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that only English ships would be allowed to bring goods into England, and that the North American colonies could only export its commodities, such as tobacco and sugar, to England
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Because of the French-Indian War England owed huge debt. England goes from salutary neglect to mercantilism.
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Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America
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two or more Acts of British Parliament requiring local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with housing and food.
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series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies
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patriot mob attacked a British loyalist, who fired a gun at them, killing a boy. In the ensuing days brawls between colonists and British soldiers eventually culminated in the Boston Massacre.
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American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor.
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package of five laws implemented by the British government with the purpose of restoring authority in its colonies.
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47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies
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Tensions had been building for years between the 13 colonies and Great Britain
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meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America which united in the American Revolutionary War.
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final attempt by the colonists to avoid going to war with Britain during the American Revolution
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the first formal statement by a nation's people asserting their right to choose their own government
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first written constitution of the United States
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an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades
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address problems in governing the United States of America
