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Mercantilism Theory
Mercatilism was established in 1650 to help increase the self-suffeciency of England in gold and silver. There was a balance of trade that kept nations interested by having an amount of goods that were sold compared to the amount that was bought. For England that meant they there was more gold for them. -
Salutary Neglect
English officials had to enforce new rules since they had a new colonial policy which then became sallutary neglect, which means that raw materials had to continue to board onto land the colonists had to keep on buying English produced goods,. -
The French and Indian War
The French and British were never on great terms with each other, During 1754, the French had built Fort Duquesne and the British had given 200,000 acres of land to wealthy planters. A group of milititamen were sent by the Virginia governor and they were led by George Washington, who had built Fort Necessity that was 40 miles away from the French's Fort Duquesne. Around May 1754, during war Washington had surrendered and defeated. -
Proclamation of 1763
After the French and Indian War, the Proclamation of 1763 was established to ban all of the settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists were also not allowed to cross. The proclamation had also defined four new colonies. Two of the colonies were named East and West Florida, and then one off of the continent Grenada. The line had extended to the Atlantic Ocean of Quebec to West Florida. -
The Stamp Act
A tax that had a special stamped paper for any legal document that colonists have bought. Any colonists that did not follow this new las were tried in court. -
The Quartering Act
This is an act where you were punished for mutiny and desertion, and wanted better pay for the army and their quarters. Britsh commanders were able to become house soilders in private homes. -
The Stamp Act of Congress
A tax that had a special stamped paper for any legal document that colonists have bought. Any colonists that did not follow this new las were tried in court. -
The Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act allowed Parliament to make laws to bring the colonies together. -
The Townshend Acts
These were indirect taxes on glass,lead,paint,and paper. -
The Boston Massacre
An altercation between Crispus Attucks and some other dockhands ended with three men dead, one of them being Crispus. Samuel Adams had called this the Boston Massacre because Crispus was defenseless. -
The Tea Act of 1773
This act allowed companies the right to sell tea to all the colonies without any taxes. Colonial merchants were cut out of tea trade, the company would sell the tea to the consumers for less. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of other acts such as Boston Port Act, Masschusetts Government Acts, and Quebec Act. -
The Boston Tea Party of 1773
Approximately 18,000 pounds of tea was dumped into the waters of Boston Harbor. -
First Continential Congress
About 56 delegates had met in Philidelphia and made a declaration of colonial rights -
Thomas Paine writes Common Sense
Thomas Paine wrote a 50 page pamphlet about overcoming the doubt of separating from Britain and becoming independent. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
About 700 troops had arrived in Lexington and came upon 77 militiamen. After fighting for awhile and searching for Concord for 4 hours the British were going to return to Boston which was 18 miles away. 2,000 militiamen had attacked. The British troops had abandoned their weapons, clothing , and equipment for a faster retreat. -
Second Continential Congress
The Second Continental Congress was mostly endless debates about the colonies' independence. -
The Declaration of Independence
American colonists had voted on having independence days before, but became official with a document called the Declaration of Independence on July 4th. -
The American Revolution Ends
After years of fighting the British finally surrendered in Yorktown. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris had confirmed U.S. independence and had set boundaries for the new nation. The U.S. had stretched from the Altantic to the Mississippi River, and from Canada to Florida.
