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Only American ships could bring goods to England and North American colonies could export things such as tobacco and sugar to England. -
a way for colonial legislatures to communicate with their agents in London. -
Salutary neglect was Britain's unofficial policy initiated by Prime Minister Robert Walpole to relax the enforcement of strict regulations. -
They tried to resolve the problem between settlers and Native Americans. -
They aimed at raising colonial money for the Crown. -
They was in charge for the Boston tea party. -
The Stamp Act was enacted to raise money for Britain -
Townshend Act new duties were placed on imports of glass, lead, paper, and tea to the Colonies from Britain. -
a crowd confronted eight British soldiers in the streets of the city. As the mob insulted and threatened them, the soldiers fired their muskets, killing five colonists. -
When tea was destroyed in Boston harbor. -
The act authorized the Royal Navy to blockade Boston Harbor -
the First Continental Congress, formally declared that colonists should have the same rights as Englishmen -
They established a Continental Army and elected George Washington as Commander in Chief. -
on 23 March 1775, in which he argued that war with Britain was inevitable and a militia should be raised to defend American liberties. -
The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by Congress to be sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared. -
Total losses were British 273, American 95. The Battles of Lexington and Concord confirmed the alienation between the majority of colonists and the mother country -
most reduced the barriers to voting for free, white men. -
Common Sense made a clear case for independence and directly attacked the political, economic, and ideological obstacles to achieving it 1776