised prices on tea
-The people protested by dumping tea into the Boston Harbor -
-The port of Boston was closed until the colonist paid for the destroyed tea.
-The royal governor could ban town meetings.
-British officials accused of crimes would stand trial in Britain instead of Massachusetts
-This suspended the Boston legislature.
- The Intolerable Acts is also known as The Coercive Acts -
-Delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia.
-Petitioned King George II for a "redress of grievances." -
-British troops marched on Concord to confiscate military supplies of the "rebels."
-Patriots met them in Lexington and fighting took place along the remainder of the march.
-First shots of the revolutionary war. -
-They were acting as a government without a country.
-The question was "to fight a war or not?".
-They appointed George Washington as the Head of the Military.
-They sent King George an olive branch petition asking for peace. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense was published.
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-Listed grievances against England.
-Announces American independence.
-The original draft was written by Thomas Jefferson
-The words of this document inspired the French Revolution, Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, and later Martin Luther King Jr. to fight for Civil Rights. -
-The first Constitution.
-This established a "firm league of friendship" with a weak national government.
-Each state had its own sovereignty, freedom, and independence.
-The weaknesses are no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, and no power to regulate trade.
-13 states acted like 13 independent countries -
-Shay's rebellion exposed the weakness in the government and led to a call for strengthening the federal government for the future.
-The rebellion was named after Daniel Shays, a farmer and former soldier from Bunker Hill.
