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the 7 year war between Great Britain and France, fought over territory in Ohio valley and other north American territory, both sides lied with many different Indian tribes, the war led to heavy taxation on the colonist
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where the British government loosely enforced laws in the American colonies, allowing for increased colonial self-governance and economic expansion -
treating the colonies as raw resources the nation can use for there economy, mostly used by the British as there way to deal with the colonists -
British tax on the American colonies requiring a tax stamp on legal documents, newspapers, playing cards, and other paper goods to help pay for British troops after the French and Indian War. -
one of two British laws passed required American colonists to provide housing, food, and supplies for British soldiers.
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a series of British parliamentary imposing taxes and duties on goods like glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea to pay for colonial administration and recoup war debt. -
a deadly confrontation in Boston, Massachusetts, where British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing five people and wounding others. -
a political protest that took place in Boston, Massachusetts, where American colonists, disguised as Indigenous people, dumped tea from the British East India Company into Boston Harbor. -
a series of punitive British laws primarily to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party by closing the port of Boston, revoking the colony's charter, allowing royal officials to be tried in England, and requiring colonists to house British troops. -
a final plea from the Second Continental Congress to King George III , seeking reconciliation with Great Britain and attempting to avoid war by emphasizing loyalty to the crown and asserting the colonies' rights as British citizens -
the governing body of the American colonies serving government during the American Revolutionary War. Meeting in Philadelphia, delegates from the colonies managed the war effort by establishing the Continental Army and appointing George Washington as its commander.
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the first armed conflict of the American Revolution, where British troops marched to seize American military supplies but were confronted by colonial militia at Lexington. -
a widely-read pamphlet by Thomas Pain that argued for American independence from Great Britain. Written in clear, persuasive language accessible to ordinary colonists, it presented a powerful case against monarchical rule and for the establishment of a democratic republic. The pamphlet's immense popularity, with half a million copies in circulation, significantly shifted public opinion from reconciliation with Britain to a fervent call for separation and self-governance. -
adopted by the Second Continental Congress that announced the thirteen American colonies were severing political ties with Great Britain and forming a new nation. Drafted primarily by Thomas Jefferson, it justifies the revolution by listing grievances against King George III and asserting the universal rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, establishing that governments derive their power from the consent of the governed. -
the United States' first constitution, creating a weak central government with most power residing in the individual states.
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an uprising by indebted farmers in western Massachusetts protesting heavy taxes and an unresponsive government, leading to violent confrontations and the Massachusetts militia's intervention.
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the Annapolis Convention was a meeting aimed at constructing uniform parameters to regulate trade between states during a time of political turbulence and economic strain. -
held in Philadelphia to create the U.S. Constitution by replacing the weak Articles of Confederation with a new framework for government.