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Mercantilism Theory
Mercantilism theory is when the colonist thought they should export more than they should import to make money. -
Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect is a term that means the colony can be alone as long as they are loyal to the country they came from. -
French and Indian War
French and Indian war was most commonly kown as the seven years war.The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war’s expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American revolution. -
Proclomation of 1763
In 1763 at the end of the French and Indian War the British issued a proclamation mainly intended to keep the Indians in one place by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. In the centuries since the proclamation, it has become one of the cornerstones of Native American law in the United States and Canada. -
Stanp Act of 1765
Stanp act put taxes on all imports and exports because the british government was still in really deep dept due to the seven years war. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act of 1765 required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. If there was no more room the soldiers would kick the people out of their own houses. -
Tea Act
In an effort to ease tensions with their American colonist and save their lagging East India Company, the British government passes this act which gives all colonial tea buisness to the India company but at a much lower price to the consumer. Rather than be greatful, being cut out of their own buisness outrages the colonist. This is what led Samuel Adams and many others to dress up as Natives and act out the Boston Tea Party. -
The Townshed Acts
Makes a new set of laws on taxes and smuggling. Also helps reguate trade. -
Boston Massacre
A group of Bostonians—armed with snowballs—harass some British troops in the city. The altercation escalates until the troops shoot five of the men dead, including Crispus Attucks, a runaway slave of mixed African, Indian, and white ancestry who had been working as a sailor. The attack generates outrage among the colonists, who come to call it the Boston Massacre. -
Second Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Battles of lexington and concord
Fighting between colonial militias and British soldiers occur when Gen. Gage finds out that colonist are stockpiling weapons. When he tries to confiscate the arms he is met with armed resistance. The first shot between the two sides was fired in a crowd and no one is sure who shot first. Colonist offically became the enemy of the British and Boston was now held captive by the Britsih army. -
Common sense
A popular pamphlet written by Thomas Paine states that it is obvioius that England and her American Colonies should not remain united. The two are so vastly different that they can't have common goals and the rule of monarchy is so oppressice that the colonies will never prosper under British rule. The only "common snese" is to declare Independence. This helps to persuade some colonist who ad been against such actions. -
Treaty of Paris
The United States of America. France, Spain and the Dutch Republic had separate agreements; for details of these, and the negotiations which produced all four treaties, see Peace of Paris -
The Declaratory act of 1766
Accompanied the stamp act in making laws on taxing all imports and exports. -
American Rev ends
The Treaty of Paris was signed in Paris, this ended the American Revolutionary War, and gave the colonies their independence from Great Britain. The 13 states were now free to join together and become the United States of America. -
1st contental congress
The first concerted effort of American colonies to unite under a common cause towards secession from the British Crown -
Boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party was a way that the colonist showed England they were not going to put up with their tea being taxed. The colonist went to the Boston Harbor and threw all the tea into the waters.
