Taxation and Mercantilism-Mercantilism is a national economic policy that is designed to maximise the trade of a nation

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  • Iroquois Confederation (constitution)

    117 articles of five tribes believing in peace and unity. 1722.
    John Peter Zenger- what happened to him 1733 john peter zenger accused the government of rigging elections and allowing the french to explore the new york harbor also pointed out the corrupt royal governor William s cosby

  • John peter zenger

    He accused the government of rigging elections

  • Albany Plan for the Union

    a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin
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    French and Indian War

    need to know about the debt: 1754-1763, also knowns a the 7 years war, a series of battles with France and Indian Colonies.

  • Proclamation of 1763

    mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands.

  • Quartering Act 1765

    it outlined the locations in which the british soldiers could seek shelter in the american colonies

  • Stamp Act

    was a tax established on all sorts of paper in the american colonies

  • Townshend Acts

    was a set of taxes offered in a way to punish the american colonies

  • Boston Massacre

    Street fight between citizens and british soldiers.

  • Boston Tea Party

    342 crates of tea in the Boston Harbor, renamed the intolerable acts

  • Tea Act

    was one of several measurements imposed on the American colonists by the heavily indebted British government

  • 1st Continental Congress

    colonial resistance to Parliament’s Coercive Acts

  • Intolerable Acts

    laws passed by the British parliament after the Boston Tea Party, also referred to as the Coercive Acts.

  • 2nd Continental Congress

    The Second Congress managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence.

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    first battles in the american revolutionary war

  • Olive Branch Petition

    to avoid a full-scale war between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies

  • Thomas paine writes " Common sense

    advocating independence from great britain to people in the thirteen colonies

  • Declaration of Independence

    the colonists motivation for independence

  • Declaratory Act

    Colonists aren’t listening to british demands.

  • Articles of Confederation

    Written document the explained the functions of the government.

  • Treaty of Paris

    Revolutionary War, 1783, signed in Paris by King George lll, which ended the AMerican Rev. War.

  • English (British) Bill of Rights-

    ten amendments. Guarantee freedom.