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The Navigation Acts were laws passed by the British Parliament to boost the self-sufficiency of the British Empire by limiting colonial trade to England and reducing reliance on foreign goods. -
The French and Indian War began in 1754 and concluded with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. This war resulted in significant territorial expansion for Great Britain in North America. However, conflicts over the frontier that followed caused dissatisfaction among the colonies and eventually led to the American Revolution. -
British parliamentary provision, which required conial authorotires to provide food, drinks, quarters, and transportation to british forces station in their towns or vikllages. -
Was an act of the parliament of great britain which imposed direct taxes on newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents, playing cards, dice, etc. Which were issued by Britain., they were affixed for proof on documents or packages to show that the tax for it had already been paid. -
Prompted taxes on glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea to aid pay for governing the American colonies. -
A deadly confrontation in Boston, in which 9 british soldiers shot numerous crowds of three or four-hundred semi-innocent beings, though some were harassing them verbally, along with throwing many objects. -
An act of political and commercial protest by the American colonies, involving the dumping of British tea into the sea. -
A series of 4 laws that took away self-governance, passed by the british parliament to punish the colony of massachusetts for the boston tea party. -
Massachusetts colonists defied British authority, fought redcoats, and embarked on a prolonged war to earn their independence after years of anticipation for the first conflict of the American Revolution. -
Late 18th-century delegates from the 13 colonies united to support the American Revolution and its associated war. -
Adopted by congress, to be sent to the King as a last attempt to stop formal war from being declared. -
A 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775-1776 advocating independence from Great Britain for the people in the 13 colonies. -
The US Declaration of Independence is the founding document that declared independence from Britain and established the principles upon which our government and identity are based. -
An agreement among the 13 states of the US, that served as the nation's first glance of government. -
It was an armed uprising in western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis that highlighted the weaknesses of the AOC. -
Met to address the problems of the weak central govt. that existed under the AOC.