Taxation and Mercantilism:economic doctrine that government control of foreign trade is of paramount importance for ensuring the military security of the country
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Period: to
1750-1800
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Proclamation of 1763
Prevented the colonists from moving west of the appalachian mountains so another war with the indians did not break out -
French and Indian War
Fought against british and colonist
182,098,000 -
Quartering Act
required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. -
Declaratory Act
declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain -
Townshend Acts
series of British Acts of Parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 and relating to the British American colonies in North America. -
Boston Massacre
group of colonists protest thirteen years of increasing British oppression, by attacking merchant ships in Boston Harbor. In retaliation, the British close the port, and inflict even harsher penalties. -
Tea Act
group of Sons of Liberty members on the night of December 16, 1773 to disguise themselves as Mohawk Indians, board three ships moored in Boston Harbor, and destroy over 92,000 pounds of tea. -
1st Continental Congress
delegates from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia (which was fighting a Native-American uprising and was dependent on the British for military supplies) met in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts.
compact among the Colonies to boycott British goods -
Intolerable Acts
invented by 19th century historians to refer to a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after boston tea party -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
Olive Branch Petition
John Dickinson drafted the Olive Branch Petition, which was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5 and submitted to King George on July 8, 1775. It was an attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown. -
2nd Continental Congress
It was agreed that a CONTINENTAL ARMY would be created. -
Stamp Act
legal documents and printed materials must bear a tax stamp provided by commissioned distributors who would collect the tax in exchange for the stamp. -
legal documents and printed materials must bear a tax stamp provided by commissioned distributors who would collect the tax in exchange for the stamp.
13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence -
Thomas Paine writes Common Sense
Encouraged the common people in the colonies to fight for egalitarian government -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain -
Treaty of Paris
signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War.