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Aka 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 side of France. -
England saw the colonies as a market for English goods wanted to get money (taxes) natural resources from the colonies. -
hands off approach by Great Britain; British policy of loosely enforcing laws and regulations in the American colonies, allowing them to govern themselves. -
A British tax on the american colonies requiring a tax stamp on any paper goods to help pay for British troops after the French and Indian war -
A series of British parliamentary acts century that required American colonies to provide lodging and supplies for British troops -
The Townshend Acts were a series of British laws sponsored by Charles Townshend that imposed import duties on goods like glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea in the colonies. -
It was deadly confrontation between British soldiers and American colonists in Boston, Massachusetts. -
A political protest when American patriots, disguised as Mohawk Indians, dumped 342 chests of British East India Company tea into Boston Harbor -
A series of inflicted laws passed by the British Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party. -
The first military engagement of the American Revolution. -
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine supported Independence from Great Britain. -
A final plea from the Second Continental Congress to King George III for reconciliation with Great Britain. -
The founding document by which the 13 American colonies declared their separation from Great Britain. -
The de facto government of the American colonies during the American Revolution. -
The United States' first constitution, established. -
an uprising by western Massachusetts farmers led by veteran Daniel Shays, protesting high taxes, economic hardship, and unresponsive government under the weak Articles of Confederation. -
A meeting of delegates from only five states to discuss interstate trade issues under the Articles of Confederation. -
A gathering of delegates in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May to September to address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.