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Salutary Neglect
meant that England relaxed its enforcment of most regulations in return for the continued economic loyalty of the colonies. As long as raw material continued flowing into the homeland and the colonists cotinued to buy english produced goods, Parliament did not supervise the colonis closely. -
The Boston Massacre
Was the killing of 5 colonists by British soldiers. The graduating tensions in the colonies that ha d been growing since the crown's troops first appeared in the Massachusetts colony in 1768 to make sure the ridiculous taxes were being paid. -
French and Indian war
In the battle that followed in July, the Fench forced Washington to surrender. Althiugh neither side realized it, these battles at Fort Necessity were the opening of the French and Indian war, the foruth war between Great Britain and France for control of North America -
Proclamation of 1763
A royal decree was issued that prohibited the North American colonies to settle west of an imaginary line running down the Appalachian mountains. Acknowledged Indians owned the land on which they are residing and white settlers were to be removed. Provisions were made to allow certain indidviduals and entities to operate fur trading ventures in the proscribed areas. -
The Quartering Act
The Greenville government built up British troop strenght in North America at the end of the Fench and Indian war to protect the colonies from Indian or Frenchmen threats. Each colonial assembly was directed to provide the basic needs for shoulders. -
The Stamp Act of 1765
WAs passe ny the British Parliament, the new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
The Stamp Act Congress of 1765
The Massachusetts colony sent a letter to other colonies, which called for intercolonial meeting to plan tempered resistance to new tax law. They approved a 14-point declaration of rights and grievances this was formulated largely by John Dickinson. -
The Declatory Act of 1766
The declaration by the British Parliament that accompianied the rebel of the Stamp Act. It stated that the British Parliament's taxes authority was the same in America and Great Britain. The colonists taxed the colonies for revenue for the Sugar Act and Stamp Act. -
The Townshend Acts
Imposed duties on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea imported into the colonies.They hopeed to lessen some of the expenses in the colonies, but Americans just saw it as abuse of power leading to the sgreement of limited imports to Britian. -
The Tea Act of 1773
A bill designed to save the East India Company from failing completely by lowering the tea tax paid to the British. Many colonisnts viewed the act as taxation mutany. When three tea ships came into the harbor colonists demanded they take the tea back. On December 16, 1773 60 extremists disguised as mohawk Indians boarded the ship and dumped over a million US dollars in the bay. -
The Boston Tea Party of 1773
colonist disguised as mohawk Indians dumped 342 chests of tea in Pearl Haror -
The Coercive/Intolerable Acts
The purpose ws to restore order in Massachuesetts following the Boston Tea Party and other acts of defiance. The most important outcome of the act was the first Continental Congress that was held in Philedephia September of 1774 -
First Continental Congress
Did not advocate independence but rather sought to right the wrongs that had been done to the colonies. They also hoped a unified voice would give them a hearing in London -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
ritish soldiers were sent out to capture colonial leaders in Lexington and to get gun powder from Concord. But spies found out a warned the 2 colonies of the plan and a reat battle broke out then the American Revolution happended -
Second Continental Congress
The only way for the colonies to meet the military threat of the British was to form a continental army. George Washington of Virginia would serve as commander. They printed money to pay for the cost of supplies. -
Thoma Paine writes Common Sense
Setting forth his argument in favor of American independence a pamphlet was published anonymously at first. Supported the independence of the colonies from Great Britian and is considered one of the most influencial pamphlets in American history -
Mercantilism Theory
an economic system developing during the decay of feudalism to unify and increase the power and especially the monetary wealth of a nation by a strict governmental regulation of the entire national economy usually through policies designed to secure an acumulation of bullion, a favorable balance of trade, the development of agriculture and manufactures, and the establisment of foreign trading monopolies -
The Declaration of Indeendence
Americans were constantly fighting with the crown for thier rights. In mid-June five leaders of the colonies were tasked with the duty of righting a draft of the colonies intensions -
The Treaty of Paris
A negotiation between the US and Britian, it ended the Rvolutionary war and granted American independence. -
The American Revolution ends
When British representaive David Hartley and American delegation signed the Treaty of Paris
