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Salutary Neglect
Sslutary Neglect allowed coloniest to flout, or violate, the laws associated with trade. There was not a ennforcement by the british, nor was it documented. It helped the colonists profit from trade. -
Mercantilism Theory
The point of Mercantilism was to keep the cost of importing low not to cause the nation money and to improve the exports to make money. Each colony would have to give a raw material to Endland so they would not have to get them from another country. -
French and Indian War
Also known as the seven years war. The war was fought between the colonies and France, with both sides supported by military from Great Britain and France, as well as Native American allies. -
Proclamation of 1763:
It provented settlers from passing the Appalachian Mountains to avoide further conflict with the Indians. -
The Stamp Act of 1765
The tax was imposed on all colonists and required them to pay a tax on all printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, newspapers, and even playing cards were taxed. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Acts made coloniest give a place for British soldiers to stay in their home. -
he Stamp Act Congress of 1765
The stamp act congress was a meeting held in New York City, with the representatives from some of the British colonies. -
The Declaratory Act of 1766
Declaratory Act was put in place by the British Parliament that followed the repeal of the Stamp Act. It began when the British Parliament was taxing authority and it was the same in America as in Great Britain. -
The Townshend Acts
It was originated by Charles Townshend and passed by the English Parliament shortly after the repeal of the Stamp Act. They were made to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting ‘customs duties’ on imports of lead, paper, tea, etc. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that happened between colonies, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Some colonists were killed. -
The Tea Act of 1773
This act granted the British East India CompanyTea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. -
The Boston Tea Party of 1773
Boston colonists dressed as Indians, threw the several hundred chests of tea into the harbor as a protest against British taxes on tea. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve colonies that met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
The Coercive/Intolerable Acts
Series of British laws passed in 1774 and designed to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party. -
Second Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
The Declaration of Independence
The document establishing that the United States is a nation, was ordered and approved by the Continental Congress and written largely by Thomas Jefferson. -
Thomas Paine writes Common Sense
Challanged the authoruty of the british and asked for independense -
The American Revolution Ends
The british ended up wanting peace at yorktown -
The Treaty of Paris
The war came to an close when Britain, the United States, France, and Spain negotiated the Peace of Paris. The treaty granted western lands to the Americans and recognized the United States as a new and independent country. The last British forces departed New York in November, leaving the American government in full control of the new nation.
