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1600s: Britain’s attempt to regulate colonial trade and manufacturing. -
The Treaty of Paris ends the French and Indian War with Britain winning and French giving up North American territories. Led to large amount of North American territory for Britain. -
Act passed that taxed things like newspapers and pamphlets in the colonies. Helped result in American colonies rebelling. -
The murder of five colonists by British soldiers because the colonists threw stones and snowballs at them. Helped result in American colonists rebelling. -
Act that permitted tea to be sold directly to colonists (cut out colony businesses). Helped result in American colonies rebelling. -
Colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor to protest tax on tea. -
Meeting between representatives of the colonies to discuss how to respond to the Intolerable Acts. -
Resulted from the Boston Tea Party.
Acts:
1. Boston Port Bill: closed Boston Harbor until Britain was compensated for the tea.
2. Quartering Act: forced colonists to let British soldiers stay in their homes.
3. Administration of Justice Act: allowed British officials that committed crimes while quelling American protests a fair trial. -
First battles of the American Revolution where the “shot heard around the world” happened in Lexington, Massachusetts and Concord, Massachusetts. -
Set up a Continental Congress with George Washington in command after Lexington and Concord battles. -
The Americans message to Britain saying that they wanted independence and have basic God-given natural rights and deserve to live and make decisions depending on them. -
First American triumph over the British that convinced the French to ally with the Americans. Led to Americans winning. -
1777-1778: Brutal winter where troops suffered horrible winter conditions where George Washington kept his American troops together. -
Battle in Yorktown, Virginia where Americans won and the British war effort crumbled leading to the American colonies becoming independent. -
Rework of the Articles of Confederation (nation’s first constitution) to set up a strong but flexible government. Inspired by Age of Reason thinkers (Locke, Rousseau etc). -
The Constitution was written in the summer of 1787 and adopted later in the fall.