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Mercantilism
The theory of exporting mor then you import. A favorable balance of trade. Trading raw materials with Great Britain for processed goods. -
Salutary Neglect
Led to self government in the colonies. Meant to keep colonies obedient to England -
The French and Indian War
The British and French fought against each other. Both sides had Native Americans fighting with them. Fought over land and traded. Ended in 1763. -
Proclamation of 1763
Issued on October 9th, 1763. Britain prohibits Amercian colonists from settling west of Appalachian mountains. -
Stamp Act of 1765
Required colonists to pay taxes on every piece of paper that they printed. -
Quartering Act
Required the colonists to allow soldiers to live in their houses. Required them to also feed them along with housing. -
Stamp Act Congress of 1765
A meeting held between October 7th and October 25th of the first elected representatives of the colony. Came up with a plan to protest the tax from the government. -
Declaratory Act of 1776
The repeal of the stamp act -
Townshend Acts
Acts used to collect revenue from the colonists through taxation. Colonists did not like this. -
The Boston Massacre
The British Soldiers killed 5 men and injured 6 others on King Street. There was a protest and it got heated and with orders the British shot into the crowd of colonists. -
Tea Act of 1773
Goal was to help the British East India Company. These taxes on the tea on top of the townshend acts made the colonists furious. Was meant to reduce smuggling in North American also. -
Boston Tea Party
Protest by the Sons of Liberty. They boarded a ship of the East India Company and threw chests of tea overboard into the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable/Coercive Acts
Acts that were made after the Boston Tea Party. Meant to punish the colonists. Colonists called them the Intolerable Acts and Britain called them the Coercive Acts. Took away Massachusetts self-government and historic rights. -
First Continental Congress
Delegations from 12 colonies, Georgia was absent, met in Carpenter's Hall in Pennsylvania. Tried to appeal the Intolerable Acts. It didn't work and a Second Continental Congress had to be called. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord (American Rev. Begins
First step to the American Revolutionary War. Fought in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Marked the armed conflict of the 13 colonies and Great Britain. -
Second Continental Congress
Delegates from all 13 colonies. Managed the colonial war effort. Moved toward independence by adopting the US Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776. Met soon after American Revolutionary warfare had begun. -
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Published on January 10th, 1776. Inspired people to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain. Explained the advantages of and need for immediate independence. Had the largest sale of any book published in American History. -
American Revolution Ends
Treaty of Paris Came to be. -
Treaty of Paris
Ended the American Revolutionary War. A peace treaty. obtained larger boundaries for the colonies.
