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In the colonies, it was called the French Indian War because the colonists fought with British soldiers against France the Indians who were on 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. -
British colonists were forced/required to house and feed British soldiers. -
Tax on stamps, which were required for every legal document, newspaper, and all paper goods. -
Taxes on colonial imports of goods. -
A deadly unfair battle where British soldiers fired into a crowd and killed five people. -
A protest where American people dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor -
British laws passed in response to the Boston Tea Party incident. -
The governing body of the American colonies from 1775 to 1781, serving as a de facto government during the American Revolutionary War. -
A final plea from the Second Continental Congress to King George III in July 1775, seeking to avoid armed conflict with Great Britain by affirming colonial loyalty and requesting the repeal of parliamentary statutes that they claimed fueled conflict. -
The first military engagement of the American Revolutionary War, initiated by British troops aiming to seize colonial military supplies. -
The 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine advocating for American independence from Britain -
Formal statement, adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, that declared the 13 American colonies free and independent from British rule. -
The Annapolis Convention of 1786 was a national meeting held to address commercial and trade issues among the states. -
An armed uprising in Massachusetts from 1786–1787, led by Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays, protesting economic hardship caused by high taxes, debt foreclosures, and the state's aggressive collection policies. -
A gathering of delegates from the American states in Philadelphia in 1787, which ultimately drafted the U.S. Constitution. -
The United States' first constitution, established between 1781 and 1789, creating a weak central government with most power residing in the individual states.