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"hands off approach by Great Britain; British policy of loosely enforcing laws and regulations in the American colonies, allowing them to govern themselves. -
aka the 7 Years' War, between France and England. In the colonies, it was called the French Indian War because the colonists fought with British soldiers against France the Indians who were on side of France. Because of the war, England had a massive war debt began to tax the people in the 13 colonies. -
a tax requiring a stamp on all legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards to help troops. -
a 1767 series of parliamentary acts named after Charles Townshend, imposing taxes on goods like glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea to pay for administration and recoup war debt. -
The Boston Massacre, in Great Britain as the Incident on King Street, confrontation on March 5, 1770, during the American Revolution in Boston in what was then the colonial-era Province of Massachusetts Bay -
The Boston Tea Party, seminal American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773, during the American Revolution. -
Laws passed in 1765 and 1774 that American colonists to house and supply British soldiers in public buildings and later in any available structures. -
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 to punish the American colony of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party
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The beginning of the American Revolutionary War and is known by "shot heard 'round the world" because it symbolized the start of a global struggle for independence -
A final appeal from the Second Continental Congress to King George III in 1775, seeking reconciliation and peace between the American colonies and Great Britain despite ongoing conflict -
The Declaration of Independence, before The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America in the original printing, is the founding document of the United States. -
The fundamental capacity for practical judgment, sound reasoning, and making sensible decisions in everyday situations based on widely accepted knowledge and shared experiences -
The governing body for the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution, meeting from 1775 to 1781 in Philly. -
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 14 to September 17, 1787, addressed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and ended up drafting a whole new U.S. Constitution. -
A meeting of delegates from five states (NJ, NY PA, DW and Va) in Annapolis, Maryland, to discuss interstate trade barriers and economic problems under the Articles of Confederation. -
A populist uprising in Massachusetts from 1786–1787 by farmers and veterans who refused high taxes, debt, and economic hardship leading the American Revolutionary War. -
The first government of the United States, establishing "league of friendship" between the states from 1781-1789