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"Hands-off " approach by Great Britain; British policy of loosely enforcing laws and regulations in the American colonies, allowing them to govern themselves. -
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. -
Beginning in 1763, England's economic policy was 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. -
Any legal document without a stamp on it, you had to pay for it -
A British law that required American colonists to provide housing and provisions for the British soldiers after the war. -
A series of British acts were passed that put a tax on goods imported into the American colonies to raise money and give British authority. -
A deadly argument when British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists and ended up killing five people. -
Americans disguised themselves as indians and sneaked onto British ships and dumped their tea into the water to protest "no taxation without representation." -
Four laws that were passed by the British in 17774 to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party and give the British more control. -
A document that the second Continental Congress created, it was a final go at reconciliation with Great Britain, which declared loyalty to the Crown while demanding redress for Colonial grievances. -
An acting goverment of the thirteen American colonies at the same time as the Revolutionary War. -
The thing that started the American Revolutionary War began when British soldiers encountered 77 colonial militiamen on Lexington Common. -
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that supported independence. -
Official statement by the Continental Congress, saying that the thirteen American colonies were breaking ties with British rule and were going to be independent states. -
The United States' first constitution which established a weak central government with most powers retained by the states. -
Western Massachusetts farmers protesting high taxes, debt, and unfair economic policies. -
A meeting of representatives from five different states in Annapolis, Maryland, to talk about the economic weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. -
The supreme law of the land, which established America's Government and necessary laws while guaranteeing certain basic rights for the citizens.