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War between France and England, England was in debt owed a huge amount of money so England began to tax the people in the colonies. -
Laws that restricted colonial trade England told the colonies they could only sell goods to England. -
Required the colonists to pay a tax. -
Stated that Great Britain would house its soldiers in American barracks and public houses. -
initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
An American political and mercantile -
When political tensions between British soldiers and American colonists turned deadly. -
A series of 4 laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. -
The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress. -
Fired the “shot heard around the world” and signified the start of the Revolutionary War. -
The Second Continental Congress was the late 18th-century meeting of delegates. -
God made all men equal and gave them the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; -
Made a clear case for independence and directly attacked the political, economic, and ideological obstacles to achieving it. -
A national government composed of a Congress, which had the advantage to declare war, appoint military officers, sign treaties, make alliances, appoint foreign ambassadors, and manage relations with Indians. -
A violent insurrection in the Massachusetts countryside during 1786 and 1787. -
Between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.