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Causes of the Revolutionary War
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Jamestown
The first permanint English colony was established to provide profit for the mother country. It was only after tobacco, an impotant cash crop was established that Jamestown became a success. -
House of Burgesses
This colonial governing body allowed colonist there first taste of self-government. Representatives from each burgess or district would meet and establish taxes and laws for there area. This had to meet with the royal governors approval, but colonists still felt that they had power. -
Mayflower Compact
The puritans from the Plymouths colony decided to create their own laws, which established the important self governing principle of majority rule. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
First written constitution by a colony. -
Triangulat Trade
New England traded basic supplies with the West Indies in return for sugar and molasses. Africa transpoted slaves to New England. -
Maryland Toleration Act
Law grantin religous freedom to all Christians living in Maryland. -
Navigation acts
england felt that the american was getting a big profit from overseas trade and they wanted a bigger portion of it. These acts make ships go threw England ports before going too Colony ports. -
mercontilism
Economic system that was benificial to england because of favorable trade. -
John Peter Zenger
Zenger was accused of sedition and libel by a royal official who took offense to the newspaper mans criticism of limits on free expression. -
Great Awakening
many colonist began expressing their religious ideas through new churches. Colonist began thinking for theirselves and differently from the mother country. -
French and Indian war
The french and native americans fought together against England over land. -
Albany Plan of Union
Benjamin Franklin tride to bring together volinteers from the colonies to form a common defense. It did not work but it was the first time this was tride without Englands help. -
Proclamation of 1763
England band colonial settlement West of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
Englands attempt to get money from the coloniest. They put a direct tax on a variety of goods -
Boston Massacre
Tension rose between soldiers and colonist. Shots were fired into a crowd by solders and 5 colonists were found dead. -
Tea Act
England said that colonist could only by tea from the east ndia company. This lead to the Boston Tea Party -
Intolerable Acts
Punishments for the Boston Tea Party. Such as cerfew, closing the harbor, and more. -
Quartering Act
Colonist had to house British Solders. -
Lexington and Concord
Fight between minutemen and British solders. Started when britsh found out colonist were stock piling weaponds. -
Olive Branch Petition
a comittee got together and wrote a letter to the king to stop the fighting. The king refused to even read the letter. -
Common Sense
A popular pamphlet written by Thomas Pain stated that it is obvious that the colonies and England should not stay united. -
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson writes a document that is a list of complaints against Britain.
